College of the Pacific
Political Science Faculty
Brian E. Klunk, 1987, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1977; M.A., University of Virginia, 1980; Ph.D., 1985.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2927 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 100
Jeffrey Becker, 2006, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991; M.A., Rutgers University, 1996; Ph.D., 2004. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.3986 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 124
Robert Benedetti ON SABBATICAL, 1989, Professor, B.A., Amherst College, 1964; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1967; Ph.D., 1975.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.7478 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 132
George Condon, 2002, Adjunct Professor, B.A., University of Tennessee, 1958; Ph.D., 1962.
Phone: 209.946.7405 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 128
Michael T. Hatch, 1985, Professor, B.A., Utah State University, 1970; M.A, Johns Hopkins University, 1973; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2525 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 102
Cynthia Ostberg, 1994, Professor, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1985; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2194 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 138
Susan Sample, 1999, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Missouri, 1991; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1996. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Phone: 209.946.2492 - Office: Wilson Hall
Keith W. Smith, 2008, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pepperdine University, 1997, M.P.M. University of Maryland, 1999, M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2000, Ph.D., 2005.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.7712 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 120
Dari Sylvester, 2005, Assistant Professor, B.A., Trinity College, 1998; M.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2002; Ph.D., 2006. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.2007 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center, Rm. 126
Other Political Scientists at Pacific
Nathan Batto, 2006, Assistant Professor, A.B. Dartmouth College, 1991; M.A. National Chengchi University, 1999; Ph.D., 2006.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.7636 - Office: SIS
Gene Bigler, 2005, Visiting Professor/Practitioner, B.A. University of the Pacific, 1967; M.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1972; Ph.D., 1979.
Webpage - Phone: 209.946.7335 - Office: Wendell Phillips Center 136
Yong Kyun Kim, 2009, Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.S., Seoul National University, 1998; M.A., 2001; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2009.
