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Department of Political Science
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
Phone: (217) 581-2523
Fax: (217) 581-2629

Dr. Richard Wandling
Chair
2345 Coleman Hall
Phone: (217) 581-2523

Dr. Ryan C. Hendrickson
Graduate Coordinator
2325 Coleman Hall
Phone: (217) 581-6224

Melinda A. Mueller

Professor of Political Science
Coleman Hall 2010
Department of Political Science
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Tel: (217) 581-3022
Fax: (217) 581-2926
Email: mamueller@eiu.edu
Internet: Home Page

Dr. Mueller (Ph.D. Rochester) teaches courses on the presidency, interest groups, environmental politics, Congress and American government. Her research interests include voting behavior and public opinion, women and politics and public policy. Her publications include a chapter in Managing Environmental Policy and Engaging the Public: How the Government and Media Can Reinvigorate American Democracy and two interest group profiles in the Encyclopedia of American Interest Groups. She is one of the Department's Undergraduate Academic Advisors.

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