Faculty and Staff
Ali Abdullatif Ahmida
Chair, Professor
Decary Hall
Phone: 207-602-2804
Email: aahmida@une.edu
Expertise
Political theory, comparative politics, and historical sociology of power, agency and anti-colonial resistance in North Africa, especially modern Libya.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Political theory, comparative politics, and historical sociology of power, agency and anti-colonial resistance in North Africa, especially modern Libya.
Jennifer M. Denbow
Assistant Professor
Decary Hall 335
Phone: 207-602-2156
Fax: 207-602-5951
Email: jdenbow@une.edu
Brian R. Duff
Associate Professor
Decary Hall 330A
Phone: 207-602-2535
Email: bduff@une.edu
Expertise
Modern political theory; issues regarding the family and politics; the role of ideas about children in politics; American elections; public opinion; feminism; politics of race and ethnicity; patriotism.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
The family and politics; the role of ideas about children in politics; politics of race and ethnicity; patriotism, American elections; public opinion, political theory.
Julie L. Mueller
Assistant Professor
Decary Hall 332
Phone: 207-602-2559
Fax: 207-602-5951
Email: jmueller@une.edu
Expertise
International relations; U.S. foreign policy;
international political economy; international organizations; globalization; International Monetary Fund.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
International Monetary Fund
Political factors affecting change in the International Monetary Fund
Domestic security and IMF structural adjustment programs.
IMF Conditionality in Jordan and Ghana
Gramscian Analysis
James B. Roche
Visiting Professor
Decary Hall 125A
Phone: 207-602-2483
Email: jroche@une.edu
Expertise
James B. Roche teaches American Law & Politics, Constitutional Law, Business Law, Introduction to Law, Trial Advocacy, U.S. Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court and Healthcare Law & Policy at both the Biddeford and Portland campuses. He also continues to practice law, which includes litigating cases in both State and Federal Court.
Thaddeus Wade West
Adjunct Faculty
Decary Hall
Phone: 207-602-2483
Email: Thaddeus.W.West@maine.gov
Paul T. Burlin
Professor of History
Marcil Hall
Phone: 207-602-2238
Email: pburlin@une.edu
Expertise
US History, US foreign policy, contemporary world affairs
Research Interests/ Scholarship
US foreign policy, US colonialism
Elizabeth De Wolfe
Professor of History, Chair Dept. of History
Marcil Hall 208
Phone: 602-2322
Email: edewolfe@une.edu
Expertise
Nineteenth-century American Women's History; Shakers and Other American Communal Groups; Nineteenth-century popular culture
Thomas C. Leach
Professor
Decary Hall 076A
Phone: 207-602-2562
Email: tleach@une.edu
Expertise
Small business, entrepreneurship, marketing.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
I conduct case research and writing in the area of entrepreneurship and small business management. I also provide counseling to small businesses.
Samuel A. McReynolds
Professor
Decary Hall
Phone: 207-602-2327
Email: smcreynolds@une.edu
Expertise
Development sociology; agrarian reform; Latin American studies; social policy environmental sociology; visual sociology; community development.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Agrarian reform in El Salvador; rural development in New England; curriculum assessment.
Richard B. Peterson
Associate Professor
Decary Hall 215
Phone: 207-602-2862
Email: rpeterson@une.edu
Expertise
Ecological anthropology; indigenous ecological knowledge systems; Learning Community pedagogy; qualitative research methods; East and Central Africa.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Integrating indigenous ecological and cultural knowledge into development and conservation; community-based conservation; impacts of war on conservation and land use; human immigration into rainforests; foodshed analysis.
Sandra Featherman
Professor, President Emeritus
Decary Hall 334
Phone: 207-602-2483
Email: sfeatherman@une.edu
Expertise
American politics, urban politics, voting and elections, impact of race and ethnicity on voting behavior, women and politics, and public policy analysis
