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Administrative Positions, 2024-2025

1. Department Leadership
Chair: Jay Goodliffe
Associate Chair, Teaching and Curriculum: Darren Hawkins
Associate Chair, Research and Academic Life: Quin Monson

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee
Chair: Jay Goodliffe
Members: Celeste Beesley, Darren Hawkins, Quin Monson, Ryan Davis
Committee Functions: Stewardship assessment, executive decisions and advisement

Teaching and Curriculum Committee
Chair: Darren Hawkins
Members: Adam Brown, Chad Nelson, David Romney, Lisa Argyle, Ralph Hancock

Committee Functions

Course Scheduling:
o American Politics/Public Policy: Adam Brown
o Comparative Politics: David Romney
o International Relations: Chad Nelson
o Political Theory: Ralph Hancock
· Writing Advocate: Lisa Argyle
· Representative on College Curriculum Committee: Darren Hawkins
· Student Appeals/Requests: Darren Hawkins
· Washington Seminar Oversight Committee: Darren Hawkins
C. Research and Academic Life Committee Chair: Quin Monson
Members: Chris Krewson, Darin Self, Ethan Busby, Rebecca Dudley

Committee Functions
· Faculty Hiring
· Award Nominations
· Department Research Grants
· Visiting Scholars
· Durham Lecture
· National Advisory Council
· Redd Center
· Thursday Group Coordinator: Ethan Busby
· Representative on College Research Committee: Quin Monson
· Representative on College Awards Committee: Quin Monson
· Representative on College Space Committee: Quin Monson

Rank & Status Committee
Chair: Jeremy Pope
Members: Ken Stiles, Sven Wilson, Chris Karpowitz (fall), Kelly Patterson (fall), Chad Nelson (winter), Joel Selway (winter)

3. Other Department Committees & Positions
CSED Director: Mike Barber, Associate Director: Adam Dynes
GPL Director: Darren Hawkins
Initiative on Peacemaking Director: Jay Goodliffe
LDS Young Scholars Workshop Coordinator: Adam Brown
Pi Sigma Alpha/BYUPAS Advisors: Liz McGuire, Ryan Davis
Belonging Advocate: Alejandra Aldridge
Honors Coordinator: Darin Self
Sigma Advisor: Doug Atkinson
Political Review Advisor: David Romney
IRB Scientific Merit: Chris Krewson
Lead Poster Judge: Rebecca Dudley
BYU College Democrats: Darren Hawkins
BYU College Republicans: Quin Monson
Peacemaker Project: Kirk Hawkins
National Security Student Association: Chad Nelson
Tocqueville Club: Ralph Hancock

4. College and University Assignments
Wheatley Institute Fellows: Jeremy Pope, Quin Monson
University IRB Representative: Joel Selway
University General Education Advanced Writing: Kelly Patterson
University Constitution Day Committee: Chris Krewson (chair), Alejandra Aldridge, Sven Wilson
Civic Engagement Director: Quin Monson
College Rank and Status Committee: Kelly Patterson (fall), Adam Dynes (winter)
College Belonging Committee: Alejandra Aldridge
College Communications Committee: Jessica Preece, Jennie Jasperson
College Career Committee: Ryan Davis (fall), Quin Monson (winter)
KC Associate Director over Academic Programs and Research: Quinn Mecham
KC International Relations Coordinator: Scott Cooper
KC Middle East Studies/Arabic Coordinator: Josh Gubler
KC International Development Coordinator: Darren Hawkins
WomanStats Representative: Celeste Beesley
Utah Debate Commission: Ken Stiles

5. External Responsibilities
Global Governance editor: Ken Stiles
Political Behavior editors: Chris Karpowitz, Jessica Preece
Cooperative Election Study: Jeremy Pope, Lisa Argyle, Mike Barber

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Aldridge, Alejandra	Assistant	842 KMBL	alejandra.aldridge@byu.edu (801) 422-4375	_{College Diversity & Inclusion Committee}
Argyle, Lisa	Assistant	852 KMBL	Lisa_argyle@byu.edu (801) 422-5022
Barber, Mike	Associate	724 KMBL	barber@byu.edu (801) 422-7492	_{CSED Co-Director}
Brown, Adam	Associate	772 KMBL	brown@byu.edu (801) 422-2182
Busby, Ethan	Assistant	844 KMBL	ethan.busby@byu.edu (801) 422-2453
Dynes, Adam	Associate	784 KMBL	adamdynes@byu.edu (801) 422-2337	^{BYUPAS & PI Sigma Alpha} ^Advisor
Goodliffe, Jay	Professor	722 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	_{IRB Scientific Merit}
Monson, Quin	Professor	840 KMBL	quin.monson@byu.edu (801) 422-8017	^{Civic Engagement Coordinator, BYU College Republicans}
Patterson, Kelly	Professor	830 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, CSED Co-Director}
Wilson, Sven	Professor	750 KMBL	sven_wilson@byu.edu (801) 422- 9018	^{BYU Republicans Advisor}

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
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}
Preece, Jessica	Associate	732 KMBL	Jessica_preece@byu.edu (801) 422-3276	^{Assoc. Chair,} ^{Research and Academic Life}
Romney, David	Assistant	774 KMBL	david.romney@byu.edu (801) 422-0364	^{Political Review Advisor}
Self, Darin	Assistant	790 KMBL	darin_self@byu.edu (801) 422-4424	^{Honors Thesis Advisor}
Selway, Joel	Associate	792 KMBL	Joel_selway@byu.edu (801) 422-8607
Vernet, Ricardo	Visiting Assistant	781 KMBL	ricardo.vernet@byu.edu (801) 422-0918

Name	Rank	Office	Contact	Position
Atkinson, Doug	Assistant	734 KMBL	atkinsond@byu.edu (801) 422-0413	Sigma Advisor
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	International Relations Coordinator
Dudley, Rebecca	Assistant	754 KMBL	rebecca.dudley@byu.edu (801) 422-3705
Hawkins, Darren	Professor	832 KMBL	dhawkins@byu.edu (801) 422-5526	^{D. Rank & Status Chair, GPL Director, BYU Democrats}
Nelson, Chad	Assistant	752 KMBL	Chad_nelson@byu.edu (801) 422-3505
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}
Driscoll, Sean	Visiting Assistant	755 KMBL	sean.driscoll@byu.edu (801) 422-0937
Hancock, Ralph	Professor	794 KMBL	ralph_hancock@byu.edu (801) 422-3302	^{Tocqueville Club Advisor}

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Administrative Positions, 2024-2025

1. Department Leadership

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee

Teaching and Curriculum Committee

Committee Functions

Committee Functions

Rank & Status Committee

3. Other Department Committees & Positions

4. College and University Assignments

5. External Responsibilities

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STUDENT OFFICE STAFF

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American Politics

Comparative Politics

International Relations

Political Theory

Administrative Positions, 2024-2025

1. Department Leadership

2. Department Standing Committees

Department Executive Committee

Teaching and Curriculum Committee

Committee Functions

Committee Functions

Rank & Status Committee

3. Other Department Committees & Positions

4. College and University Assignments

5. External Responsibilities

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Richard Davis

Lee Farnsworth

Earl Fry

David B Galbraith

David Magleby

Louis C Midgley

Noel Reynolds

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STAFF

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Jennie Jasperson

Lana Bailey

STUDENT OFFICE STAFF

Jane Hansen

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Rachel Tebbs

Jesse Farnsworth