Adjunct Lecturer, Beyond120 Coordinator
Dr. Roger Austin is a Gainesville-based lawyer and political consultant and a serial graduate of the University of Florida (including a J.D. received from the Levin College of Law). After serving as Political Director and Legal Counsel for the Republican Party of Florida, he moved into the private sector and started his own firm. He has consulted with candidates for state and local office in all parts of Florida, on campaign finance, election law and political matters. Working between campaign cycles, Austin completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Florida. His dissertation was titled Patterns of Failure – Rethinking Campaign Finance Reform: What Went Wrong? He is currently an Adjunct Professor for the Graduate Program in Political Campaigning, and teaches a seminar in campaign management as well as a variety of undergraduate classes on American politics in the Department of Political Science.