Political Science

Dr. Vaughn May came to Belmont University in June 2003. He earned a B.A. in political science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a Ph.D. in political science at Vanderbilt University.  Dr. May taught for six years at the University of Tennessee at Martin before arriving at Belmont.  His teaching interests include American Political Institutions, Southern Politics, and Mass Media and Politics.

Dr. Nathan Griffith (Class of '95) is Associate Professor of Political Science.  He joined the department in 2003 and holds degrees from Indiana University (Ph.D.) and the University of Virginia (M.A.).  Dr. Griffith's areas of teaching and scholarly expertise include constitutional law, European politics, political economy, and methodology.

Dr. Susan Jellissen joined the Political Science faculty in Fall 2007, as an Assistant Professor.  Dr. Jellissen received her B.S. degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Jellissen's area of teaching and scholarly expertise include International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Violence and Terrorism, Politics of Europe and Politics of the Middle East.