Dr. Harry Basehart, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science, has a B.A. from Kent State University, M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He joined the faculty of °®ÆＧ State College in 1971 and was the second political scientist in what was then the Department of History and Political Science. The political science major was approved in 1982, followed quickly by the creation of a Department of Political Science. He was the first chair of the department and during his career served as chair for a total of 13 years. His teaching interests were American politics (Contemporary Issues, State and Local Government, Political Parties, Congress) and research methods (Methods of Empirical Political Analysis, where he frequently said, “That’s a table not a chart.”). Supervising interns at the state, local, and national levels of government is at the top of his list of things missed in retirement. He received several teaching and service awards including Outstanding Faculty Award from the Student Government Association in 1997. Developing more opportunities for college students to learn the values and skills of citizenship in a democracy, inspired Dr. Fran Kane of SU’s Philosophy Department and Dr. Basehart to establish the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement in 1999. PACE recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Dr. Basehart coauthored with David C. Saffell, State and Local Government: Politics and Public Policies. The last edition was published in 2009. Several articles on legislative redistricting appeared in National Civic Review, American Politics Quarterly, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.
Since retiring in 2008, Dr. Basehart has been active in °®ÆＧ/Wicomico politics as a member and treasurer of the Wicomico County Democratic Central Committee for eight years; he is currently a member of the °®ÆＧ Election Board. He occasionally gives presentations to local groups and SU students on voting, elections, and history of the Vietnam War.
Dr. Greg Cashman is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science. He has an BS (History Education) and MA (International Relations) from Ohio University and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver (International Studies). He taught 4 years of middle school before making the jump to higher ed. He was one of the founding members of SU’s Political Science Department and served as its chair from 1988-91. He was the main architect and “founding father” of SU’s interdisciplinary International Studies Major and served as its program director from 2002-2013. He taught a wide variety of courses in international and comparative politics at SU. (He was also the Assistant Track and Cross-County Coach for several years.) Dr. Cashman was given the SU Distinguished Faculty Award in 1994 and the SGA’s Faculty Appreciation Award in 2007. His primary interest has been in international conflict. He has written several college texts on this topic: What Causes War? An Introduction to Theories of International Conflict (Lexington Books, 1993); An Introduction to the Causes of War: Patterns in Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq, with Dr. Leonard Robinson (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007; What Causes War, 2nd edition, completely revised (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013; and An Introduction to the Causes of War, 2nd edition, with Dr. Leonard Robinson (expected publication, December 2020, Rowman & Littlefield). Cashman capped off his academic career as the primary consultant for the “Why War? The Causes of Conflict” exhibition for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington – which includes, among other things, 7 enormous interactive screens through which visitors may access contextual information, photos, and data about U.S. involvement in 9 selected wars. Cashman helped devise the central conceptual approach for the exhibit and developed commentary for the section on the causes of war and the individual sections on the 9 U.S. wars.
Dr. Harry Basehart, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science, has a B.A. from Kent State University, M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He joined the faculty of °®ÆＧ State College in 1971 and was the second political scientist in what was then the Department of History and Political Science. The political science major was approved in 1982, followed quickly by the creation of a Department of Political Science. He was the first chair of the department and during his career served as chair for a total of 13 years. His teaching interests were American politics (Contemporary Issues, State and Local Government, Political Parties, Congress) and research methods (Methods of Empirical Political Analysis, where he frequently said, “That’s a table not a chart.”). Supervising interns at the state, local, and national levels of government is at the top of his list of things missed in retirement. He received several teaching and service awards including Outstanding Faculty Award from the Student Government Association in 1997. Developing more opportunities for college students to learn the values and skills of citizenship in a democracy, inspired Dr. Fran Kane of SU’s Philosophy Department and Dr. Basehart to establish the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement in 1999. PACE recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Dr. Basehart coauthored with David C. Saffell, State and Local Government: Politics and Public Policies. The last edition was published in 2009. Several articles on legislative redistricting appeared in National Civic Review, American Politics Quarterly, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.
Dr. Greg Cashman is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science. He has an BS (History Education) and MA (International Relations) from Ohio University and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver (International Studies). He taught 4 years of middle school before making the jump to higher ed. He was one of the founding members of SU’s Political Science Department and served as its chair from 1988-91. He was the main architect and “founding father” of SU’s interdisciplinary International Studies Major and served as its program director from 2002-2013. He taught a wide variety of courses in international and comparative politics at SU. (He was also the Assistant Track and Cross-County Coach for several years.) Dr. Cashman was given the SU Distinguished Faculty Award in 1994 and the SGA’s Faculty Appreciation Award in 2007. His primary interest has been in international conflict. He has written several college texts on this topic: What Causes War? An Introduction to Theories of International Conflict (Lexington Books, 1993); An Introduction to the Causes of War: Patterns in Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq, with Dr. Leonard Robinson (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007; What Causes War, 2nd edition, completely revised (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013; and An Introduction to the Causes of War, 2nd edition, with Dr. Leonard Robinson (expected publication, December 2020, Rowman & Littlefield). Cashman capped off his academic career as the primary consultant for the “Why War? The Causes of Conflict” exhibition for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington – which includes, among other things, 7 enormous interactive screens through which visitors may access contextual information, photos, and data about U.S. involvement in 9 selected wars. Cashman helped devise the central conceptual approach for the exhibit and developed commentary for the section on the causes of war and the individual sections on the 9 U.S. wars.