Budgeting/Financial Management

Dr. Charles Coe
professor of public administration
(919) 515-5052
charlie_coe@ncsu.edu
State and local government budgeting; local government management; intergovernmental relations. Author of Public Financial Management and more than 15 handbooks for government management.

Congress

Dr. Andrew Taylor
assistant professor of political science
(919) 515-8618
taylor@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Specializes in government, Congress, elections and the presidency. Can discuss how Congressional decisions affect N.C.

Elections

Dr. Michael A. Dimock
assistant professor of political science
(919) 515-8265
dimock@social.chass.ncsu.edu
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/dimock/
Voting behavior; campaigns and elections; public opinion interest groups, specifically interest group and state legislative activity surrounding the North Carolina hog farming issue.

Dr. Abraham Holtzman
professor emeritus of political science
(919) 515-2481, (919) 781-2494
Congress, the president, state legislature, political parties and elections. Also, interest groups, the American political system and the First, 14th and 15th amendments.

Ethics

Dr. James H. Svara
professor of public administration and
department head of political science and public administration
(919) 515-5069
svara@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Codes of ethics; urban management - relationships of councils, mayors and managers in towns, cities and counties. Regionalism.

Public Opinion/Racial Attitudes

Dr. Michael Cobb
assistant professor of political science
(919) 513-3709
mdcobb@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Political behavior; public opinion; political psychology; racial attitudes and racial politics. Explores how race affects political outcomes in American politics from elections to policy.