Core Faculty
![Bruce Arrigo](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Arrigo-UNCC_PPOL_17-54-of-60_0-300x300.jpg)
![Beth Bjerregaard](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/UNCC_PPOL_17_15_of_60-300x300.jpg)
![William Brandon](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/WB_0.png)
![Yang Cao](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/UNCC_PPOL_17_29_of_60-300x300.jpg)
Associate Professor, Director of Sociology Graduate Studies
Sociology
![Joanne Carman](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Joanne-C-080E-1-300x300.jpg)
Associate Professor, Bonnie E. Cone Professorship in Civic Engagement
Political Science and Public Administration
![Jacqueline Chattopadhyay](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Jacqueline-Chattopadhyay-Pic_7-2018_0_0-300x300.jpg)
Associate Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Scott Fitzgerald](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Scott-Fitzgerald-twb-300x300.jpg)
Professor, Sociology Department Chair
Sociology
![Jason Giersch](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Giersch.jpg)
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM and ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science- PPOL Class of 2012
![William Graves](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/BillGravesHeadshot.jpg)
Professor
Geography and Earth Sciences
![Eric Heberlig](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/EH-300x300.jpg)
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Gordon Hull](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/UNCC_PPOL_17_5_of_60-300x300.jpg)
![Martha E. Kropf](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Kropf-1-300x300.jpg)
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Suzanne Leland](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Leland-photo-300x300.jpg)
Professor, MPA Director
Political Science and Public Administration
![Shelley Listwan](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Web-Pic-2-copy_0-300x300.jpg)
![Roslyn Mickelson](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Mickelson-photo_0-300x300.jpg)
![Stephanie Moller](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/IMG_8267-300x300.jpg)
![Isabelle Nilsson](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Nilsson_0_0-300x300.jpg)
Associate Professor
Geography and Earth Sciences
![Jaclyn Piatak](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/preview-full-JSP-Headshot-300x300.jpg)
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Stephanie Potochnick](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/PotochnickPhoto-220x300.png)
Associate Professor
Sociology
![Benjamin J. Radford](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Radford.jpf_.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Beth Rubin](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/BR-300x300.jpg)
![Teresa Scheid](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/UNCC_PPOL_17_3_of_60-300x300.jpg)
![Lisa Schulkind](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2024/03/lisa.jpg)
![Dale Smith](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/dsmith-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Stearns](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Elizabeth-Stearns-17_WebSized-300x300.jpg)
Professor and Director, Public Policy Doctoral Program
Sociology
![John Stogner](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/stogner_0_0-300x300.jpg)
![John Szmer](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Szmer.jpg)
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Jean-Claude Thill](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Jean-Claude-Thill-280x400-1-280x300.jpg)
Knight Distinguished Professor
Geography & Earth Sciences
![Jim Walsh](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/walsh-200px_1.jpg)
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
![Jason Windett](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Jason_Windett_0-300x300.jpg)
![Artie Zillante](https://publicpolicy.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/565/2023/07/Artie-Zillante.png)
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Belk College of Business
Economics