Since Thursday's killing of Libya's dictator of more than four decades the world has been asking what Moammar Gadhafi's death means to Libyan people.
Daniel Reagan, associate professor of political science, said the Libyan people are possibly moving in a direction opposite of Gadhafi's regime.
"It's heading to a stage where he was supporting a rallying point for some internal Libyan forces that were unhappy with him," Reagan said, adding Libyan citizens are "charting their new future without Gadhafi."
Reagan said he is not certain where Libyan people will go from here.
"My guess is there is disagreement among Libyans on what sort of society they'd like to construct for themselves," he said. "Some people might want a more religiously-oriented state, there might be some that want a more conventionally western-oriented state."
Reagan, who teaches an American Defense Policy course, said the topic of Libya might come up in class in a "tangential way" on how current events affect American international defense.
Steven Hall, assistant professor of political science, said he isn't quite sure democracy will occur as a result of Gadhafi's death.
"I think it's easy to overestimate the possibilities for democracy," he said.
Hall was quick to note that not all Libyan citizens are necessarily pleased by the murder of Gadhafi and the transition of power.
"In Libya there were people who benefited under him," Hall said. "There will be people who want to take his place. Just because Gadhafi is gone, we don't get democracy as a result."
Mavis Hsieh, second-year musical performance graduate student, would disagree with Hall.
"I think probably Libya will have a democracy now," she said.
Hsieh said she's happy to see an end to Gadhafi's regime.
While the period of uncertainty might feel good for some, others aren't so sure Libya is stable or that the U.S. should have been involved in Libyan affairs in the first place.
"[Gadhafi's death] leads their country into chaos now because they don't have any set government," Colin McIntire, freshman computer science major, said.
"It may benefit them, but I don't think the U.S. should have been involved whatsoever," junior political science major Ryan Hatton said.
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