Staff

Hattiesburg 

Elizabeth Hughes, BA, MPA

Administrative Assistant

Political Science, International Development and International Affairs

Phone: 601-266-4310

Fax: 601-266-4172

Email: Elizabeth.Hughes@usm.edu

Elizabeth is the Administrative Assistant for the Political Science, International Development and International Affairs Department.  Her duties include helping students with change of major forms, advisement, scheduling courses, and handling the deparments budgets. 

 Gulf Park

Kimberly Scherlofsky, BA, MA, ABD

Recruiter/Program Coordinator

International Development Ph.D. Program

Phone: 228-214-3240

Fax: 228-214-3242

Email: Kim.Scherlofsky@usm.edu

Kimberly Cox Scherlofsky is the Recruiter/Program Coordinator for the International Development Doctoral Program.  Her duties include recruiting for the International Development program, enrolling current students in courses, coordinating all in-person sessions, and helping students from the beginning of their Ph.D. career all the way to graduation.  

Kimberly is currently A.B.D. from the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria where she is currently working on her dissertation studying alcohol and drug treatment programs among the incarcerated population and conducting a comparison of these methods between the United States and the European Union. 

Candace Forbes Bright, BA, MA

Research Assistant 

International Development Ph.D. Program

Phone: 228-214-3235

Fax: 228-214-3242

Email: Candace.Forbes@usm.edu

Candace Forbes is a research associate and student in the International Development Doctoral Program.  She and her fellow research team are engaged in a study on Hurricane Katrina and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  She majors in Social and Cultural Development and minors in Political Development, where her area of interest is East Asia.  Prior to her current position, Candace spent three years teaching and studying in South Korea.   

Mary Garrett

Administrative Assistant

College of Arts and Letters

                                    Phone: 228-214-3245

                                    Fax: 228-214-3242

                                    Email: Mary.Garrett@usm.edu

Michael Webb, BA, MA

Research Assistant 

International Development Ph.D. Program

Phone: 228-214-3330

Fax: 228-214-3242

Email: Michael.Webb@usm.edu

Michael Webb is a Research Associate with the International Development Doctoral Program, where he focuses his research on community resiliency modeling in the wake of large-scale disasters.  He and his fellow research team are engaged in a study on Hurricane Katrina and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  Mike has presented research findings on the oil spill to several organizations and universities, and will be presenting a paper on Hurricane Katrina at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in February 2012.   Mike is an Economic Development major and a Social/Cultural Development minor in the IDV program, and participated in the department’s trip to Peru in July 2011. Prior to joining the IDV program, Mike worked as an economic development manager in Mississippi and Virginia.