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Faculty

International Relations Coordinator

Ray Christensen

Associate Professor
Political Science

215 HRCB and 775 KMBL
(810) 422-5133

ray_christensen@byu.edu

Faculty Committee Members

Stewart Anderson

Associate Professor
History

2153 JFSB
(801) 422-7494

stewart_anderson@byu.edu

Celeste Beesley

Assistant Professor
Political Science

1225 HBLL
(801) 422-7807

celeste_beesley@byu.edu

Dana Bourgerie

Assistant Professor
Asian and Near Eastern Languages

3064C JFSB
(801) 422-4952

dana_bourgerie@byu.edu

Scott Bradford

Associate Professor
Economics

2130 WVB
(801) 422-8358

bradford@byu.edu

Brian Champion

Senior Librarian
Library

1225 HBLL
(801) 422-5862

brian_champion@byu.edu

Mark Choate

Associate Professor
History

2137 JFSB
(801) 422-5324

mark_choate@byu.edu

Ray Clifford

Associate Dean
College of Humanities

3086 JFSB
(801) 422-1201

rayc@byu.edu

Scott Cooper

Associate Professor
Political Science

762 KMBL
(801) 422-4053

scott_cooper@byu.edu

Jeffrey Denning

Assistant Professor
Economics

2135 WVB
(801) 422-3182

jeffdenning@byu.edu

Jeffrey Durrant

Associate Professor
Geography

624 SWKT
(801) 422-4116

jodurrant@byu.edu

Joshua Gubler

Associate Professor
Political Science

203 HRCB and 764 KMBL
(801) 422-2829

jgub@byu.edu

Darren Hawkins

Professor
Political Science

745 SWKT
(801) 422-5526

dhawkins@byu.edu

Kirk Hawkins

Professor
Political Science

782 SWKT
(801) 422-1362

kirk.hawkins@byu.edu

Andrew Johns

Associate Professor
History

2161 JFSB
(801) 422-8942

andrew_johns@byu.edu

Jim Kearl

President
BYU Jerusalem Center

2103 WVB
(801) 422-5812

j_r_kearl@byu.edu

Paul Kerry

Associate Professor
History

2149 JFSB
(801) 422-2983

paul_kerry@byu.edu

Kirk Larsen

Associate Professor
History

2151 JFSB
(801) 422-3445

kirk_larsen@byu.edu

Christian vom Lehn

Assistant Professor
Economics

2153 WVB
(801) 422-4733

cvomlehn@byu.edu

Liz McGuire

Assistant Professor
Political Science

780 KMBL
(801) 422-1866

liz_mcguire@byu.edu

Quinn Mecham

Associate Director
Kennedy Center

237 HRCB
(801) 422-5317

qmecham@byu.edu

Shawn Miller

Associate Professor
History

2142 JFSB
(801) 422-3425

shawn_miller@byu.edu

Chad Nelson

Assistant Professor
Political Science

752 SWKT
(801) 422-3505

chad_nelson@byu.edu

Daniel Olsen

Department Chair
Geography

690B KMBL
(801) 422-9447

dholsen@byu.edu

Joel Selway

Associate Professor
Political Science

792 KMBL
(801) 422-8607

joel_selway@byu.edu

Mark Showalter

Professor
Economics

2114 WVB
(801) 422-2859

showalter@byu.edu

Jeffrey Shumway

Professor
History

216 HRCB
(801) 422-8943

jshumway@byu.edu

Aaron Skabelund

Associate Professor
History

2161 JFSB
(801) 422-8942

aaron_skabelund@byu.edu

Kendall Stiles

Professor
Political Science

760 SWKT
(801) 422-1352

ken_stiles@byu.edu

Jeff Turley

Department Chair
Spanish and Portuguese

3190B JFSB
(801) 422-7019

jeffrey_turley@byu.edu

Governance

The IR program is governed by an interdisciplinary faculty committee made up of about thirty faculty from six disciplines. In addition, one of the committee members acts as the faculty coordinator for the major. All major curriculum decisions are made by the faculty committee, which conducts most of its work by email communication. The faculty coordinator reports on the status of the major to the committee and initiates any committee discussions of curriculum changes. Most of the assessment of the major is done by the IR coordinator through competency exams and surveys of graduates. The faculty committee reviews the results of these exams and surveys and make recommendations for needed changes. The results of the assessment work are communicated annually to all faculty affiliated with the IR major. At that time the faculty comment on the assessment results and those same results inform decisions regarding the curriculum structure of the major.