Paul Lachapelle is the Montana State University Extension Community Development Specialist. His responsibilities involve providing research, technical assistance and training on various community development topics to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of communities across the state. Specifically, he works toward providing resources and programs in many areas including community strategic visioning, local governance, leadership development training, community tourism assessment and development, economic and business development, community profiling, conflict management and resolution, economic impact assessments, planning facilitation, and community surveys.

Research agenda: Community Development, Local Governance, Public Participation.

Web page: http://www.montana.edu/wwwlgc/staff.html
Phone: 406-994-3620
E-mail: paul.lachapelle@montana.edu

 

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Sara Rushing

Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, 2006.

Curriculum: Political Theory, Legal Studies, Mass Media and Contemporary Culture.

Courses:

POLS 302 - Media and Politics

POLS 321 - Classical Political Thought

POLS 322 - Modern Political Thought

POLS 409 - Constitutional Law

Research agenda: Contemporary political theory, particularly questions of rights, ethics and utopianism in postmodern political, legal and feminist thought.

Web page: 
Phone: 406-994-5165
E-mail: srushing@montana.edu

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Elizabeth Shanahan

D.A., Idaho State University, 2005.

Curriculum: Public Administration Theory, Research Methods, Public Budgeting, Policy Analysis, and Environmental Politics.

Courses:

POLS 351 - Public Policy Analysis

POLS 551 - Public Administration Research Methods

POLS 554 - Foundations of Public Administration

POLS 557 - Public Budgeting and Public Finance

Research agenda: Public policy decision making, environmental politics of the Greater Yellowstone Area.

Web page: Curriculum Vitae
Phone: 406-994-5167
E-mail: shanahan@montana.edu

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Linda Young

Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 1987.

Curriculum:  International political economy, globalization and politics, the politics of food and hunger, research methods.

Courses:

POLS 443 - International Political Economy (Fall)

POLS 444 - Globalization and Politics (Spring)

POLS 421 - The Politics of Food and Hunger (Spring)

Research agenda: My research program is focused on the impact of agricultural trade and trade policies on the welfare of various groups. Recent research has focused on the implications of negotiating proposals in the World Trade Organization on export competition policies, on the responsive of international food aid to need, and the policy context of carbon sequestration in agriculture. Current research is focused on the impact on women and their families in the Altiplano region of Peru of integration into world markets. Another new research project will assess the implications of liberalized trade in services for the agricultural sector.

Web page:  http://www2.montana.edu/lmyoung
Phone: 406-994-5604
E-mail: lmyoung@montana.edu

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Post-Retirement & Professor Emeritus

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Jerry W. Calvert

Ph.D., Washington State University, 1972.

Curriculum: American government, legislative process, judicial process, parties and electoral processes.

Research Agenda: Political behavior and electoral laws, third party movements, initiative and referendum issues.

Web Page:  Jerry Calvert

Phone: 406-994-5166
E-mail: upojc@montana.edu

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Raymond B. Pratt

Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1968.

Curriculum: Political theory, comparative politics, political culture, government ethics.

Phone: 406-994-4141
E-mail:  rpratt@montana.edu

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Instructors

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Jane Jelinski, Director, Local Government Center
MPA, Montana State University, 1991.

Courses:

POLS 415 - MT Local Politics and Policy (Fall)
POLS 208 - State and Local Government and Politics (Spring)

Research Agenda: Local Government issues with a focus of providing research, training and technical assistance to local government units. 

Office: Room 2-139, Wilson Hall

Web page: Jane Jelinski
Phone: 406-994-7756   Fax: 406-994-1905
E-mail: janejelinski@montana.edu

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Adjunct Faculty

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Ian C.P. Godwin

Ed.D. (cand.), Adult & Higher Education, Montana State University.

Curriculum:  Research methodology.

Courses: 

POLS 251 - Conducting Political Inquiry (Spring)

Research Agenda: Administration of higher education, geographic diffusion patters of web-based distance education, graduate education. 

Office: Room 117, Sherrick Hall

Web page: http://www.montana.edu/polisci/igodwin/Godwin.html

Phone: 406-994-2671
E-mail: igodwin@montana.edu

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Donna Swarthout

M.A., University of California - Berkeley, 1984.

Courses: 

POLS 206 - American Government

POLS 241 - International Relations

POLS 460 - Senior Capstone Seminar

Research Agenda: U.S. and state constitutional law, civil liberties and civil rights, and how awareness of our rights can be used to mobilize for social change. 

Office: Room 2-139, Wilson Hall

Phone: 406-994-5163
E-mail: donna.swarthout@montana.edu

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Administrative Associate

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Nancy Poole

administrative and secretarial functions for the department.

Phone: 406-994-4141
E-mail:  aponp@montana.edu

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