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Core Faculty
Grant Neeley, Ph.D., Program Director
Joshua Ambrosius, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Richard Ghere, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Nancy Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Michelle Pautz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Adjunct Faculty
Richard Ferguson, Director, Fitz Center
Raymond Fitz, S.M., Ferree Professor of Social Justice
John Gower, City of Dayton Planning Director
Steve Neiheisel, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Political Science, St. Mary's University
Don Vermillion, Former Montgomery County Administrator

Department Staff and Graduate Assistants
Jean Poindexter, Department Administrative Assistant
Susan Newcomb, Admnistrative Assistant
Michael Spafford, Graduate Assistant

For complete profiles of all Department of Political Science faculty visit the Department's website.