Faculty

Christopher McCarthy-Latimer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Framingham State University.  He is also the Pre-Law Advisor. 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.

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Areas of Specialization: American Politics, Public Law, Public Administration, Civic Engagement and Technology

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Abram Trosky holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University where he taught political theory, American politics, foreign policy, and international relations as Presidential Teaching Fellow. He has been Lecturer in Ethics and American Government at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and Humanities Instructor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Dr. Trosky’s research applies insights from moral philosophy and social psychology to political challenges, including the defense and implementation of human rights. His most recent publication on dystopian fiction and American reaction appears in the forthcoming Short Stories and Political Philosophy.

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 and democratization in the Western Balkans. He is currently writing on issues of political survival and neo-authoritarianism in post-communist countries; state capture and corruption; and religiosity and Islamic fundamentalism in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Areas of specialization: International Relations; comparative politics; political party development; post-conflict state-building and democratization; peace-building.

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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. 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
Public Policy Analysis
Political Theory: Justice, Law and Order Elections and Campaign Strategy Legislative Politics and Policy The Presidency: Politics and Administration

Education:

B.A. Lafayette College, 1966

M.A. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 1967

Ph.D. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1973

J.D. New England School of Law, 1987

Currently, Professor Emeritus in Political Science Department

Background Information:

• Taught in political science department at FSU since 1968
• Visiting Fellow, Roehampton Insitutute , England, 1979
• National Endowment for Humanities summer grant, 1977
• Post doctoral studies, Harvard School of Education, 1980
• Presented living history presentations on my great grandfather’s Civil War experience at schools throughout New England area.
• Created minor in legal studies.

COURSES taught:

American Legal Systems

American Political Thought

Formation and Conduct of US Foreign

Politics and Film

James holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from Villanova University where he was a graduate fellow at the Mathew J. Ryan Center. He directs seminars in American government, public policy, and history for the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. He taught previously at Albright College in Reading, PA, has published in the Philadelphia Inquirer and writes for Constituting America. James’ focus is American government, with particular interest in political thought, the Presidency, and political history.

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Dr. Dan McCool received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he specialized in American political thought and political theory. In his doctoral dissertation, he focused on the role of "authenticity" in modern political thought and American political culture. He is currently working on a book about this same topic, with additional chapters on the role of institutions in American politics. For 10 years agt Baruch and Hunter Colleges in NYC, Dr. McCool taught mostly American Political Thought, The Federalist Papers, and American Government. He also has an MA from New York University, and as a Massachusetts native, he attended Massasoit Community College and UMass Amherst as an undergraduate.

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Courses regularly taught:

The Race, Politics and the Law
Film and Politics