Academic Departments > History, Political Science & Sociology

At Baker, the study of history, political science, and sociology is not limited to the classroom. Students are active in historical, political and social arenas through participation in various internships, directed research, and work/study opportunities. In this way, Baker students examine and work with a variety of historical interpretations, political institutions, and political and social behaviors.

Faculty

Bruce Anderson.,
Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University, M.A. Rice University, Ph.D. Rice University.

Ryan K. Beasley,
Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. University of Oklahoma, Ph.D. The Ohio State University. Expertise: Foreign Policy, U.S. Security in the Developing World.

Timothy Buzzell,
Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. and M.P.A. Drake University, Ph.D. Iowa State University. Expertise: crime and delinquency, sociology of law, political sociology.

Karen Hunt Exon,
Department Chair, Ernestine Susannah Buckley Chair and Professor of History. B.S.E., M.A., and Ph.D. University of Kansas. Expertise: U.S./Soviet/Post-Soviet relations, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Robert Miller,
Professor of Sociology. B.S. Ohio Northern University, M.Div. Methodist Theological School, M.A. and Ph.D. University of Chicago. Expertise: international sociology, social problems and change. International experience includes serving as a Witness for Peace in Nicaragua and Honduras, and teaching in Europe and Asia.

John Dudley Richards,
Assistant Professor of History. B.A. and M.A. University of Kansas. Expertise: Medieval history, Roman history, Greek history and literature.

Contact
Karen Hunt Exon (karen.exon@bakeru.edu)

Courses

HISTORY

* American Economic History
* American Gender and Minority Issues
* American Social and Intellectual History
* Christianity in World History
* Civilization of India
* Eastern European/Soviet History and Politics
* Europe, 1350-1789
* Europe, 1789-Present
* History of American Foreign Relations
* History of England I, II
* History of the United States since 1877
* History of the United States to 1877
* Laboratory Course in Historical Method
* Latin American Civilization
* Reasoning/Writing
* Selected Topics: Wars of Vietnam
* Senior Seminar in International Studies
* The American Presidency
* World Civilizations I, II
* African Civilizations in 1870
* Selected Topics in History
* Senior Thesis in Historical Studies
* Independent Study
* Rome from Republic to Empire

SOCIAL SCIENCE

* Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School
* World Geography

POLITICAL SCIENCE

* Africa in Transition
* American Constitutional Law
* American Gender and Minority Issues
* American Political Behavior
* American State and Local Government
* Current Issues in World Politics
* Directed Research in Political Science
* Eastern European/Soviet History and Politics
* Government and Politics of Western Europe
* History of Western Political Thought I, II
* Introduction to American Politics
* Introduction to Comparative Politics
* Introduction to International Relations
* Methods of Social Research
* Politics and Government of East Asia
* Politics and Government of Southeast Asia
* Senior Seminar in International Studies
* Social Justice: Theory and Practice
* Special Topics in Political Science
* The American Congress
* The American Presidency
* The Middle East Crisis
* The Political Economy of Contemporary U.S. International
Relations
* Independent Study
* National and International Political Economy
* Comparative Politics of the Developing World
* Foreign an Security Policy in Global Affairs
* Comparative Foreign Policy
* Theories of International Relations
* Senior Thesis in Political Science

SOCIOLOGY

* Aging and Society
* Anthropology
* Contemporary Problems of Society
* Criminal Justice I, II
* Criminology
* Independent Study in Sociology
* Introduction to Social Services
* Juvenile Delinquency
* Majority and Minority Relations
* Methods of Social Research
* Methods of Teaching Sociology
* Principles of Sociology
* Seminar in Advanced Sociology
* Seminar in Theories of Crime and Deviance
* Social Organization and Social Change
* Society and the Individual
* Sociology of Law

* Sociology of Medicine
* Sociology of Religion
* Sociology of the Family
* Special Topics
* The Sociology of Deviant Behavior
* Urban Studies
* Social Inequality
* Power Politics and Modernity

LIBERAL ARTS

* Critical Thinking an Effective Writing
* Ideas and Exposition
* Selected Topics in Liberal Arts
* Reasoning and Writing
* Directed Research in Honors
* Science, Technology and Human Values
* Selected Topic in Liberal Arts

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