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Associate Professor and Political Science Department Chair, on sabbatical for Spring 2021
Office: O'Connor Hall 308
Phone Number: 508-626-4827
Email: clatimer@framingham.edu
Christopher McCarthy-Latimer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Framingham State University. He is also the Coordinator of our Civic Engagement and Service Learning Center. He is also the Pre-Law Advisor for Framingham. Dr. McCarthy-Latimer got his Ph.D. and Masters from the State University of New York at Albany and his JD from American University: Washington College of Law. Areas of Specialization: American Politics, Public Law, Civic Engagement and Technology Courses Regularly Taught: American Political Government
American Political Government (Honors)
Moot Court Symposium
Judicial Politics and Policy
Gender Politics and the Law
United States Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
United States Constitutional Law: Powers of Government
The United States Supreme Court
Seminar in Political Science
Internship in Political Science
Internship in Law and Government

Associate Professor, Political Science Department Acting Chair
Office: O'Connor Hall 307
Phone Number: 508-626-4571
Email: jcoelho2@framingham.edu
Dr. Joseph Coelho holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Northeastern University. He has written extensively in the areas of post-conflict state-building, civil society and democratization in the Western Balkans. Dr. Coelho is currently writing on issues of populism, religious identity, and counter-terrorism in the region. Areas of specialization: International Relations; comparative politics; nationalism; democratization; and peace-building. Courses Regularly Taught: Introduction to World Politics Model United Nations Moot Court Symposium The Politics of Globalization Comparative Political Systems Building Peace After Conflict The Global Rise of Populism Threats to International Security Film and Politics First-Year Students Honors Seminar: Zombies and International Politics

Associate Professor
Office: O'Connor Hall 310
Phone Number: 508-626-4766
Email: dsmailes@framingham.edu
Dr. David Smailes is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at Framingham State University. Dr. Smailes received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his B.A. from the College of Wooster in Ohio. His research interests include American political history, the presidency and American political thought. Dr. Smailes is also the Program Director for the Masters in Public Administration program at FSU, as well as an instructor in that program. He is also a frequent presenter on American politics in a variety of venues in the Metrowest area. Prior to joining the Framingham State community, Dr. Smailes taught at Westfield State University and Regis College. Areas of specialization: American politics (including all three branches of government), public administration, political theory and American political history. Courses Regularly Taught: Introduction to American Politics
Introduction to American Politics (Honors)
Legislative Politics and Policy
The Presidency: Politics and Administration
American Political Thought
Political Analysis
Bureaucratic Politics
Public Budgeting

Professor Emeritus
Office: O'Connor Hall 309
Phone Number: 508-626-4801
Email: jambacher@framingham.edu
Education: Ph.D. Fletcher School and Diplomacy Currently, Professor Emeritus in Political Science Department. Background Information: Taught in Political Science Department at FSU since 1968 Courses Regularly Taught: American Legal Systems
J.D. New England School of Law
M.A. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
B.A. Lafayette College
American Political Thought
Formation and Conduct of U.S. Foreign Policy
Film and Politics

Visiting Lecturer
Office: O'Connor Hall 311
Phone Number: 508-626-4801
Email: gespino@framingham.edu
Giuliano is a visiting lecturer of Political Science. He holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from Northeastern University where he specialized in constitutional law, focusing on the role of judicial federalism in shaping Supreme Court jurisprudence. Giuliano is now pursuing a Ph.D. in international relations at Northeastern, where he studies the role of knowledge-based international-coalitions in socializing member states to brings domestic policies into congruence with international-coalitions in socializing member states to bring domestic policies into congruence with international preferences. He is currently writing on the Fourteenth Amendment as a tool of modern state building, regulation of plastics in the European Union, and the ongoing genocide in Yemen.

Visiting Lecturer
Office: O'Connor Hall 311
Phone Number: 508-626-5131
Email: jschmid@framingham.edu
Dr. Jody Longo-Schmid received a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy, and a Masters in Political Science and Education from the University at Albany. Her research and teaching interests include American political institutions and behaviors, public administration, and the evaluation of education, social welfare, housing, and other policies that affect children and families. She is especially interested in how racial, socio-economic and other inequalities influence democratic performance by affecting citizen participation, and the adoption, implementation, and effectiveness of public policies. She also studies how organized labor and labor policies influence organizational and professional socialization, political voice, and economic mobility. She is currently writing about how recent education reforms and discourse influenced educators’ political and social experiences, identities and behaviors, and the effects on children’s educational outcomes and the democratic social purposes of schools.
Visiting Lecturer
Office: O'Connor Hall 309
Phone Number: 508-626-4016
Email: khatera.alizada@gmail.com
Dr. Khatera Alizada holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Old Dominion University. She obtained a Master’s degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University, School of International Services. Areas of specialization and research interest: International relations; Comparative politics; Post-conflict state-building and democratization; Peace-building; International political economy; Human rights; Globalization, Renewable energy; Policy diffusion Courses Regularly Taught: American Political Government
Introduction to World Politics
Comparative Political Systems
Latin American Politics
Comparative Political Systems