Politics, Society, Justice, and Public Service, School of
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Thomas Greitens, Chair
142 Anspach Hall, 989-774-3442
Lawrence Adamitis, Ph.D., Public Administration
Prakash Adhikari, Ph.D., International Relations, Comparative Politics, South Asian Politics, Refugees and Forced Migration
Mensah Adinkrah, Ph.D., Criminology, Comparative Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, Victimology, Homicide: Global Perspectives
Elbert P. Almazan, Ph.D., Sociology of Health, Youth Studies, Social Statistics
Elizabeth Bradshaw, Ph.D., Social and Criminal Justice, Government and Corporate Crime, Prisons and Mass Incarceration , Environmental Harm
Edward Clayton, Ph.D., Normative Political Theory
Amanda Garrison, Ph.D., Youth, Gender/Identity, Work
Thomas Greitens, Ph.D., Public Administration
Susan Grettenberger, Ph.D., Social Work, Social Welfare Policy and Practice, Non-Profit Organizations
Becky Hayes, Ph.D., Victimology, Gender, Race, and Crime, Media's Influence on the Criminal Justice System
David K. Jesuit, Ph.D., Comparative Politics, Western Europe
David A. Kinney, Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Sociology of Adolescence, Capstone Experience in Youth Studies, Research Methods
Sharon Kukla-Acevedo, MPA Director, Ph.D., Public Administration
Emma Powell, Ph.D., Public Administration
Alan Rudy, Ph.D., Political Economy, Environmental Sociology, Science and Technology Studies
Lissa Schwander, Ph.D., Diversity and Inequality in North America, Introduction to Social Work, Social Welfare Policy Analysis
Mary Scheuer Senter, Ph.D., Applied Sociology, Social Inequality, Research Methods
Brian Smith, Ph.D., Justice Theory, Penology and Corrections, Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Justice, Inequalities and Justice Processes
Kyla Stepp, Ph.D., J.D., Political Science, Law
Cedric Taylor, Ph.D., Race, Racial Health Disparities, Immigrant Health, Visual Sociology
Course Designators:
PSC - Political Science
PAD - Public and Nonprofit Administration
SOC - Sociology
SWK - Social Work
SCJ - Social and Criminal Justice
The School of Politics, Society, Justice, and Public Service offers a Master of Public Administration degree and courses contributing to several other graduate programs at the university, including a concentration in Public Administration in the Master of Science in Administration.
The department's graduate level internship program provides working knowledge of and experience in public and non-profit agencies.
Graduate-level courses offered by the School of Politics, Society, Justice, and Public Service may be appropriate as electives on various graduate degree curricula.
See the Scholarships and Financial Aid section of the bulletin for information on these scholarships: William S. Ballenger, III and Dr. William P. Browne Capitol Internship Program Endowment; William R. Gemma Memorial Scholarship; Barbara P. Greene Endowed Scholarship in Political Science; Michael “Gio” Giordano Helping Professions Award; Edward E. McKenna Academic Excellence Award; Edward H. Potthoff, Jr. Scholarship; and John E. Warriner Scholarships.
The Programs:
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) (Concentrations in General Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, and State and Local Government)
Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership