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Dr. Austin Trantham
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Political Science
Email address atranth@ju.edu
Telephone number (904) 256-7219
Office location Gooding 219
Education
- Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- M.A., University of Kentucky
- M.A., American University
- B.A., Austin College
Fields of Study
- American Presidency
- Gubernatorial Politics
- Political Rhetoric
- Public Policy
Courses Taught
- American National Government (POL 205)
- Comparative Political Systems (POL 302)
- Political Parties and Politics (POL 303)
- Congressional Politics (POL 307)
- The American Presidency (POL 308)
- Constitutional Law (POL 309)
- Public Policy (POL 310)
- State and Local Government (POL 318)
- Politics and Popular Culture (POL 375)
- Scandal and Corruption in American Politics (POL 375)
- American Foreign Policy (POL 403)
- Methods of Social Research (POL 420)
- Political Institutions, Processes, and Public Policy (PPOL 511)
Selected Publications, Awards, and Service
- Trantham, Austin. Forthcoming. "Domestic Policy" and "Federal Court Appointments." In Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, eds. Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard. Facts on File, Infobase Publishing.
- Trantham, Austin. 2020. Review of Making Sense of the College Curriculum: Faculty Stories of Change, Conflict and Accommodation by Robert Zemsky, Gregory R. Wegner, and Ann J. Duffield. Journal of Political Science Education 16(2): 262-263)
- Trantham, Austin. 2019. Review of Advising the President: Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt by William R. Casto. Political Science Quarterly 134(4): 731-733
- Trantham, Austin. 2019. "Teaching Special Topics Courses in Political Science." The Political Scientist 6(1): 12-14
- Artinian Travel Award, Southern Political Science Association
- Program Coordinator, Department of Political Science
- Social Media Manager, Division of Social Sciences
- Pre-Law Advisor, Jacksonville University
- Editor-in-Chief, Policy Matters Journal, Public Policy Institute, Jacksonville University
- Section Chair, 2021 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting
- Webmaster, APSA Presidents and Executive Politics Section
- Reader, AP U.S. Government and Politics Exam