Department of Political Studies
Gordon College
Wenham, MA 01984
USA

Paul A. Brink
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Political Studies
e: paul.brink
gordon.edu
B.A. Redeemer College
M.A. Dalhousie University
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
Professor Brink teaches Political Theory, European Politics and Canadian Politics. His article, "Selves in Relation: Theories of Community and the Imago Dei Doctrine," was published in The Re-Enchantment of Political Science (Lexington Books, 2001).

Timothy R. A. Sherratt
Professor
Political Studies
e: timothy.sherratt
gordon.edu
B.A., M.A. Oxford University
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Professor Sherratt teaches American Politics, Constitutional Law and Political Theory. He is the pre-law advisor. He also coordinates the Pew Honors program and has co-authored Saints as Citizens (Baker Books, 1995).
David Lumsdaine
Professor
Political Studies
B.S. University of California, Berkeley
M.S. Stanford University
Ph.D. Stanford University

Ruth Melkonian-Hoover
Assistant Professor
Political Studies
e: ruth.melkonian
gordon.edu
B.A. Biola University
M.A., Ph.D. Emory University
Professor Melkonian-Hoover teaches Latin American Politics, Developing Nations, and Women and Politics. She is co-chair of the International Affairs major and recently co-authored "Democratic Progress and Regress," published in Political Research Quarterly.