"Saint Mary’s taught me the importance of learning something new every day.”
- Emma Hoffman
Faculty Profiles
Sean Savage
Professor
Department Chair
Political Science
Film Studies
Spes Unica Hall, Rm 247 E
Phone
Education
PhD, Boston College
MA, Syracuse University
BA, Assumption College
Areas of Expertise
- Presidency
- Constitution
- American public law
- Film Studies
Research Interests
- Presidency
- American Politics
- Supreme Court
- Constitution
- Political Parties
Courses Recently Taught
- Introduction to American Law
- American Politics
- U.S. Constitution
- American Political Development
- International Politics
- Politics and Film
- United States Foreign Policy
Professional Experience
- Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's College: 2006 to present
- Associate Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's College: 1996 to 2006
- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's College: 1990 to 1996
- Lecturer, Regis College: 1989-1990
- Teaching Assistant: Boston College: 1986-1989
- Teaching Assistant: Syracuse University: 1985-1986
Creative and Scholarly Work
- The Senator from New England: The Rise of JFK, State University of New York Press, 2015
- JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party, State University of New York Press, 2004
- "JFK and the DNC," White House Studies, v. 2, n. 2 (Summer 2002): 139-153
- Truman and the Democratic Party University Press of Kentucky, 1997
- Roosevelt: The Party Leader University Press of Kentucky, 1991
- "To Purge or Not to Purge: Hamlet Harry and the Dixiecrats, 1948-1952," Presidential Studies Quarterly, v. 27, n. 4 (Fall 1997): 773-790.
Professional Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Academy of Political Science