You can e-mail the office at westforum@winthrop.edu if you have any comments, questions, or concerns. If you need to speak to someone directly in the office, please see the profiles below for that information.
Dr. Adolphus Belk Jr.
Office: 332 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-4581
E-mail: belka@winthrop.edu
Dr. Adolphus Belk Jr. completed his graduate studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in government and politics. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies and Political Science from Syracuse University.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, he teaches courses on American government, black politics, public policy, and race and ethnic politics in the United States. Dr. Belk has studied and written about the politics of crime and punishment in the United States, as well as white nationalism in American government and politics. He and a former student, Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey ’04, now a professor of political science at Georgia State University, are co-editors of a new book, “For the Culture: Hip-Hop and the Fight for Social Justice.”
He is the recipient of three faculty awards: Outstanding Junior Professor, Kinard Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Distinguished Professor Award.
Dr. Jennifer Disney
Office: 328 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-4668
E-mail: disneyj@winthrop.edu
Dr. Jennifer Leigh Disney completed her Ph.D. with distinction at The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York (CUNY) in 2002. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. From 2014-2018, Dr. Disney served as co-editor of New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture with Dr. Jocelyn Boryczka of Fairfield University.
Her areas of teaching, research, and scholarship are in the fields of comparative politics and feminist theory, specifically in the areas of development and underdevelopment, intersectional feminisms, and global women’s movements. She teaches courses in "Comparative Politics," "Women and Global Politics," "African Politics," "Latin American Politics," "International Political Economy," "Social Movement Politics and Political Protest," "Political Science Capstone," and "Women's and Gender Studies."
Prof. Katarina Moyon
Office: 330 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-4663
E-mail: moyonk@winthrop.edu
Professor Katarina Moyon is the Special Advisor on Student Voter Enggement for the John C. West Forum on Politics and Policy. She earned her M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs. She was also a Wolcott Fellow. While at GW she conducted research on the Croatian electoral code through a year-long Fulbright Fellowship. Moyon graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in International Affairs and minor in German from Northern Arizona University. While there, she spent a year studying at the University of Wuerzburg in Wuerzburg, Germany.
Moyon is interested in electoral codes and comparative electoral systems. She worked for the International Foundation for Election Systems, helping developing countries in Eastern Europe organize and conduct democratic elections. She also spent three years working for the World Health Organization, European Division in Copenhagen, Denmark. She worked in humanitarian assistance as well as health policy in Eastern European countries. She is interested in examining health policy in the US and abroad.
At Winthrop, Moyon enjoys working with students and colleagues on civic and political education initiatives.
