Bruce Nesmith, Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., North Central College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois
E-mail: bnesmith@coe.edu

Bruce Nesmith is Joan and Abbott Lipsky Professor and Chair of political science. He teaches courses on American political institutions, religion and U.S. politics, and political philosophy. He is author of The New Republican Coalition: The Reagan Campaigns and White Evangelicals (Peter Lang, 1994). His current research deals with policy making by the President and Congress. He is the faculty adviser to Political Science Club. He is married with two children. In his spare time he writes and performs original folk songs; he has recorded one album, "Mouth Full of Mustard".

Lynda Barrow, Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Albion College
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University
M.T.S., Wesley Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Syracuse University
E-mail: lbarrow@coe.edu

Kimberly Lanegran, Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida
E-mail: klanegra@coe.edu

Kimberly Lanegran teaches courses on comparative politics, international organizations, women and politics, and US public policy. Her publications focus on international human rights trials and the political transformation of South Africa. Recently she edited a special issue of African Studies Quarterly on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Africa.

Nancy H. Evans, Instructor in Political Science
B.A., Coe College
J.D., University of Iowa