Faculty Research

George Bishop, Professor
Research interests include (1) the standard paradigm of public opinion and survey research and (2) beliefs about creationism, God-guided & initiated evolution, Intelligent Design, and Naturalistic Evolution; their familiarity with scientific concepts in evolutionary biology (e.g., adaptation); and their scientific literacy in general.
george.bishop@uc.edu

Beth Honadle, Professor
Research interests are in public policyand intergovernmental relations. She is especially interested in planning and implementation strategies. Particular substantive topics of recent interest include public finance, workforce development, rural development, economic development, and stakeholder analysis for community development.
513-556-2303 or beth.honadle@uc.edu

Laura Dudley Jenkins, Associate Professor
Was a Fulbright New Century Scholar (2007-8), carrying out research in India and South Africa on access and equity in higher education and, previously, a Fellow at Dartmouth College's Leslie Center for the Humanities for research on religion and politics in India. She will be a 2009-2010 Taft Center Fellow at the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati, researching and writing about political empowerment via religious conversion.
Laura.Jenkins@uc.edu

Tom Moore, Associate Professor
Current research is a book-length project on Chinese foreign policy with particular emphasis on Beijing's growing participation in various forms of regional multilateralism in Asia.
Thomas.Moore@UC.edu or 513-556-3376

James Stever, Professor
Research explores how subnational governments in nation states are adapting the 21st century security challenges. This research focuses upon problems in containing and eradicating dangerous diseases and biological organisms.
james.stever@uc.edu

Joel D Wolfe, Dept. Head, Professor
Research examines the power structures in advanced states, focusing on the consequences for democracy of the triumph of neoliberalism and the ideology of the free market. This project also examines conceptions of power, their implication in concepts of states, and the philosophical methodology involved in analyzing power.
joel.wolfe@uc.edu