Faculty

Samuels Albert, Professor & Chair
Dr. Albert L. Samuels is a native of Shreveport, LA. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and a M.A. in Social Sciences (both from Southern University) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Louisiana State University. He has taught political science at Southern University since 1999 and is the Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science. During the Spring Semester of 2014, he was elected by his faculty colleagues to the office of Vice President of the Southern University Faculty Center. His research interests include American politics, black politics, Louisiana politics, educational policy, and voting rights.

Hines, Revathi
(1999)B.A., Baylor University, M.P.A, Southern University, Ph.D., Howard University.is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and Geography which is housed in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Her research interests include environmental justice, environmental policy, and gender studies. She has published in the Journal of Black Studies, Western Journal of Black Studies, and others. She is also a contributing editor of the book, Understanding American Government (2005).

Smith, Blanche
(1982)B.A., Southern University, M.P.A, University of Tennessee.Assistant Professor of Political Science. Internship and Placement Director, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.

Cottrell, Christopher

(1994)B.A., Grambling State University, M.A, Albany university, State University of New York is an assistant professor and teaches and specializes in the fields of cultural geography, electoral geography, medical geography and bioterrorism. He is a member of the Department of Political Science and Geography, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.

Phone: (225) 771-4543
E-Mail: christopher_cottrell@subr.edu