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Political Science &
Public Affairs Research
AD 205
Phone: (208) 885-6328
Fax: (208) 885-5102
Moscow, ID 83844-3165
melanier@uidaho.edu |
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Most decisions in modern society depend to some extent on the workings of the
political process. Debate over the role of government vis-a-vis the individual
has continued since the time of Plato and Aristotle.
Political science as a discipline encompasses a broad range of subfields that
attempt to describe and explain the political process, politics, and the
relationship among governments. The general areas of study in political science
include American government and politics, political theory, public
administration, public law, comparative politics, and international relations.
Fall 2006 Announcements
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We’ve got a new faculty member! Dr. Nickolas Jorgensen received his Ph.D.
from the University of Michigan and is a specialist in comparative politics,
specifically Asia. He previously taught at the College of William and
Mary in Virginia. Please help us welcome Professor Jorgensen to the
University of Idaho!
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We’re starting a Political Science Club for our majors! Our first meeting
is scheduled for Thursday, September 9 at 6:00pm in the Commons Whitewater Room.
This is a great way to meet fellow political science students and get to know faculty.
For more information, please contact Professor Brandon Rottinghaus
(brandonr@uidaho.edu).
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The Bureau of Public Affairs Research
is sponsoring a panel discussion on the United States’ continuing role in the Middle East.
This will take place September 21st. The panelists will discuss a wide range of political
and international issues associated with the United States presence in the region and will
entertain questions. Panelists will include: Richard Spence, Professor of History;
Nickolas Jorgensen, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Brandon Rottinghaus,
Assistant Professor of Political Science; Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Hunt, Adjunct Faculty Army ROTC.
Please email Terry Starkey (tstarkey1@mindspring.com) for additional information.
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Professor Colleen Mack-Canty published a book chapter titled “Third Wave Feminism and Ecofeminism,”
in Different Wavelengths: Studies of the Contemporary Women’s Movement from Routledge Press
(Jo Reger editor). She also published two pieces titled "Postcolonial Feminism," and
“Youth Cultures Feminism,” in The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism
from Greenwood Press (edited by Leslie Heywood). She also presented papers on these topics at the
National Women’s Studies 2006 Conference in Oakland, CA and had a paper accepted by the
Center for Global Justice 2006 Workshop in San Miguel de Allende , Mexico, titled
“Environmentalism and Postcolonial Feminism: Examples of Third World Women's Resistance.”
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Professor Sandra Reineke is scheduled to present a research paper at the international conference
on "Francophone Women's Magazines Inside and Outside France" on June 28-30, 2006, at the
University of Surrey in Guildford, United Kingdom.
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Professor Brandon Rottinghaus is presenting a paper (with Travis Ridout of Washington State University)
at a symposium at the University of Utah on the proposed western states primary. The proposed
“super” primary would group the primary date of several western and
Rocky Mountain states (including Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming)
on the same day in 2008 and would dramatically reshape the presidential nomination process.
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