Professor of Political Science
Coleman Hall 2331
Department of Political Science
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Tel: (217) 581-8418
Fax: (217) 581-2926
Email: rawandling@eiu.edu
Dr. Wandling (Ph.D., Miami University) teaches courses in public
administration, state government and politics, cities and urban
politics/policy and public policy. Specific courses recently taught in
these areas include Public Organization Theory (PLS 4793); Government
Budgeting and Politics (PLS 4893); Subnational Government (PLS 5163);
Cities, Politics and Urban Policy (PLS 5153); and Public Policy Seminar
(PLS 5843); and Introduction to State and Local Government (PLS 2603). His current research agenda focuses on
policy development and implementation at the state and local levels, and he also is writing on Rationality, Rational Choice and Bounded Rationality in the discipline of political science.
Professor Wandling has been a member of advisory committees to city government, having served on the Government Structures Committee of the Charleston Tomorrow planning initiative and most recently on the Ad Hoc Home Rule Committee for the City of Charleston. He also has been active in non-profit organizations at the decision-making and policy-making levels, including his current role as President of the Board of Directors of Coles County's Habitat for Humanity affiliate, and he presently serves as a precinct committee person for a political party.
