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Administrative Positions, 2021-2022

1. Department Leadership

Chair: Jay Goodliffe
Associate Chair, Research and Academic Life: Jeremy Pope
Associate Chair, Teaching and Curriculum: Kirk Hawkins

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee

Chair: Jay Goodliffe
Members: Adam Brown, Kirk Hawkins, Jeremy Pope, Jessica Preece

Teaching and Curriculum Committee

Chair: Kirk Hawkins
Course Scheduling:
- American Politics/Public Policy: Adam Brown
- Comparative Politics: Joel Selway
- International Relations: Chad Nelson
- Political Theory: Ralph Hancock
Writing Coordinator: Lisa Argyle
Fall Poster Conference: Joel Selway
Representative on College Curriculum Committee: Kirk Hawkins
Student Appeals/Requests: Kirk Hawkins
Washington Seminar Oversight Committee: Kirk Hawkins

Research and Academic Life Committee

Chair: Jeremy Pope
Members: Ethan Busby, Ryan Davis, Chris Krewson, Jessica Preece, Mike Barber

Rank & Status Committee

Chair: Darren Hawkins
Members: Ralph Hancock, Chris Karpowitz, Kelly Patterson, Ken Stiles

3. Other Department Committees & Positions

Pi Sigma Alpha/BYUPAS Advisors: Adam Dynes, Liz McGuire
Sigma Advisor: Scott Cooper
Political Review Advisor: Ryan Davis
Honors Thesis Advisor: Ethan Busby
CSED Co-Directors: Chris Karpowitz and Jeremy Pope
GPL Director: Darren Hawkins
BYU Democrats: Darren Hawkins
BYU Republicans: Ray Christensen
BYU Utah United: Ken Stiles
Tocqueville Club: Ralph Hancock

4. College and University Assignments

University IRB Representative: Chris Karpowitz
University General Education Advanced Writing: Kelly Patterson
University Constitution Day Committee: Eric Hyer, Chris Krewson
College Rank and Status Committee: Sven Wilson
College Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Liz McGuire, Jessica Preece, Joel Selway
Civic Engagement Coordinator: Quin Monson
KC Associate Director over Academic Programs and Research: Quinn Mecham
KC International Relations Coordinator: Eric Hyer
WomanStats Representative: Celeste Beesley
Utah Debate Commission: Ken Stiles

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Argyle, Lisa	Assistant	852 KMBL	Lisa_argyle@byu.edu (801) 422-5022
Barber, Mike	Associate	724 KMBL	barber@byu.edu (801) 422-7492
Brown, Adam	Associate	772 KMBL	brown@byu.edu (801) 422-2182
Busby, Ethan	Assistant	844 KMBL	ethan.busby@byu.edu (801) 422-2453	^{Honors Thesis Advisor}
Dynes, Adam	Assistant	784 KMBL	adamdynes@byu.edu (801) 422-2337	^{BYUPAS & PI Sigma Alpha} ^Advisor
Goodliffe, Jay	Professor	734 KMBL	goodliffe@byu.edu (801) 422-9136	^{Department Chair}
Karpowitz, Chris	Professor	850 KMBL	chris_karpowitz@byu.edu (801) 422-2788	^{University IRB Rep,} ^{CSED Co-Director}
Krewson, Chris	Assistant	742 KMBL	chris_kreswson@byu.edu (801) 422-7265
Monson, Quin	Associate	840 KMBL	quin.monson@byu.edu (801) 422-8017	^{Civic Engagement Coordinator}
Patterson, Kelly	Professor	840 KMBL	kelly_patterson@byu.edu (801) 422-4985	^{University General Education Advanced Writing}
Pope, Jeremy	Professor	834 KMBL	jpope@byu.edu (801) 422-1344	^{Assoc. Chair: Research & Academic Life, CSEC Co-Director}
Wilson, Sven	Professor	722 KMBL	sven_wilson@byu.edu (801) 422- 9018	^{BYU Republicans Advisor}

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Christensen, Ray	Associate	775 KMBL	Ray_christensen@byu.edu (801) 422-5133	^{IR Coordinator, BYU Republicans}
Gubler, Josh	Associate	764 KMBL	jgub@byu.edu (801) 422-2829	^{Middle East Studies Coordinator}
Hawkins, Kirk	Professor	782 KMBL	Kirk_hawkins@byu.edu (801) 422-1362	^{Assoc. Chair: Teaching and Curriculum}
McGuire, Liz	Assistant	780 KMBL	elizabeth.mcguire@byu.edu (801) 422-1866	^{BYUPAS Advisor}
Mecham, Quinn	Associate	770 KMBL	qmecham@byu.edu (801) 422-5317	^{Associate Director over Academic Programs & Research}
Nielson, Dan	Professor	790 KMBL	Daniel_nielson@byu.edu (801) 422-3417
Preece, Jessica	Associate	732 KMBL	Jessica_preece@byu.edu (801) 422-3276	^{Assoc. Chair,} ^{Research and Academic Life}
Romney, David	Assistant	734 KMBL	david.romney@byu.edu	^{Political Review Advisor}
Selway, Joel	Associate	792 KMBL	Joel_selway@byu.edu (801) 422-8607

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Beesley, Celeste	Assistant	730 KMBL	Celeste_beesly@byu.edu (801) 422-7808	^{WomanStats Rep.}
Cooper, Scott	Associate	762 KMBL	Scott_cooper@byu.edu (801) 422- 4053	^{Sigma Advisor}
Hawkins, Darren	Professor	832 KMBL	dhawkins@byu.edu (801) 422-5526	^{D. Rank & Status Chair, GPL Director, BYU Democrats}
Hyer, Eric	Associate	780 KMBL 209 HRCB	Eric_hyer@byu.edu (801) 422-0364	^{Asian Studies Coordinator}
Jenkins, Gentry	Visiting	774 KMBL	gentry.jenkins@byu.edu (801) 422-5894
Nelson, Chad	Assistant	752 KMBL	Chad_nelson@byu.edu (801) 422-3505
Nielson, Dan	Professor	790 KMBL	Daniel_nielson@byu.edu (801) 422-3417
Pack, Tyler	Visiting	754 KMBL	Tyler.pack@byu.edu (801) 422-5237
Stiles, Ken	Professor	760 KMBL 215 HRCB	Ken_stiles@byu.edu (801) 422-1352	^{Utah Debate Commission}

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Davis, Ryan	Associate	740 KMBL	rwdavis@byu.edu (801) 422-9080	^{Young Scholars Workshop Coordinator, Thursday Group Coordinator}
Hancock, Ralph	Professor	794 KMBL	ralph_hancock@byu.edu (801) 422-3302	^{Tocqueville Club Advisor}

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Administrative Positions, 2021-2022

1. Department Leadership

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee

Teaching and Curriculum Committee

Research and Academic Life Committee

Rank & Status Committee

3. Other Department Committees & Positions

4. College and University Assignments

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Administrative Positions, 2021-2022

1. Department Leadership

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee

Teaching and Curriculum Committee

Research and Academic Life Committee

Rank & Status Committee

3. Other Department Committees & Positions

4. College and University Assignments

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