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Political science is the study of how humans live collectively--how individuals organize themselves into social structures and how they make decisions concerning their common destiny.
As students of politics, we seek to understand the structures and processes of government on the local and the national levels, as well as the relations among nations on the world stage. Our focus, however, is broader than the formal institutions of government. Many social entities outside of government, including political parties, interest groups, corporations, the media, or even other nations, also influence the allocation of values and goods within a society. Hence, civil and economic organizations are also within the purview of political science.
Finally, because politics is an inherently moral enterprise, one involving the pursuit of justice, we are concerned not only with how societies are governed, but also with how they ought to be governed.
We invite you to contact individual members of the department with any questions you may have. Some department members also maintain their own personal Web sites, accessible through the faculty page.
To contact the Department of Political Science:
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Department of Political Science Fax: 802.654.2243 |
Department Chair: Jeffrey Ayres jayres@smcvt.edu 802.654.2680 Administrative Assistant: |
View a complete list of faculty in the Department of Political Science.
Jeffrey Ayres
Professor of Political Science
Patricia Siplon
Professor of Political Science
Political science Professor Patricia Siplon awarded Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Amman, Jordan
