Dr. Alan Schwerin - Alan Schwerin is the chair of the department. A graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa. Dr. Schwerin received his M.A. in the Philosophy of Science from Rhodes University, and his Ph.D. from Rice University. His current research interests include investigations of David Hume's philosophy of mind, and Bertrand Russell's epistemology.
The following is a selected sample of his publications:
Books:
The Expanding Universe: An introduction to Philosophy (edited)
Edwin Mellen, New York. (1993)
"A Scorched Soul: Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas."
The McNeese Review, Vol 35, 1997. (1-45)
"Some thoughts on thinking and teaching styles."
Inquiry: Critical thinking across the disciplines, Vol
XVI, 1996. No. 1 (48-54)
"An analysis of two accounts on the sense of singular terms."
Dialectica, Vol 42, No 3 (221-231) (1989)
"Semantic holism and observation statements."
Philosophical Papers, Vol XII No 2 (19-27) (!984)
"Scientific communities and ontology."
South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol 2, No 1 (8-12) (1983)
Dr. Fell teaches the following courses: Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Religions of the world, Political Theory, spiritual Experience, Seminar in Plato, and the graduate course, Individual and the State.
Dr. Fell is an ordained minister, and a member of the following professional organizations: New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association, The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Hegel Society of America, C.S. Peirece Society, Society of Christian Philosophers, and the Institute for Advancement of Philosophic Research.
Dr. Fell has published and presented many articles, papers, and individual chapters in books. He is presently researching a book on "Personalism: Revisiting Bowne", and preparing a paper for Realia: "Equality and the Dilemma of Responsibility."
Dr. John Hughes - John Hughes graduated from the University of Florida with a specialization in Political Behavior and American Government. He regularly teaches the following courses: Introduction to Political Science, Political Parties, Public Opinion, and Research Methods. Other courses he is interested in teaching include: American Government, Congress, Presidency, and Public Budgeting. His research interests concern why people vote (or more often don't) and how they learn about political candidates. Some of this was published in a chapter of Understanding Public Opinion by CQ Press. He is in the process of co-authoring Cyberpolitics: Citizen Activism in the Age of the Internet to be published in 1998 by Rowman and Littlefield. Part of one chapter of this book was published in the January issue of Political Communication. This is a broad range study of how citizens discuss politics using the Internet. As for his extra-curricular life, he is married, has two daughters (and a third due in December), and he enjoys playing basketball, computer games and reading science fiction.
Dr. Marvin S. Maurer - a Professor at Monmouth University since 1969 received the Ph.D. from Columbia University. He served as Chair of the Department from 1979-1984. Professor Maurer was President and Co-Founder of the New Jersey Political Science Association 1972-1974, 1984-1985; President of the Northeastern Political Science Association 1975-1976. He has held other positions almost each year in the New Jersey Political Science Association and the Northeastern Political Science Association.
Dr. Maurer teaches the following courses: U.S. Congress, Public Administration, Public Personnel Administration, Administrative Law, Government and Business (given for Business or Political Science credit), American Government, Urban Politics, Internships.
Dr. Maurer has had several articles published and has given papers at panels of professional organizations.
Dr. Enoch Nappen - Associate Professor Enoch Nappen has been an active member of the Council of Chairs and the Undergraduate Studies Committee. He is advisor of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honor Society, and is College Pre-Law advisor for students interested in going to law school. He played a role in formulating the College Learning Objectives through his membership in the Academic Policy Committee and its Experiential Sub- Committee.
Dr. Nappen has one of the country’s foremost private collections of political campaign memorabilia and economic-social ephemeral items, and has written a number of articles on these subjects. For several decades, he has been a member of the Token and Medal Society, The New York Photographic Historical Society, and the American Political Items Collectors.
In addition to American National Government, Dr. Nappen teaches Introduction to Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law:Civil Rights, The American Presidency, and Political Parties. He has frequently been nominated for the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
Dr. Saliba Sarsar-Dr. Sarsar is Associate Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University with a six-credit teaching load. He is a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Public Issues at Monmouth Univeristy and was its Executive Director in 1993-94. He also served as Special Assistant to the President for Leadership Initiatives in 1993-95. He had administrative responsibility for the implementation of college-wide programs designed as part of Monmouth’s plan to educate for leadership and social responsibility, with funding from the State of New Jersey, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and other donors. He held other positions including those of Assistant Dean for Leadership Initiatives, Director of the Honors Program, Study Abroad Advisor, and International Student Advisor.
A 1978 summa cum laude graduate of Monmouth College, Dr. Sarsar earned his doctoral degree from Rutgers University in Political Science, with specialization in International Relations and Middle-Eastern politics. In addition to Introduction to Political Science, his courses include International Relations, International Organizations, American Foreign Policy and Comparative Politics of the Middle East.
Dr. Sarsar is a former president of the New Jersey Political Science Association and a former member of the executive council of the Northeast Political Science Association. His research interests focus on conflict resolution and peace making, personality and politics, and change in foreign policy. He is the co-author (with Kenneth R. Stunkel) of Ideology, Values, and Technology in Political Life (1994) and World Politics: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Forthcoming), the author of articles on the Middle East, and the editor of several monographs on leadership issues.
Dr. Rekha Datta - Assistant Professor Rekha Datta joined the department in 1994. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Connecticut in 1990. She has a 1st class in her masters in political science from Calcutta University and a 1st class honours in political science in her B.A. from Presidency College, Calcutta. The recipient of several scholarships and research grants in India and the United States, Dr. Datta has taught at Loreto College and Scottish Church College in Calcutta and at Marist College.
Dr. Datta teaches Political Theory, Comparative Politics of Asia, Comparative Politics of Europe, American National Government, Introduction to Political Science, International Relations and International Organizations.
Dr. Datta is the author of Why Alliances Endure: The United States-Pakistan Alliance, 1954-1971. Her research interests focus on issues of development and women, security, and international relations and organization. She has chaired panels at regional, national, and international conferences and has presented nearly a dozen papers at professional conferences. She is also active in organizing panels for the International Studies Association and the Northeast Political Science Association. Her current research include projects on women in India, technology transfer and third world countries, and a project on surveying economists who return to their home countries after completing studies in the USA. She is also co-editing a volume titled: Changing Roles of Women: An International Perspective.