Karen Owen, Ph.D.
Dean of University College and Honors College, Associate Professor, and Director of the Thomas B. Murphy Center
678-839-5190
kowen@westga .edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3234
Karen L. Owen, Ph.D. is an associate professor of political science and the director of The Thomas B. Murphy Center for Public Service at the University of West Georgia. She is a gender politics and American institutions scholar. Her recent books include Special Elections: The Backdoor Entrance to Congress and Women Officeholders and the Role Models Who Pioneered the Way. She has published articles on congressional elections, state legislative partisanship, and women serving within local levels of government and trial courts. Owen joined the 2020 American Enterprises Institute’s (AEI) Leadership Network. Dr. Owen was awarded the American Political Science Association's Women, Gender, and Politics Public Engagement Award (2021). She is also the recipient of the University of West Georgia’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Award and the Best of the West Award for Strategic Imperative. Previously, Owen served as a faculty member at Reinhardt University where she received the Elizabeth Bailey Moss Mentoring Award (2017) and the Jane England Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award (2016). Owen received her masters degree and doctorate from the University of Georgia. Prior to her academic work, she worked as a legislative assistant to a U.S. Representative from Georgia, as a lobbyist at a Fortune 500 company, and as a public health legislative analyst at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- HONR-2102 (Soph Honor Colloquium:Inquiry)
- HONR-4102 (Honors Capstone Seminar I)
- POLS-1101 (American Government)
- POLS-3101 (American Political Institution)
- POLS-3102 (Gender and Politics)
- POLS-4101 (Legislative Process)
- POLS-4186 (Coweta Judicial Circuit Intern)
- POLS-4200 (Principles of Public Admin)
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns)
- POLS-4220 (Administrative Law & Govt)
- POLS-4221 (Government Org & Admin Theory)
- POLS-4985 (Applied Political Science-GLIP)
- POLS-5985 (Problems in Politics)
- POLS-6202 (Research Meth for Pub Admin)
- POLS-6203 (Public Organ Theory)
- POLS-6205 (Administrative Law/Procedures)
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project)
- XIDS-2002 (Reflecting on Prior Learning)
- XIDS-2300 (Politics of Space Place)
Spring 2025 Sections
- HONR-4102 (Honors Capstone Seminar I) Section: 25H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2024 Sections
- XIDS-2002 (Reflecting on Prior Learning) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- XIDS-2300 (Politics of Space Place) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4985 (Politics of Space & Place) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- HONR-2102 (Soph Honor Colloquium:Inquiry) Section: 27H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- POLS-4985 (Leadership in the Public and N) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-5985 (Leadership in the Public and N) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- POLS-3102 (Gender and Politics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4221 (Government Org & Admin Theory) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-6203 (Public Organ Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government-Honors) Section: 25H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4101 (Legislative Process) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Internship in Govt - UWG Legal) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4220 (Administrative Law & Govt) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-6203 (Public Organ Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-5985 (Problems in Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- POLS-3101 (American Political Institution) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Internship in Government) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4221 (Government Org & Admin Theory) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4985 (AppliedPoliticalScience-GLIP) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4985 (Applied Political Science-GLIP) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6203 (Public Organ Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6205 (Administrative Law/Procedures) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 10 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Coweta Judicial Circuit Intern) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4200 (Principles of Public Admin) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-6202 (Research Meth for Pub Admin) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6203 (Public Organ Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource