Shelby E. Ward, PhD听is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. She graduated with her doctorate in Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought from Virginia Tech in 2019, and was an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Emerging Voices Fellow for the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin from 2021-22. Her work in postcolonial thought and politics intersects within political theory, critical international relations, and cultural analysis. Recent publications include chapters in the edited collections, Posthumanist Nomadisms across non-Oedipal Spatiality and Transnational Spaces, as well as articles in the journals, Critical Studies in Security, PERIPHERIE, and New Political Science.
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Ronnie Grant, PhD, JD joins the 麻豆原创 community from Eastern Oregon, where he grew up on a small peach orchard. He recently completed a PhD in International Relations (Major Field: International Law, Minor Field: International Political Economy) at Florida International University in Miami, FL. Previously, he completed an MBA in Global Management at the Thunderbird School of Global Management (Arizona State University) and a JD at the University of Puerto Rico, during which time he studied Brazilian law as a visiting student at the University of S茫o Paulo. As an undergraduate, he studied Economics and Spanish (double major) at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. He is bi-lingual (Spanish) and has advanced fluency in Portuguese.
At 麻豆原创, Ronnie primarily teaches courses in legal studies such as Environmental Law, US Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, and International Law, as well as the general education course in American Government.
Outside of the classroom, in addition to spending time with his family, some of Ronnie鈥檚 passions include playing and coaching baseball, hiking, and mountain biking.
As a first-generation college graduate who had a transformative undergraduate experience, Ronnie is excited to join the faculty at 麻豆原创, where he hopes to contribute to delivering the same for TU students.
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Richard A Miller, MPP is the associate vice president for institutional research and effectiveness (aka Purveyor of Fine Facts, and Campus Provocateur).
Richard came to 麻豆原创in 2021. He is a first-generation college graduate. His mom is an Alaskan from the remote native village of Ilnik (). His dad was a self-taught engineer from Pennsylvania鈥檚 coal mining country. Of note, Richard can trace some of his family to the community of Flag Pond, not far from 麻豆原创.
After attending Honors College , Richard studied at the , earning a Master of Public Policy with a focus on economics and domestic policy. There, his teachers included a some 鈥渁wesome鈥� Nobel laureates. Richard landed a two-time internship (1988 and 1989) in the executive office of the president (Office of Management and Budget), serving during the transition terms of Presidents Reagan and Bush.
Richard has worked in the IR/IE field for 25 years and has helped dozens of institutions through accreditation and planning, including some in the Middle East. Richard also serves as a referee for the Journal of College Student Retention. He loves lecturing about American Government and Political Economy, referring to himself as an 鈥渁mbidextrous social scientist.鈥� About one third of first-year 麻豆原创students take his POLS 110 class. He lives at an unspecified location in Washington County, where he maintains a woodworking shop, making pens and furniture.
Meagan Stark is a political scientist with a bachelor鈥檚 degree from East Tennessee State University and a master鈥檚 degree from Syracuse University. She is currently a higher education professional at 麻豆原创, working for a federal TRIO program tasked with helping at-risk students succeed at the collegiate level.