Dr. Kevin Hula Chair, Department of Political Science, 2007-present Associate Professor of Political Science, 2000-present Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1994-2000

Background

• Ph.D. 1995 Harvard University, Political Science
• A.M. 1991 Harvard University, Political Science
• B.A. 1987 University of Kansas, Political Science, Germanic Languages and Literature

Research

My primary research interests are organized interest groups and the executive branch (particularly the intelligence community). My first book, Lobbying Together, was published by Georgetown University Press in April 1999. This project took shape during a two year research stay at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., when I interviewed over 130 lobbyists and group leaders about their activities. Since 2001 I've published several abridgements and updates (4/e Brief, 4/e Brief Post-Inaugural, 5/e, 6/e, 6/e 2008 update, and new Student Achievement Series edition) of the popular American government textbook Challenge of Democracy, by Ken Janda, Jeff Berry, and Jerry Goldman. A research project examining the coalitions that have emerged in the ongoing debates over human cloning and stem cell research was published in 2005. Currently I'm working on a 7th edition of Challenge of Democracy and a Student Choice Edition.

Teaching

Here at Loyola, I cover a broad range of courses dealing with American Politics, though I try to focus my classes around the general themes of the executive branch (especially intelligence related topics) and interest groups, while teaching an introductory course in American Politics each semester. My course list includes:

• PS102 American Politics
• PS319 Interest Groups in American Democracy
• PS321 Religion and Politics in America
• PS325 Introduction to Public Policy
• PS329 The Modern American Presidency
• PS330 Strategic Intelligence and American Democracy
• PS331 Political Responses to Crisis
• PS401 Research Methods in Political Science (seminar)
• PS476 Intelligence, Secrecy, and Government Reform (seminar)
• PS477 Intelligence and the Executive Branch (seminar)

Service

On the college level, I serve on the Phi Beta Kappa Committee, the Loyola-Notre Dame Joint Library Committee, and on the Academic Senate. I am also the faculty advisor for the Loyola Christian Fellowship, a local chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In the past I have served as a Core Advisor, Co-chair the Middle States Subcommittee on Technology and the Library, Steering Committee for the Center for Community and Social Research, on the Faculty Development Committee, on the Strategic Planning Committee for Technology, the Committee on Studies, the Search Committee for the Director of the Loyola/Notre Dame Library, and on the Global Policy Analysis Taskforce. Within the department I currently chair the search for a new assistant professor in the field of comparative politics, and I serve as a major advisor, the departmental computer consultant, and the webmaster of this site. I served as the departmental Internship Coordinator 1995-2003.

Course Schedule

Fall 2008 Schedule

PS102: American Politics

PS319: Interest Groups in American Democracy

Spring 2008 Schedule

PS102: American Politics

PS331: Political Responses to Crisis

Fall 2007 Schedule:

PS102: American Politics

PS477: Intelligence and the Executive Branch

Spring 2007 Schedule:

PS102: American Politics

PS329: The Modern American Presidency (2 sections)

Fall 2006 Schedule:

PS102: American Politics

PS330: Strategic Intelligence (2 sections)

Personal

• My wife and I are members of Central Presbyterian Church, where I lead the Alpha program.
• A panoramic view of my old stomping grounds in Burgsteinfurt, Germany (broadband only!!!!)
• And last, but not least, my students often clammer for more information on the great state of Kansas.

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Honors, Fellowships, and Awards

• Emerging Scholar Award, APSA Political Organizations and Parties Section, 2000
• Newman Scholar, Loyola College, 2000-2002
• OSS Golden Candle Award, 1997
• Distinguished Teaching Certificate, Harvard University, 1994
• Brookings Research Fellow, 1992-93
• Jacob Javits Fellowship, 1987-1991
• Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha, 1986

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