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Ben Bailey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science
Political Science

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Texas Tech University
M.A., Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University
B.A., German, Texas Tech University

Research or Areas of Specialty

My research and teaching interests lie primarily in the areas of local sustainability / environmental policy and governance, and public health (i.e., substance use and infectious disease epidemiology and policy).

Recognitions

  • Professor of the Year, 2023

Classes at PC

  • Data Analysis
  • Environmental Politics and Policy
  • Intro to Epidemiology
  • Intro to US Government
  • Introduction to Public Administration
  • Introduction to Public Policy
  • Policy Analysis
  • Public Health Policy
  • Research Methods
  • Service Entrepreneurship in Action
  • Service Entrepreneurship Practicum
  • State and Local Politics

Organizations

  • American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
  • Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
  • South Carolina Political Science Association (SCPSA)
  • South Carolina Public Health Association (SCPHA)

Publications

Bailey, Daniel, Sung-Wook Kwon, and Nathaniel Wright. 2022. “Pay to protect: Examining the factors of the use of market-based mechanisms for local water sustainability.” Review of Policy Research.

Kwon, Sung-Wook, Daniel Bailey, and Cheong Kim. 2022. “Zoning to enhance local sustainability: why local governments choose to use sustainability-focused land use tools.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Kwon, Sung-Wook, and Daniel Bailey. 2019. “Examining the variation in local water
sustainability practices.” The Social Science Journal, 56(1): 107-117.

McKenzie, Mark, Cynthia Rugeley, Daniel Bailey, and Seth Mckee. 2017. “Americans’
knowledge of their local judges.” Political Behavior, 39(2): 259-277.

Bailey, Daniel. 2015. “Voto Latino. . . in rural America?” Midsouth Political Science Review, 16(1): 25-44.

Bailey, Daniel. 2010. “Politics on the peninsula: Democratic consolidation and the political party system in South Korea.” Graduate Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 7(1):32-48.