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Political Science

Political Science Faculty

Tenure-Track Faculty

Tenure-Track Faculty Office Hours
Name Office Phone Office Hours (Fall 2026) Email
Staci Beavers SBSB 2218 (760) 750-4194

Mondays- 9:30am- 10:30am

and by appointment in person or via Zoom

 sbeavers@csusm.edu
Scott Greenwood SBSB 4114 (760) 750-8050 

Mondays and Wednesdays-

12:45pm-2:00pm and 4:00pm-5:00pm

Fridays- 12:45pm-1:30pm

 sgreenwo@csusm.edu
Ruoxi Li  SBSB 4101 (760)750-8539  Please email rli@csusm.edu 
Cyrus Masroori  SBSB 4109 (760) 750-8080 

Please email

 cmasroor@csusm.edu 

Elizabeth Matthews 

Department Chair

 SBSB 4122 (760) 750-8578 

Mondays- 12:00pm- 2:00pm and by appointment

 ematthew@csusm.edu 
Cynthia Chavez Metoyer  SBSB 4130 (760) 750-4182 

Tuesdays and Thursdays- 4:00pm- 5:00pm

and by appointment via Zoom

 cmetoyer@csusm.edu 
Stephen Nichols    SBSB 4105 A (760) 750-8086 

Tuesdays and Thursdays- 2:00pm- 3:00pm

and by appointment

 snichols@csusm.edu 
Roni Kay O'Dell SBSB 4103 (760) 750-4116

Tuesdays and Thursdays- 1:00pm- 3:00pm

and Wednesdays by appointment

 rodell@csusm.edu
Xiaoye She SBSB 4108 (760) 750-8229

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am- 12:00pm

and by appointment via Zoom

 xshe@csusm.edu
Meshack Simati SBSB 4112 (760) 750-8227

Tuesdays and Thursdays- 11:50am- 12:50pm

and by appointment via Zoom

 msimati@csusm.edu

Faculty Emeritus

Faculty Emeritus Contact
Name Email
Staci Beavers sbeavers@csusm.edu
Vicki Golich vgolich@msudenver.edu 
Cyrus Masroori cmasroori@csusm.edu
Stephen Nichols snichols@csusm.edu
Pamela Stricker stricker@csusm.edu

Lecturer Faculty

Lecturer Faculty Office Hours
Name Office Office Hours (Fall 2026) Email
Dino Bozonelos SBSB 4132

Mondays- 11:00am- 12:00pm and Fridays- 3:00pm- 5:00pm

 dbozonelos@csusm.edu
Steven Cauchon Online

Mondays- 9:00am- 10:00am and 1:00pm- 4:00pm via Zoom

 scauchon@csusm.edu
Charles Clark Online Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays- 12:30pm- 1:30pm via Zoom ceclark@csusm.edu
Larry Gerston SBSB 4105B

Mondays and Wednesdays- 3:00pm- 3:40pm

 lgerston@csusm.edu
Stephan Hoover SBSB 4105B

Wednesdays- 11:00am- 1:00pm

 shoover@csusm.edu
Ian Kinzel SBSB 4132

Wednesdays- 1:30pm- 4:30pm

 ikinzel@csusm.edu
Elizabeth Nash SBSB 4118

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays- 10:00am - 11:00am
enash@csusm.edu
Rebecca Simpson SBSB 4105B

Tuesdays- 12:00pm- 12:45pm

 rsimpson@csusm.edu
James (JT) Smith Online

Thursdays- 8:30am - 9:30am, 12:30pm -1:30pm,

and 2:30pm -3:30pm

 jsmith@csusm.edu

 

Global Affairs Club Advisor

Global Affairs Club Advisor Contact
Name Phone Email
Meshack Simati (760) 750-8227  msimati@csusm.edu

 

Pi Sigma Alpha Advisor

Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honors Society, Alpha Beta Kappa CSUSM Chapter
Name Phone Email
Roni Kay O'Dell (760) 750-4116 rodell@csusm.edu

 

Model United Nations (MUN) Advisor

Model United Nations Advisor Contact
Name Phone Email
Roni Kay O'Dell (760) 750-4116 rodell@csusm.edu

 

Administrative Coordinator

Administrative Coordinator Contact
Name Phone Email
Jill Turner (760) 750-4108 jturner@csusm.edu