Political Science - Faculty

Brittany Page Brake
Visiting Instructor of Political Science
Office: ACEN 213
Phone: 260-982-5335

• Education:
  Ph.D. Candidate, Western Michigan University, 2021

• Research Interests:
  Historical origins of, and future implications for, political utopianism in contemporary political science; pedagogical tools for teaching politics; history of ancient political philosophy; judicial politics and the Constitution
  
  
• Teaching Fields:
  American National Government, Political Ideologies, The Supreme Court and the Constitution, State and Local Government

Gabriela Ramalho Tafoya
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: ACEN 215
Phone: 260-982-5337

• Education:
  PhD., University of Connecticut, 2019
  
  
• Research Interests:
  Latin American Politics, Global Social Policy, Environmental Policy & Politics, with a focus on gender, inequality, poverty, and social rights. 
  
  
• Teaching Fields:
  Comparative Politics, International Relations, Global Studies.

Ph.D., University of Denver, Colorado, 1990
Taught at Manchester 1991-2021