Dr. Barry Truchil (Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton) teaches Political Sociology, Social Theory and the Introductory Seminar in Sociology.  He is author of Capital-Labor Relations in the U.S. Textile Industry, and has also written on economic development and political disputes in local government.  A recipient of the Rider Distinguished Teaching Award, he is currently writing a book on how local government works.