Faculty & Staff

	Neal Coates, Ph.D. Department Chair and Professor B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1987 J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, 1990 M.A., University of Connecticut, 1998 Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2004 Phone: 325-674-2917 Email: coatesn@acu.edu    Areas of scholarship/expertise: International relations Middle East Politics Comparative politics State and local government
	David Dillman, Ph.D. Professor and Director of the Jack Pope Fellows Program, Advisor of ACU chapter of Phi Eta Sigma B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1970 M.A., University of Houston, 1974 Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, 1982  Phone: 325-674-2207 Email: dillmand@acu.edu Areas of scholarship/expertise: Public administration American government United Kingdom civil service
Read More >>	Mel Hailey, Ph.D. Professor and Pre-Law Advisor B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1970 M.A., Texas Tech University, 1973 Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 1988 Phone: 325-674-2208 Email: haileym@acu.edu Areas of scholarship/expertise: Religion and politics Theory Public law Presidency  American political science
	Kelly Knight, J.D. Instructor of Criminal Justice Phone: 325-674-4823 Email: kdk09a@acu.edu B.S.W., Our Lady of the Lake University, 1978 J.D., University of New Mexico, 1986 Areas of scholarship/expertise:  Criminal law and procedure Law enforcement Deviant populations  Bilingual Spanish
Staff
	Carmen Price Administrative Coordinator B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1990 Phone: 325-674-2726 Email: cjp11a@acu.edu

In addition to their teaching responsibilities, Department members are also committed to Christian scholarship. They have authored various edited volumes and published several books, including:

• Mentoring for Mission
• Ministers at the Millennium
• Civil Service Reform: An Annotated Bibliography
• Women, Gender, and Terrorism

They have authored a variety of chapters in edited volumes and have published articles in various journals and periodicals, including:

• Public Administration
• Terrorism and Political Violence
• Texas Politics Today
• Handbook of Crisis and Emergency Management
• Public Organization Review
• Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration
• Essentials of Texas Politics
• Reform, Ethics, and Leadership in Public Service
• Handbook of Bureaucracy
• Pulpits and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent of the Millennium
• Proceedings: A Conference on Administrative Leadership
• Public Policy and Administration
• International Journal of Public Administration
• E-Agriculture and E-Government for Global Policy Development

Department Members have been invited to present research papers at various scholarly conferences, including:

• American Political Science Association
• International Studies Association
• International Political Science Association
• Ethics and Integrity of Governance Conference
• Christian Scholars Conference
• Southwestern Political Science Association
• Women’s Studies Network
• Lilly Fellows Program National Research Conference
• American Society for Public Administration
• Pepperdine Lectureship
• Christians in Political Science