MEET THE FACULTY

POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Jon J. Lines

Lecturer
(716) 878-6116
Campus Address: Classroom Building B218
linesjj@buffalostate.edu

Coordinator, Legal Studies Minor

Faculty Advisor:  Mock Trial Club

Education

B.A. Major, Environmental Design, University of Buffalo, 1979
Master of Urban Planning, University of Buffalo, 1992
Doctoral Studies in Political Science, University of Buffalo (ongoing)

Research Interests

  • Public Law
  • State and Local Government
  • American Political Thought and History
  • Race and Politics

Courses Usually Taught

  • Introduction to Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • American Civil Liberties
  • Introduction to American Government & Politics

Publications

  • Lines, Jon.  2005. The Encyclopedia of New York State. Eisenstadt, P. and Moss, L. (eds). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
  • Lines, Jon and Ellen Parker. 2006. "Should Erie County Have a County Manager?"Joint Report of the Committee on Form and Scope of Government and the Committee on Administration and Legislature. Presented to the Erie County Charter Revision Commission. (January 30).

Faculty advisor:  American Mock Trial Association