Lecturers

Emeritus, Adjunct and Part-Time Instructors

Robert Alessi, Practicing Attorney

Instructor: POL 391, Principles of Law

Jonathan Beekman

Attorney, Beekman Schwartz Kaufman & Livoti, LLP (POL 319 Instructor - Business Law)

Annamarie Donovan, Esq.

Practicing Attorney, 1994-present. J.D., Touro Law School. Guest Lecturer at The Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, England. March 2004 and March 2005 on Women's Rights and Gender Equity; April 2007 on Women's Rights and Freedoms; August 2008, Women's Leadership in Politics and the Professions; March, 2010, Women at Work: Benefits and Barriers.
Interests: Law; Advocacy; Women's Rights and Gender Equity. Web: www.donovanlawfirm.com  EMAIL: ladylaw@earthlink.net

Robert F. Ewald, Esq.

J.D. - St. John's University
Asst. Dist. Atty. - Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 1980-date
Interests: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Advocacy, Ethics, Fundamentals of Political Science, Judiciary


R. Stephanie Good, Esq.

New York Times Best-Selling Author
J.D., LL.M.in International Law, Hofstra University School of Law
Stony Brook University Political Science Department's 2009 Distinguished Alumnus
2008 CAPS (Child Abuse Protection Service) Honoree
Interests: Public Interest Law; Environmental Law; Child Advocacy; Internet Safety; Public Policy

Lee Koppelman

Leading Professor. Ph.D., New York University, 1967.
Research Interests: Comprehensive Regional and Urban Planning; Environmental Planning; Intergovernmental Relations and American Federalism; Coastal Zone Planning and Analysis.

Allen Kovesdy

MAPP Program Instructor (Public Budgeting and Finance

Milton Lodge

Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1967.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; Political Cognition. 

Scott Middleton

BA, Stony Brook University, JD., Brooklyn Law School, Member of the American Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association.

Frank Myers

Distinguished Teaching Professor. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1965.
Research Interests: Comparative Politics; Political Theory.

Jason Rose

M.A., NYU, 2010.
Research Interests: World Politics, American Government.

Harold Withers

Deputy Director of Planning for Suffolk County. Ph.D. Fordham University.
Interests: Public policy; Federalism. 

For more information on contacting instructors,

please contact the mail office at

(631) 632-7650.

Department of Political Science • Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, 7th Floor, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392 • Phone: 631-632-7650 • Fax: 631-632-4116