Paul Macharia will teach for us in Political Science as our new Visiting Instructor of Political Science. Paul holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, an M.A. in Political Science from SUNY Binghamton, and he is presently expecting to finish the Ph.D. in Political Science at SUNY Binghamton sometime in the 2009 calendar year. Paul has taught courses entitled "Foreign Military Interventions" and "Africa in World Politics" as an Instructor at Binghamton, and has served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in courses such as "Islam in World Politics," "Islam in World Affairs," and "Africa in World Politics," to name just a few. One of his current research interests is in the area of "Decisions to Use Force Short of War."