Department of Political Science Faculty 

James Zoetewey, Ph.D.: Instructor, 1966; Assistant Professor, 1969; Associate Professor, 1972; Professor, 1982; retired, 2007; died, May 11, 2013

Alan Carter, M.A.: Instructor, 1967-1969

Robert E. Elder Jr., Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1969; Associate Professor, 1973; Professor, 1984; retired, 2002

Jack E. Holmes, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1969; Associate Professor, 1976; Professor, 1987

Carol Juth-Gavasso, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 1970-1994; died, August 6, 1994

Renze L. Hoeksema, Ph.D.: Professor, 1971; retired, 1986; Teaching Associate, 1986-1996

William Bopf, M.Sc.: Teaching Associate, 1973-1975

James De Borst, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1973-1979

James A. Thompson: Teaching Associate, 1973-1974

Edwin Van Bruggen, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1973-1974

Charles Gossett, M.A.: Instructor, 1978-1979

Charles Strikwerda, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1981-1982, 1987-1992, 2002

Melanie De Stigter, J.D.: Teaching Associate, 1982-1983

James Penning, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1982-1983

Stephen Monsma, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1984-1985

Michael J. Engelhardt, Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 1985-1987

Myron Mast, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1985-1992, 1994, 2001

Robert DeVries, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1986

Pilkyu Kim, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1987-1994

Larry Horist, B.A.: Teaching Associate, 1990

Steve Samson, Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 1990-1991

Annie Dandavati, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1992; Associate Professor, 1998; Professor, 2005

Robert Pocock, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1992, 1994, 1996

William Stevenson, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1993

Suzanne Fong, J.D.: Teaching Associate, 1994

Peter Hoekstra, M.B.A.: Teaching Associate, 1994

David K. Ryden, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 1994; Associate Professor, 2000; Professor, 2006

Corwin Smidt, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1994

Linda Elder, M.A.: Teaching Associate, 1995

Paul Hillegonds, J.D.: Teaching Associate, 1995

Amy Glass, J.D.: Teaching Associate, 1996

Joel J. Toppen, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 1996; Visiting Instructor, 1997; Visiting Assistant Professor, 1999; Assistant Professor, 2002; Associate Professor, 2006

Nathan Bocks, J.D.: Teaching Associate, 2000

Douglas L. Koopman, Ph.D.: Teaching Associate, 2000; Professor and Director of the Leadership Program, 2005-2006

Jeffrey J. Polet, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, 2004; Professor, 2010

Eliot Dickinson, Ph.D.: Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005-2008

Kristen Deede Johnson, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the CrossRoads Project, 2005; and Director of Studies in Ministry, 2007

Takao Takahara, L.L.B.: Meiji Gakuin Visiting Professor, 2005

Virginia Parish Beard, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2007

Matthew M. C. Roberts, Ph.D. (exp. 2007): Visiting Assistant Professor, 2007-2009

Paula N. Booke, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, 2009