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Peter J. Galie, PhD, department chair; director, Raichle Pre-law Center; professor
Phone: 888-2699
E-mail: galie@canisius.edu
Peter J. Galie received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970. He came to Canisius College in 1972 as chair of the Political Science Department, a position he held until 1992. He returned to that position in the fall of 2003.
Galie is also the director of the Raichle Pre-Law Center at Canisius. His expertise is in the area of state constitutional law and New York constitutional law and history. He has published numerous articles and two books in these areas. The books are The New York State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Press, 1991) and Ordered Liberty: A Constitutional History of New York (Fordham University Press, 1996).
He was invited to membership in the New York Academy of Historians. The organization’s purpose is to encourage the study of history and to represent the interests of those who actually work in classrooms, archives, and historical societies. Membership is limited to historians with a demonstrated record of accomplishment in New York history including as authors, archivists, public historians, teachers and administrators.
Galie participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the Rockefeller Institute in Albany on May 29, 2008. Acting Lieutenant Governor Joseph Bruno and Assemblyman Robin Shimminger joined him and other leading scholars of the New York Constitution to address the issue of gubernatorial succession in New York State. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York conducts research on the role of state and local governments in American federalism, education, and on the management and finances of states and localities.
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Phone: 888-2697
E-mail: diciccoj@canisius.edu
Jonathan M. DiCicco joined the Canisius College faculty in the fall of 2006. DiCicco’s graduate study in international relations at Rutgers University focused on international conflict and its resolution, foreign policy issues and decision-making processes, U.S. defense policy and international relations theory. DiCicco has published articles in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Naval War College Review, and has published chapters in Progress in International Relations Theory (MIT Press, 2003) and Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion (Lexington Press, 2003).
Before coming to Canisius, DiCicco taught college courses on the Causes of War, American Foreign Policy, International Political Economy, Research on the United Nations, and introductory International Relations. DiCicco also conducted research for the Department of Defense during the late 1990s, and served as associate director of the Center for Global Security and Democracy, a think tank and global service-learning organization. His teaching and research interests are not bound to any particular area, but he has an abiding interest in long-term rivalries between states, both contemporary such as India-Pakistan and historical such as France-Germany, U.S.-Japan.
DiCicco is an active member of the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, the Peace Science Society (international), and other scholarly organizations, including Phi Beta Kappa. He is a voracious consumer of print, on-line, and television news regarding international issues and challenges his students to keep up.
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Phone: 888-2694
E-mail: haselswm@canisius.edu
Michael V. Haselswerdt received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Davis and his doctorate from Michigan State University.
Working on political campaigns and splitting firewood are two of Haselswerdt’s passions. For his day job, he teaches courses in American political behavior, the US Congress and research methods.
Since 1998, Haselswerdt has organized an annual trip to Washington, D.C. for students. During the three-day program, students meet Canisius alumni who work on Capitol Hill and other government agencies, in lobby and research firms and media companies. The experience makes students better aware of opportunities after graduation.
Haselswerdt believes in learning through doing. In 1988, he was on the National Advance staff for Dukakis for President, traveling around the country setting up campaign events for Michael and Kitty Dukakis. Consequently, he teaches a popular course on Presidential Campaign Advance every four years.
In 1996, Haselswerdt worked as an analyst for Peter Hart Research Associates in Washington, D.C. Hart Research is one of the premier public opinion research firms in the world. He applies some of what he learned there when teaching research methods.
Haselswerdt has been involved in several local political campaigns and he is frequently asked by the media to comment on local, state and national issues. He has published articles in scholarly journals and resource books. He is currently using individual-level data to study the voting behaviors of ex-felons.
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Phone: 888-2698
E-mail: hardwick@canisius.edu
Kevin R. Hardwick joined the Department of Political Science at Canisius College in the fall of 1989. His involvement in politics and the policy process dates back to his senior year in high school when he was elected to a seat on the Susquehanna Valley Board of Education in the Binghamton, New York area. After serving his three-year term on the school board, Hardwick was elected councilman in the Town of Binghamton, a post he held for eight years. In 1986, he was appointed administrative assistant to the New York State Senate Majority Leader Warren M. Anderson. He served in this capacity until Sen. Anderson's retirement in December of 1988.
Hardwick received his PhD from the State University of New York at Binghamton. His research interests include state legislative politics and the politics of municipal service distribution. In addition to teaching introductory American government courses, he also teaches courses in public policy, public administration, state and local government, the presidency and urban politics. He also serves as the director of the Urban Studies program.
Hardwick is a frequently sought out for his expert opinion on political matters. He also hosts a weekly radio show Hardline with Kevin Hardwick on WBEN Radio.
Hardwick was a member of the City of Tonawanda Charter Review Commission and was elected First Ward Councilmember in the City of Tonawanda in 1995. He was re-elected to this post twice. He did not seek reelection in 2001 so that he could challenge the chairman of the Erie County Legislature for a seat on that body. In that race, he suffered his first defeat in seven tries for elected office. In 2003, he again challenged the chairman of the legislature. After winning the Republican primary, Hardwick lost by a narrow margin in the general election. His unique blend of formal training and practical political experience contributes to lively discussions in all of his classes.
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Phone: 888-2799
E-mail: occhipij@canisius.edu
John D. Occhipinti joined the faculty in 1996 and is director of the European Studies program. He earned his BA from Colgate University, where he majored in international relations and German literature and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. While an undergraduate, Occhipinti studied in Freiburg, Germany. After graduation, he returned to Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, this time in Tübingen in 1989-1990, when the Berlin Wall was opened. He earned his MA in government and politics and his PhD from the University of Maryland at College Park. His doctoral field research was done in Berlin on the transformation of the East German police after German unity.
Each semester, Occhipinti teaches Comparative Government and Politics (PSC 150). This course introduces students to politics outside the United States and employs the cooperative team learning approach in which students learn from each other while working in small groups. Each fall, he teaches a course on the European Union (EU) (PSC 355/HIS 331), which relies on a mix of multi-media power point presentations, active learning and student presentations. Related to this course, Occhipinti is the advisor for the EuroSim student club, which helps students prepare for an annual international, intercollegiate simulation of the EU.
He has published several scholarly articles and book chapters on internal security in the EU, as well as his first book, The Politics of EU Police Cooperation: Toward a European FBI? (Lynne Rienner, 2003). He has also lectured for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute and spoken at the U.S. State Department for its Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). In August of 2005, Dr. Occhipinti was invited by the State Department to brief the newly appointed US Ambassador to the European Union on internal security policy in the EU.
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Phone: 888-2884
E-mail: klumpr@canisius.edu
A Buffalo attorney, Klump is a 1979 graduate of Canisius College. He earned his law degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1983. He has taught constitutional law at Canisius since 1987.
In November 2002, Klump was presented with the New York State Bar Association (NSBA) Law-Related Education Distinguished Service Award for his years of dedicated teaching at Canisius, as well as his role as a faculty adviser to the Canisius chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, a pre-law organization. Klump is a member of the Canisius College DiGamma Honor Society, which recognizes Canisius alumni, faculty and staff who have distinguished themselves, over an extended period of time, through exemplary service to the college.