Faculty/Staff

Dr. Lawrence R. Butler (2001), Chairperson, butlerl@rowan.edu telephone 856-256-4500 ext. 3985. 
B.A., Economics,Washington and Lee University;  M.A., Economics, George Mason University;  M.A., Political Science, George Washington University;  M.A. and Ph.D., Politics, Princeton University. Dr. Butler is the author of a book on the presidential nomination process entitled: Claiming the Mantle, published by Westview. He has been featured on several cable television programs discussing issues of presidential politics.

Teaching Fields:  American Government, Legislative Process (Congress), Political Parties and Interest Groups, The American Presidency, Campaigns and Elections; and Political Science Research Methods. 

Office Hours:  (TR) 10:00am-12:00pm or by appointment.

 

 

Dr. Belinda L. Bragg (2006), Assistant Professor, braggb@rowan.edu telephone (856) 256-4866.

B.A., Political Science, University of Melbourne, Australia; Ph.D., International Relations and Comparative Politics, Texas A & M University. While at Texas A&M, Dr. Bragg taught political science and worked as a research scientist for the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy. Her dissertation explores the influences of costs and issue salience on the duration of interstate crises prior to the initiation of conflict management. Belinda’s research focuses on decision making processes, utilizing both experimental and more traditional quantitative methods. While her primary area of research is international conflict and negotiation behavior she is also involved in collaborative decision making research projects examining domestic US public opinion and policy change.

 

 

Teaching Fields:  International Relations and Comparative Politics.

Special Fields:  Conflict Management and Decision Making.

 

Office Hours: (MW) 11:00am - 12:00pm & (TR) 2:00pm-3:00pm or by appointment.

photograph of caswellDr. Bruce E. Caswell (1989), Associate Professor, caswell@rowan.edu, telephone 856-256-4500 ext. 3996 specializes in elections and political participation, urban and state politics, and American political thought.  Prior to Glassboro/Rowan in 1989, Dr. Caswell taught at Temple University, Rutgers University - Camden, and the University of Pennsylvania. He has also held positions as Research Director, Institute for the Study of Civic Values, a nonprofit education and research foundation, and as urban planner, policy analyst, and intergovernmental relations specialist with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Dr. Caswell is currently President of the Rowan University Senate. 

Dr. Caswell, has degrees from the University of Chicago (A.B., Sociology), the University of Pennsylvania (M.C.P., City Planning), and Rutgers University (Ph.D., Political Science), and was a New Jersey Faculty Fellow at Princeton University. 
Office Hours:  MW 3:00pm-5:00pm and TR  1:30pm-3:00pm or by appointment.

photograph of rashidDr. Mohammed Rashiduzzaman (1973), "Dr. Rashid" or Dr. Zaman, Associate Professor, rashiduzzaman@rowan.edu, telephone 856-256-4500 ext. 3984.   Dr. Rashid received his B.A. (Hons) (1956) and M.A. (1957) in Political Science from the University of Dhaka, (Bangladesh) and received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Durham, England (1964) where he was a Commonwealth Scholar. He was the co-winner of the Lord Champion Prize of the British Hansard Society for his Ph.D. dissertation. Then he went back to his teaching position at the University of Dhaka, and came to Columbia University, New York as a Ford Foundation funded visiting senior fellow for his post-doctoral work in international studies. 

Dr. Rashiduzzaman has been teaching at Glassboro/Rowan since 1973.  Besides the Introduction to Government and Politics, which is a general education requirement course that Political Science Department offers, he teaches Comparative Politics, International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, Contemporary World Problems and Asian Politics in his areas of specialization. He has authored five books, and frequently contributes to refereed journals, and newspapers. He has received several research grants and also stinted as a short-term consultant for a number of international development projects funded by the United Nations and the World Bank. Dr. Rashiduzzaman received a senior Fulbright fellowship in 1995 to teach and research in Almaty, Kazakhstan.In 1998, he had the rare distinction of simultaneously receiving the "Wall of Fame for Excellence in teaching" and "Excellence in Scholarship for exceptional efforts in the pursuit of scholarly activities". 
Office Hours:  MW-3:30pm - 4:30pm, TR 12:30pm - 1:30pm or by appointment.

photograph of weatherford  Dr. Bernadyne Weatherford (1987), Associate Professor

B.A., M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 
Teaching Fields:  American Government, Constitutional Law, And Judicial Procedures. 
weatherford@rowan.edu or telephone 856-256-4889. 

Office Hours:  (M) 11:30am-1:30pm and (W) 12:15pm-1:30pm or by appointment.

photograph of johnsonDepartment Emeritus Professor

Dr. Richard J. Johnson (1971), Professor Emeritus, johnsonr@rowan.edu, telephone 856-256-4866, earned all his academic degrees at Columbia College and Columbia University, with his Ph.D. being awarded from that University in 1970.  After teaching at Montana State University and the University of Arizona, he joined the Glassboro State (Rowan University) faculty in the fall of 1971. 

A specialist in Comparative Political Systems, with specific concentration in Soviet Studies, Dr. Johnson taught courses in Soviet Politics and Foreign Policy as well as the general education comparative political systems course.  His interest in the Soviet Union, and his knowledge of the historic Hollybush Conference, led him to undertake a continuation of that historic tie by organizing a three-day conference on Soviet-U.S. Relations in 1972, a two-day conference on the same subject in 1982 and a speaker’ series focusing on change in the USSR in 1907.  Each of these brought to Glassboro State/Rowan University some of the most distinguished western experts on the USSR, and by 1987 included Soviet emigre Scholars like Dmitri Simes and Soviet Officials like Sergei Lavrov, then and now the Soviet (later Russian) ambassador to the United Nations.  In 1992, the Soviet Union was gone, and Dr. Johnson was the faculty advisor to a student-organized 25th Summit Anniversary Conference on political, economic and social change in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. 

Dr. Johnson (known as “Dr. J”) has contributed articles to the Journal of Police History (arising out of his doctoral research on the Tsarist security police), several articles in the Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, and a chapter in a book on The Police in History.  In the context of Soviet Politics, his research focused on Soviet Local Government; and in the post-Soviet period, on center/periphery relationships in the Russian Federation. 

At Rowan/Glassboro, Dr. Johnson served as Chairperson of the Political Science Department from 1984 to 1992.  He was deeply involved in issues of general education reform and instrumental in the design of an interdisciplinary course, Introduction to the Social Sciences, a section of which he has taught every semester since its inception.  He also served on the Liberal Studies Committee and was a strong advocate of the American Studies major as the best background for K-8 education majors. 

Within his profession, Dr. Johnson was one of the original founders of the New Jersey Political Science Association, serving on its executive committee for many years, and as an officer in several positions, including President.  In 1989, the association honored him with its annual award for Outstanding Contributions to New Jersey Political Science.  He has also served two terms on the executive committee of the Northeastern Political Science Association, two terms as panel organizer for comparative politics sections for the NPSA annual meetings, and two terms as Soviet and Eastern Europe Editor of Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association.

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Department Administrative Support Staff

 

 

 

Majeeda Hason

Telephone # (856) 256-4866, email: hason@rowan.edu


                        Adjunct Faculty

  Philip J. Avila

Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email:avila@rowan.edu

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Kathy Balin, Esq.


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email:ksbesqap@aol.com
Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Donald Busky, Ph.D.


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email:
Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Daniel Hajdo


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email: dhajdo@temple.edu

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Jerome C. Harris


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email:harrisj@rowan.edu
Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Irini K. Kutoroff, Ph.D.


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email kutoroff@rowan.edu

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

Mujahid Nyahuma


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email: nyahuma@msn.com

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

 

Carol L. Palermo 


Telephone # (856) 256-4631, or email: Palermo@rowan.edu

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

 William Schrader
 Telephone # 856-256-4631 or 609-953-0180, or email schrader@rowan.edu
Office hours:  By appointment only. 

photograph of morris smithMorris Smith, Esq.


Telephone # (856) 833-1142, or email: mgsmithesq@verizon.net  

Office hours:  By appointment only. 

 

 


 

Political Science Department, Rowan University 
201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 
Telephone: (856) 256-4866

Chairperson: Dr. R. Lawrence Butler 
For questions, contact: hason@rowan.edu or butlerl@rowan.edu  

This site is maintained by Majeeda Hason, hason@rowan.edu, as of September 1, 2007; the site will be maintained by Belinda Bragg, braggb@rowan.edu

Last updated July 17, 2007