Bruce J. Dickson
Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Associate Chair
Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director of Graduate Placement
Associate Professor of Political Science
Professional Advisor (Political Science)
Professor of Political Science
Professional Advisor (Public Policy)
Professor of Political Science
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science
Assistant Undergraduate Advisor
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Celeste Arrington
South Korea, Japan, North Korea, state-society relations, law and society, media and politics, Northeast Asian security
Steven J. Balla
American Politics and Public Policy; Executive Branch Politics; Legislative Politics; Interest Group Politics; State Politics and Public Policy; Technology, Politics, and Public Policy; Quantitative Empirical Methods; Chinese Politics and Public Policy
Michael Barnett
Middle East; humanitarianism; international affairs; international organizations
Brandon Bartels
American politics, judicial politics, and political methodology
Nicole Bartels
American politics with a concentration on race, gender, ethnicity, and the legislative branch
Sarah A. Binder
Congress, American political development, political parties
Alasdair Bowie
Comparative political economy, development, Southeast Asia
Michael E. Brown
International security, conflict and conflict resolution, U.S. foreign and defense policy
Nathan J. Brown
Government and politics of the Middle East, democratization and constitutionalism, rule of law in the Arab world
Ingrid Creppell
Identity, ideas of enmity and conflict, origins of toleration and liberalism, early modern and modern political thought
Fiona Cunningham
International security, Chinese foreign policy, cyber security, nuclear policy
Adam Dean
International Trade, Labor Politics, American Political Development
Christopher J. Deering
American political system, Congress
Bruce J. Dickson
Chinese domestic politics, East Asian politics, political change and democratization, general comparative politics, U.S.-China relations
Alexander B. Downes
International security, civilian victimization and civilian casualties in war, foreign-imposed regime change
Harvey B. Feigenbaum
Political economy of Western Europe, political economy of France
Martha Finnemore
International organizations, organization theory, and ethics in international affair
Omar García-Ponce
Political economy of development; political violence; organized crime; political behavior; Latin American politics
Charles L. Glaser
The international system, state behavior, U.S. nuclear strategy and missile defense policy
Samuel Goldman
Political theory, religion and politics, political theology, and conservative political thought
Eric Grynaviski
International organization, social theories of international politics, international security, cold war, arms control, and international ethics
Henry E. Hale
Ethnic politics, federalism, democratization, political parties, politics of Eurasia (esp. Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia)
Michael Hankinson
American politics, political behavior, public opinion, state and local politics, public policy, inequality
Danny Hayes
American politics, political behavior, media and politics
Stephen B. Kaplan
Political economy of global markets and development, Latin American politics
Eric Kramon
Political economy of development and African politics; vote buying, clientelism, and violence during elections; political and institutional determinants of public goods provision, health, and welfare.
Eric D. Lawrence
Congress, public policy, methodology
James H. Lebovic
International relations, national and international security, and methodology
Janet I. Lewis
Political violence; ethnic conflict; state formation; Africa
Yonatan Lupu
International law and institutions, international conflict, human rights, courts, networks
Marc Lynch
Arab media and public opinion, Islamist movements, constructivism in international relations, public diplomacy
Iris Malone
International security, terrorism, insurgency, civil war
Forrest Maltzman
Judicial politics, Congress, American national government
Cynthia McClintock
Latin American politics, U.S. policy towards Latin America
Michael Miller
Democratization and the causes and consequences of autocratic elections, formal and quantitative methodology, and political economy.
Mike Mochizuki
Japanese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Japan relations, East Asian security
Kimberly J. Morgan
Comparative politics, European politics
Harris Mylonas
Processes of nation- and state-building, the politicization of cultural differences, immigrant and refugee integration policies, and institutional change
Henry R. Nau
U.S. foreign policy, international politics, U.S. foreign economic policy; international political economy
Lucia M. Rafanelli
Political theory; contemporary political theory; theories of human rights and global justice; collective agency and collective personhood
David Shambaugh
China's domestic politics; China's foreign relations; China's military and security; and international relations of Asia
Michael J. Sodaro
Comparative and International Politics of Europe and Russia
Robert P. Stoker
Public policy analysis, social policy
David Szakonyi
Political economy; business-government relations; post-Soviet politics; corruption; authoritarianism; clientelism
Emmanuel J. Teitelbaum
Comparative politics, South Asian politics, political economy of development, political economy of labor
Paul J. Wahlbeck
Judicial politics, constitutional law, methodology
Julian Wamble
American Politics, race and politics, political psychology, political behavior, voting behavior, experimental
and survey methods
Christopher Warshaw
American politics, representation, public opinion, state and local politics, environmental politics and policy, and statistical methodology
Susan L. Wiley
American political behavior and domestic public policy
Sharon L. Wolchik
Central and East European politics and policy making, comparative politics of Central/Eastern Europe
Christopher (Luke) Basham
U.S. Senate, Legislative Norms, Political Parties, and Public Opinion
Alexander R. Beck
Local and urban politics
Sara Bornstein
Local politics, political psychology, survey research
Reagan Dye
Political psychology, public opinion, bureaucratic decision-making
Colin Emrich
Legislative Politics
Daniel Epstein
How congressional control of the bureaucracy is influenced by discretionary bureaucratic enforcement
Jessica James
Political communication, mass media, political behavior
Jared Heern
American Political Institutions
Alex Kurtz
Public Opinion, Mass Media, Political Communication
Cory Maks-Solomon
Class and inequality
Shannon McQueen
Gender and race, identity politics
Aaron Meek
Judicial politics
Dickson Su
Local Politics, Public Opinion, Political Decision-making and Behavior
Kerry Synan
Judicial Politics, Political Institutions
Yat To Yeung
Political representation, political behavior, Asian American politics
Dan Ziebarth
Political Parties, Representation, American Political Development
Sultan Alamer
Nationalism, State-formation, Political Violence
Samer Anabtawi
The Middle East; international political economy; the impact of various economic and development policies on the trajectories of nationalist movements
Mark Berlin
Middle East politics, political violence, Islamist movements
Josiah Augustine
Constitutional design, including specifically electoral formulas, district shape magnitude, strength of legislature and bicameralism, and minority recognition status
Joe Cerrone
Migration; Nationalism; Ethnic Politics
Samuel Frantz
Comparative political economy
Stas Gorelik
Elections in authoritarian regimes, Russian and post-Soviet politics
Jangai Jap
Ethnic politics
Adam Lenton
Nationalism and Ethnicity, Political Integration, Former Soviet Union, EU, Political Theory
Elizabeth Meehan
Transparency; Political Economy; Public Policy
Anum Seyed
Political Economy, Labor, State-Society Relations
Rosalie Rubio
Terrorism, counterterrorism, immigration
Steven Schaaf
Comparative Politics, International Relations
Caleb H. Schmotter
Identity, ethnicity, and power
Emily Schraudenbach
Public provisioning for excluded minorities in post-colonial democracies, interpretivism, and interviews.
Mila Temnyalova
European integration and disintegration, construction of national identity and collective memory
Daniel Trombly
Political violence, contentious politics
Julian Waller
Parliamentary and party politics in authoritarianism
Raushan Zhandayeva
Political economy, Development, Inequality, Identity
Marko Zilovic
Party Politics, Political Regimes, Ethnic Politics
Eleanor Albert
Chinese foreign and domestic policy, international security in East Asia, U.S.-China relations
Miles Evers
Origins and mechanisms of change in international authority and the public-private relations
Elizabeth Grasmeder
Composition and tactics of modern state forces, foreign fighters in the employ of the state, irregular warfare
Jack Hasler
International politics, technology
Vanes Ibric
International security, alliance formation, terrorism
Daniel Jacobs
International Relations
Gabriel C. Kelly
International Development, Alliances, Authoritarianism, Democratization
Alexander Kirss
International Political Economy, Security Studies, Geopolitical Risk
Kendrick Kuo
International security, defense politics
Louis Melancon
The national strategy, inter-agency efforts in the security environment, and intelligence
Jittip Mongkolnchaiarunya
International security, cybersecurity, international norms
Brian Radzinsky
Domestic politics of nuclear proliferation
Aparna Ravi
International and Comparative Political Economy, Foreign Direct Investment, Business-State Relations
Julie Thompson Gomez
US national security policy, nuclear strategy, international relations theory
Alexander Verschoor-Kirss
Strategic Assessment, Nuclear Strategy, Power Shifts
Shahryar Pasandideh
Security; Military Technology; Security Dynamics in Asia
Stephen Rangazas
International security, Violence during civil wars
Sverrir Steinsson
International Security, Integration, Secession, State Formation, Nationalism
Alexander L. Wright
International Security
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