Department of Political Science
Student Spotlight: Ryan Thompson
In Fall 2020, political science junior Ryan Thompson participated in the Washington Semester Internship Program (WSIP) through the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Honors College. The WSIP program “gives students in universities and colleges across the state of South Carolina the opportunity to spend a semester working and taking classes in D.C., gaining valuable experience while earning academic credit toward their degrees.” For Ryan, this experience led to an internship with a congressional office in Washington, D.C. and a very memorable semester.
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Message from the Department Chair: Dr. Hollis France
Welcome to the Department of Political Science. Whether you are interested in American campaigns and elections or international human rights, global climate change or criminal justice, foreign policy or urban planning, Chinese politics or the politics of Africa, intelligence gathering or health policy, local community groups or international development agencies, the Department of Political Science has the courses and extracurricular programming for you. The faculty and staff in our department are committed to your success, both as a student in Charleston and for life after college. Our department has a large and distinguished alumni network, as you can see from the profiles (below) which were featured in The College Today. More information can be found on the Alumni Corner of our website.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have and let us know how we can make your time at the College of Charleston even better!
WE'VE MOVED! Our offices are now located on the 2nd floor of the JC Long Building. At this time, we are open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - NO DROP-INS ALLOWED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Contact Dr. France (franceh@cofc.edu) or Dr. Ragusa (ragusajm@cofc.edu) for an appointment.
Alumni Profiles
Michelle Bloom C'13 - White House Intern
Jackson Ewing C'03 - Director of Asian SustainabilityNicholas Glover C'05 - Business Expansion Leader
Hugh McDermott C'11 - Scheduler for First Lady Michelle Obama
Katie Tumbleston C'08 - CEO & Founder of NannyPod
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