Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
- Fall January 10
- Pullman: Yes
- 575 TOEFL Minimum score
- 90 TOEFLI Minimum score
Degree Description:
Fifteen faculty members teach and conduct research in the major subfields of the discipline: American, comparative, international relations, public policy and administration, political theory, and political methodology, with sub-specializations in public law, political communication, political psychology, French and European politics, American foreign policy, gender and politics, environmental policy, and qualitative methodology.
Admission Requirements:
writing sample
Student Learning Outcome:
All graduates will be able to:
- To prepare students to achieve their professional goals and prepare them to pursue professional careers.
- Students demonstrate professional skills such as creating high quality curriculum vitae, learning about theories of teaching, ethics associated with human subjects research and how to get published in disciplinary based journals.
- Students present original research in peer-reviewed journals or in conference papers given at regional and national professional association meetings.
- Students secure academic or professional employment commensurate with their education and career goals.
- To prepare students to be effective researchers.
- Students read and synthesize the literature in a variety of subfields in Political Science.
- Students identify sound research questions and generate hypotheses that are appropriate to an original research problem.
- Students gather, organize, analyze, and report data on an original research topic.
- Students communicate research effectively in both written and oral forms.
- To prepare students to be effective teachers.
- Students become independent teachers with the ability to utilize appropriate teaching techniques and technologies in order to develop effective and engaging lecture material, class activities, and assignments.
- Students communicate information clearly and effectively in oral and written form and create a positive learning environment that encourages student understanding.
- Students develop quizzes, examinations and assignments that successfully evaluate student learning.
- To provide students with foundational knowledge in the discipline of political science.
- Students demonstrate expertise in appropriate concepts, theories and emerging methodologies in political science.
Student Opportunities:
None at WSU
Career Opportunities:
Academic career at research university or teaching college, research thinktanks, non-profit organizations, corporations, and governmental careers.
Career Placements:
Academic jobs at various Research I universities, as well as ones at smaller liberal arts colleges.
Government analytic and policy making jobs (defense and intelligence community).
Work for profit and non-profit organizations.
Faculty Members:
Campbell, Joseph Michael, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Clayton, Cornell William, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
His research interests include public law, American government, and political theory, and he is currently co-editor of Political Research Quarterly.
Cottam, Martha L, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
political psychology, international politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, and North-South conflict and cooperation.
Glazebrook, Patricia, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
ecofeminism, ancient philosophy, philosophy of technology, environmental philosophy and climate change and climate justice
Goldsby, Michael, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Kabasenche, William Paul, Ph.D.
Serves as: co-chair or member on graduate committee
Leeb, Claudia, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
contemporary political theory and philosophy, 19th- and 20th-century continental political thought, feminist political theory, Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, psychoanalysis, democratic theory, history of political thought
Long, Carolyn Nestor, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
American Institutions, Public Law and American Public Policy.
Lopez, Anthony, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Evolutionary Politics, Coalitional Aggression
Mazur, Amy Gale, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
Her research interests focus on comparative feminist policy issues with a particular emphasis on France.
Nice, David C, Ph.D.
Serves as: co-chair or member on graduate committee
Research Interests
presidency and legislative behavior, American politics, state and local politics, public budgeting, research methods, political parties
Preston, John Thomas, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Ridout, Travis Nelson, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Salamone, Michael, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee
Townsen, Ashly Adam, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair, co-chair, or member on graduate committee