Coming Events
Wednesday, September 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Silver Eagle Suite
Constitution Day Lecture—Judge William Downes, guest speaker.
Thursday, Sept. 17, 5-7:30 p.m.
UNT
Constitution Day Scholarship Fundraiser at the Belo Mansion.
Meet your state
representatives and
celebrate
the founding of our country while raising money to help the next
generation of
leaders.
Contact
Dr. Kimi King kking@unt.edu
Friday, Sept. 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
UNT
Constitution Day Scholarship Fundraiser in Denton.
Meet your
state
representatives and celebrate the founding of our country while raising
money to help the next generation of leaders.
Contact Dr. Kimi King kking@unt.edu
Our
department is proud of its outstanding
record of teaching, research and service. The department of Political
Science at the University of North Texas is home to outstanding
scholars and teachers who combine both cutting edge research and
award-winning teaching. Our faculty have won the top teaching awards at
UNT more than any other department on campus, including the 'Fessor
Graham Award, given annually to the very best teacher on campus by the
Student Government Association, and the President's Council Teaching
Award, given annually to the best teacher on campus as determined by a
faculty selection committee. Political Science faculty have also won
the top State of Texas teaching and research award, the Minnie Stevens
Piper Award, twice.
The
Political Science department offers a
BA
in Political Science and a minor in Peace Studies, as well as MA, MS,
and PhD programs in American Politics, International Relations,
Comparative Politics, Political Theory and Methodology. According to a
recent review of political science programs, our department ranks 3rd
nationally in “Graduate Training Programs” and 6th
in “Affiliation Rankings.” The first of these
rankings reflects the productivity of a department's graduate students
based on the “average number of PhD's granted annually in the
last 3 years.” The second ranking measures faculty
productivity adjusting for the number of faculty in the department. As
such it “identifies several departments that in recent years
have had especially productive faculty . . . [and] may be characterized
as departments whose achievements exceed their reputations.”
The department is
developing the Institute for Democracy, Development and Conflict
Resolution with a grant from the US Department of Education. On these
web sites you will find many wonderful opportunities for study in our
department and learn more about the exciting research our faculty are
involved in. Please contact any of us if you have any questions.
Latest Department Bulletin
|
|
 SONIA M.
RODRIGUEZ is a full equity partner
in Branton & Hall, P.C., in San Antonio, Texas where she works
on various types of civil actions cases. She is licensed for the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sonia received her B.A. in political science from UNT (1995) and went
on to St. Mary's University Law School for her law degree (1999). She
currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the San Antonio Young
Women’s Leadership Academy, Committee on Pattern Jury Charges
of the State Bar of Texas (Malpractice, Premises, Products) and the
Board of Directors of the Law Alumni Association of St.
Mary’s University School of Law. Sonia is the Director of the
Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange and also President of the
San Antonio Trial Lawyers’ Association. This year Sonia was
inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in the
category of law.
|
 SEAGAL
WHEATLEY graduated
with his B.A. in 1957 from the North
Texas State University and received his J.D. in 1960 from the
University of Texas School of Law. He has been serving clients in Texas
and the United States for almost forty years. His specialty is both
public and private corporate litigation, after having previously served
as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He is
past-President for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with
over 5000 members involved during his tenure, and he now serves on that
Board of Governors. Mr. Wheatley has published in the ABA Law Journal
and the St. Mary’s Law Journal, and his memberships include
the San Antonio Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Federal
Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the
International Society of Barristers, and he is a Fellow of the Texas
Bar Foundation. In 2007, he was named a San Antonio “Best
Lawyer” by Scene in SA Monthly for Business Litigation and a
“Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine.
|
