Political Science Faculty and Staff

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• DR. JANET FRANTZ
  Professor and Department Head
  Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1978
  American Government, Public Policy
  Mouton Hall 111
  (337) 482-6165
  frantz@louisiana.edu

• DR. BRYAN-PAUL FROST
  Associate Professor
  Ph.D., University of Toronto
  Political Philosophy, International Relations, Politics and Literature, Comparative Politics
  Mouton Hall 230
  (337) 482-5692

• DR. SHARON RIDGEWAY
  Assistant Professor
  Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 1996
  Public Administration, Bureaucratic Politics, Environmental Policy and Ethics, Feminist Theory, Role of Media in Democracy
  Mouton Hall 228
  (337) 482-6548
  sridgeway@louisiana.edu

• DR. RICK A. SWANSON
  Assistant Professor
  Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2001
  J.D., Southern Illinois University, 1994
  Judicial Politics, Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Law, Religion and Politics, American Government
  Mouton Hall 231
  (337) 482-6164
  ras2777@louisiana.edu

• DR. G. PEARSON CROSS
  Assistant Professor
  Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1997
  State and Local Politics, Southern Politics, Social Movements
  Mouton Hall 119
  (337)482-6162
  gpc6003@louisiana.edu

• DR. ISA CAMYAR
  Assistant Professor
  Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2007
  Comparative Politics, International Relations
  Mouton Hall 229
  ixc2997@louisiana.edu

• MRS. HARRIET S. LAPORTE
  Department Secretary
  Mouton Hall 112
  (337) 482-6171
  pols@louisiana.edu

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Department of Political Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Mouton Hall Room 112, P.O. Box 1652, Lafayette, LA 70504-1652
Tel. 337-482-6171; E-mail: pols@louisiana.edu