Ronald W. Vardy
Department  Head 
Wharton County Junior College
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX. 77469
Email: ronaldv@wcjc.edu
Ph: (281) 239-1583

Dr. Ronald W. Vardy, M.B.A., M.S., M.A., Ph. D
Department Head
Instructor of Government
Wharton County Junior College
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX. 77469
Email: ronaldv@wcjc.edu
Ph: (281) 239-1583

Dr. Vardy has taught college level classes for over 25 years for a variety of colleges and universities including wide experience in Asia and Europe. His teaching experience also includes teaching to students of numerous cultures and backgrounds. Currently, he teaches political science and government courses, but he has over 15 years teaching business/accounting and financial management courses to both undergraduate and graduate students.  Additionally, he spent over 25 years working for an information gathering instrumentality of the federal government and in that capacity traveled extensively to virtually every continent and a good portion of the world’s countries.

Dr. Vardy received his Ph. D. from the University of Houston. Dissertation entitled: Presidential Power during the Cold War - An analysis of Executive Agreements in the conduct of Foreign Policy.

Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Rexford is an Instructor of Government at Wharton County Junior college. She earned her B.A. degree at Franklin and Marshall College. Her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are from the University of Maryland.

In addition, Dr. Rexford is a sponsor of the WCJC's Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community and junior colleges.

Dr. Kingsley M. Ituah, M.P.A., Ed.D
Instructor of Government
Wharton County Junior College
911 Boling Hwy.
Wharton, TX 77488
Email: kingsleyi@wcjc.edu
Ph: 281-243-8525
URL: http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/kituah/

Dr. Ituah has been a full-time Political Science instructor at Wharton County Junior College since 1999 and an Adjunct Political Science instructor at HCC Southwest since 1991. He has an extensive corporate background with strong computer skills, having worked at various levels within the major oil company, BP-Amoco as a Computer Technologist, a Team Leader, as well as Seismic Database Manager for about twenty years.

His teaching philosophy is to help students understand and appreciate the relationships between everyday events in our lives and policy making in the institutions of our governments.

Ms. Elizabeth McLane, M.A., M.L.S.
Instructor of Government
Wharton County Junior College
550 Julie Rivers Drive, Office 118/Cubicle 18
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
Office Phone: 281-243-8559
Fax Phone: 281-243-8432
Email: elizabethm@wcjc.edu
Home page: www.poliscibiz.org (under construction)

URL: http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/eMcLane/

A native-Texan, Ms. McLane has taught political science, criminal justice and marketing courses during her career, which began when she was employed as a teaching assistant at the University of Texas, Austin, in 1977. Although worked full-time in government and private sector positions for much of her career, she always found time to teach at the collegiate level.

She started teaching for WCJC full-time in 1999. Additionally, Ms. McLane has served as a city commissioner, and worked on various political campaigns. She enjoys new technology and earned a M.L.S. to improve her research and technical skills in the classroom. McLane earned her WebCT certified trainer status in 2005.