They learn not only from top national scholars in political science and international studies, but also find a wealth of hands-on experience in courses taught by current and former practitioners who have been engaged in the world of politics at the state and national levels.

Every semester, for example, courses are offered by Don Fowler, who has taught for more than four decades at USC while serving as chairman of the S.C. Democratic Party, chief executive officer of the 1988 Democratic National Convention, national chair of the Democratic National Committee, and chairman of Fowler Communications, Inc.

John Stucker, another adjunct professor in GINT since the mid-1980s, has worked as a private political consultant, especially in the area of criminal justice, for state and local governments across the country. In addition to a number federal appointments during the administration of Jimmy Carter, his government experience also includes seven years as special assistant to the governor of South Carolina with responsibility for policy development.

Former S.C. governor and U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia John C. West has for years offered a series of lectures annually in a variety of GINT courses, from American government, to Introduction to World Politics. Other past adjuncts have included Fred Carter, president of Francis Marion University currently serving as chief of staff to Gov. Mark Sanford, and Kevin Geddings who served as chief of staff to Gov. Jim Hodges, among other appointments.

Starting in Maymester and running through the 2003-04 academic year, GINT will add additional adjuncts to its teaching roster, including Moses Boyd, who will teach GINT 491, “Interest Groups and the U.S. Congress,”during Maymester and other courses throughout the remainder of the year. Boyd served almost 15 years with the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, most recently as its chief counsel, where he headed the committee’s Enron investigation. Now a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Boyd, a USC alumnus, is pursuing research, writing, and teaching.

Beginning this fall, Randy W. Deitering will be associated with GINT through the Central Intelligence Agency’s highly selective Officer in Residence Program teaching GINT 342, "National Security Polices of the United States." With almost 27 years of experience as a foreign intelligence officer, primarily with the CIA, Deitering has worked in nearly every facet of intelligence while serving four presidents.

In the Spring of 2004, C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr. will teach the GINT 491 topics course, “Introduction to Legal Method and Process”for seniors who will attend law school. A USC Law School alumnus, Goolsby has been a judge of the S.C. Court of Appeals since 1983, serving as an acting associate justice of the S.C. Supreme Court on numerous occasions since then. He has also served as assistant, deputy, and chief deputy attorney general of South Carolina from the late 1960s through the early 1980s.

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