Faculty and Staff

Roger P. Abshire is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. He teaches courses in the University core curriculum, introductory political science courses for department majors and minors, as well as courses in public law. His primary research interests include constitutionalism,...

Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in the summer of 2013, with a primary specialization in Political Theory and a secondary specialization in American Politics. Dr. Menchaca-Bagnulo is a native of the south-central Texas region. She has...

Dr. Vince Bagnulo has taught at Texas State for five years and is a Lecturer in the Political Science Department He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, as well as a Masters degree in Philosophy from the University of Oxford and undergraduate degrees in Physics and Philosophy...

Dr. Howard R. Balanoff
William P. Hobby Professor of Public Service
Director, William P. Hobby Center for Public Service
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Email: Hb02@txstate.edu | Phone: (512) 694-7864
Abstract CV
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff holds the Texas State...

Texas State University
MA, Political Science, May 2021
Fields of Study: Teacher Emphasis in American Studies

Texas A&M University
B.A., Political Science, December 2018

Lynn Crossett received a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law. He is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Legal Studies Program, a graduate-level program offering a Master of Arts in Legal Studies Degree and...

Dr. Paul R. DeHart is Professor of Political Science at Texas State University, where he has taught since August 2009. Prior to that he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lee University from 2005-2009. He holds a Ph.D. and an MA from the Department of Government at the University of Texas...

Author of Nuclear Ethics in the 21st Century: Survival, Order, Justice (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2020), The Ethics of Nuclear Weapons Dissemination: Moral Dilemmas of Aspiration, Avoidance, and Prevention (Routledge, 2015) and numerous journal articles.

Dr. Michelle Evans is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science and Director of the M.A. in Legal Studies graduate program at Texas State University. She teaches primarily in the Legal Studies program, but she also teaches for the Honors College.

Trained as a chemist, but...

Ph.D. Indiana University, 2008
M.A. Indiana University, 2006
B.A. Northwestern University, 2001

2009 MA Political Science, Texas State University
2005 BA Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

Billy Fields (Ph.D., Urban Studies, University of New Orleans) is a Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. His research focuses on understanding the key elements of resilient communities. He is the lead author of the Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities (Routledge 2021)...

Juris Doctorate, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, 2013

Master of Arts, Legal Studies, Texas State University, 2007

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Spanish, Texas State University, 2006

Advanced Family Mediation Training, Central Texas...

Judge Gazda was appointed to the position of Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration in 2005. Prior to this appointment he served as in-house council at USAA and was in private practice. After his undergraduate degree and before going to law school, he served approximately 5 years...

Dr. Kenneth L. Grasso is professor and department chair of Political Science at Texas State University. He earned his PhD in Political Science at Fordham University where he studied with Francis Canavan, S.J. His research interests include democratic theory, religion and politics, and Catholic social...

Dr. Emily Kay Hanks (Ph.D., University of Texas- Austin, 2011) is an Associate Professor in Political Science at Texas State University where she teaches and conducts research on ethics in government, public values, the nonprofit and voluntary sector, applied communication, and public administration...

Dr. Susan Johnson has held several high-level management positions in state government. She is currently the Manager for the Organizational Development and Training for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, She holds an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, a Master of Arts in Managing Human...

John Kitch is a political scientist, interested in the way America's chief institutions have shaped each other in ways that drive America's politics.

Alex M. Kroeger is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. He teaches courses on comparative politics and international relations. Dr. Kroeger's research focuses on elite politics in authoritarian regimes and democratization, with a regional focus on Africa....

I have been a practicing lawyer for over 31 years. I am currently a prosecutor for the Travis County Attorney's Office. I have been an adjunct at Texas State for close to 17 years.

Degree Year University Major Thesis/Dissertation
Ph.D. 1974 Indiana University Political Science/Middle East Studies Kemalist Rule and Party Competition in Rural Turkey: Politics and Change In An Anatolian Community
M.A. 1962 Washington University in St. Louis Political Science A Comparative Study...

David A. Levy is an Assistant Professor in Law in the Graduate Legal Studies program at Texas State University. His undergraduate degree is in music from Texas Wesleyan College, and he holds a J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University and an LL.M. (with distinction) in International and Comparative...

Thomas Longoria is professor of Political Science at Texas State University. Longoria teaches courses on public management, public administration, and non-profit administration. Longoria has conducted nearly $3,000,000 in research and sponsored projects in the area of community development. He has received...

Helen Lowman is a Professor of Practice and the Director of the Center for Research, Public Policy, and Training at Texas State University. Additionally, she is Senior Advisor to the Associate Director of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection at the Peace Corps. Prior to these roles, she was President...

Vance McMahan is a Professor of Practice at Texas State University in the Department of Political Science. He is also the founder and principal of TVM Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in public policy analysis, strategic planning and communications. The firm’s client base includes non-profit...

BA in Political Science, Bradley University, 1979
MA in International Affairs, American University, 1985
PhD in International Relations, American University, 1991

BA - Psychology at Texas A&M
MA - Political Science at Texas State
PhD - Public Policy at Walden University

Dr. Franziska Boehme joined Texas State University the fall 2019 semester as an assistant professor. Her research and teaching concentrate on international law and human rights with a substantive focus on international criminal law, international courts, and memory politics. Her book, State Behavior...

Ionut Popescu is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University and Graduate Director of the Masters in Political Science program.
Prior to joining Texas State, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin....

Dianne Rahm, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Her research interests include environmental policy, energy policy, science and...

Nandhini Rangarajan is a professor of public administration in the department of political Science at Texas State University, San Marcos. She was the Director of the Master of Public Administration Program from 2017-2024. Dr. Rangarajan has taught at Texas State University since 2005 after earning...

B.A. Economics, University of Chicago
MSc International Political Economy, London School of Economics
MSc International Relations, Georgetown University
PhD., Political Science, University of Oxford

Dr. Susanne Sternthal received her Ph.D from Columbia University in the Department of Political Science and her graduate Certificate from the Harriman Institute. She was a Ford Foundation Fellow in "Dual competency: Security and Soviet Studies". Her undergraduate degree was from the University of Michigan...

Hassan Tajalli received his MBA and MA from the University of North Texas. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Texas at Austin

B.A. Political Science - Texas State University
M.A. Political Science - Texas State University

Miha Vindis is the Director of the Certified Public Manager Program (Texas) and Professor of Practice at the Department of Political Science. He was previously a faculty member at UT Austin as well ACC & St. Edwards.

Dr. Vindis is a founding partner at Engage Leadership Consulting and has extensive...

Ph.D.
2007
Political Science
University of Florida

Ph.D.
2007
Political Communication
University of Florida