Welcome to the Department!

Dr. Mark Bradbury obtained his Ph.D. in political science/public administration at the University of Georgia in 2004. Formerly an Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Administration program at Binghamton University, he has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Appalachian State and will teach in the areas of public and nonprofit management, human resource management, public service ethics, policy analysis and program evaluation. He has served as Research Coordinator in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.  In addition to book chapters, he has also published articles in the Justice System Journal, State and Local Government Review, Georgia Law Review and the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

Sunghoon Roh, Ph.D. candidate in criminal justice at Sam Houston State University, has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Appalachian State and will teach in the areas of policing, crime mapping, comparative criminal justice and crime prevention.  He previously served as a Chief Officer in the Busanjin Police Department  and as a Commander of a combat police force unit in Busan Metropolitan Policy Agency in Busan, South Korea.  He has published articles in journals such as Asian Policing and the Electronic Journal of the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership.

Dr. George Ehrhardt obtained his Ph.D. in political science at Indiana University in 2002. Formerly a Visiting Assistant Professor of political science at Miami University of Ohio, he has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Appalachian State University and will teach in the areas of international relations, comparative politics, Asian politics and Japanese politics.  He has obtained grants to travel to and study in Japan and has  published a two book chapters -- one on American and Chinese Misunderstandings and another on Japan’s managed globalization. In addition he has an article on Japan’s engagement with North Korea in the Journal of Pacific Asia.