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Kristi Andersen
Professor, Political Science
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976
American politics, political parties, public opinion, women and politics, immigration

Michael Barkun
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965
Millenarian and utopian movements, radical right, terrorism

James P. Bennett
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1963
Political extremism in America, 20th-century American history, modern military history

G. Matthew Bonham
Professor, International Relations and Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
International relations, foreign policy decision-making, international political communications, linguistic analysis

Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Co-director, Religion, Media, and International Relations Project
Ph.D., American University, 1990
Middle East, comparative politics, international relations

Keith J. Bybee
Associate Professor, Law and Political Science
Director, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995
Public law, American politics, the politics of race, legal theory, and political philosophy

Matthew R. Cleary
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004
Latin American politics, comparative political economy, democratization

Elizabeth F. Cohen
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Yale University, 2003
Contemporary and modern political theory, history of political thought, immigration and citizenship

Gavan Duffy
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Political methodology, political conflict, international relations, American politics

Colin Elman
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1999
International relations, national security, qualitative methods

Miriam F. Elman
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
International relations, national security, Middle East

Margarita Estevez-Abe
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Harvard, 1999
Political economy, Japan, gender

Jonathan Hanson
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007
Comparative politics

Danny Hayes
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2006
American politics, political behavior

Margaret Hermann
Professor, Political Science
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965
Political leadership, political psychology, international politics

Seth Jolly
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Duke University, 2006
Comparative politics, European Union

Thomas M. Keck
Associate Professor, Political Science
Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1999
Public law and judicial politics

Audie Klotz
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1991
International relations, transnational actors and activism

W. Henry Lambright
Professor, Public Administration and Political Science
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966
Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

Christine Mahoney
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Director, Center for European Studies and European Union Center
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2006
Comparative politics, American politics, statistical methods

Robert D. McClure
Professor, Political Science and Public Affairs
Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969
American politics, leadership, mass communication

Glyn Morgan
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Political Theory, European Union

Rosemary O'Leary
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration
Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership
J.D., University of Kansas, 1981; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1988
Public management, law and public policy, organization theory, administrative and environmental law, environment and natural resource policy and management, dispute resolution

Sarah Pralle
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001
Public policy, environmental politics, American politics

Thomas Raven
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2006
American politics and political economy of state development

Grant Reeher
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Yale University, 1992
American politics, political theory, health-care policy

Mark Rupert
Professor and Chair, Political Science
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1987
International relations, political economy, politics of globalization

Hans Peter Schmitz
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence/Italy, 1999
Non-state actors in world affairs, transnational relations, human rights, rights-based approaches to development, governance and accountability of NGOs

Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Maxwell Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1975
Political parties, electoral behavior, state politics, and intergovernmental relations

Brian Taylor
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Comparative politics, Russian politics

Laurence Thomas
Professor, Political Science and Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Political theory, foundations of moral character

Margaret Susan Thompson
Associate Professor, History and Political Science
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979
Modern American history, government and politics, religion, women's history

Stuart Thorson
Professor, Political Science and International Relations
Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1972
Information technology policy, international relations, political theory and methodology

Mitchel Wallerstein
Professor, Political Science and Public Administration
Dean, Maxwell School
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
National security, international science and technology policy, transnationalism and the role of civil society, global regime change, global governance


Affiliated Faculty

Hossein Bashiriyeh
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Liverpool (England), 1982
20th Century Political Thought; Democratic Transitions; Thomas Hobbes

Kenneth Baynes
Professor, Philosophy Department
Courtesy Appointment, Political Science

Horace G. Campbell
Professor, Political Science and African American Studies
Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979
Comparative politics of Africa and the Caribbean, African international relations, armaments culture, pan Africanism, peace studies, political economy

Goodwin Cooke
Professor of Practice Emeritus, International Relations
B.A., Harvard University, 1953
Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, experience in Asia, Europe, Canada, and Africa; ambassador to Central African Republic

Francine D’Amico
Associate Professor, International Relations
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
International relations

Bruce Winfield Dayton
Part-time Assistant Professor, Political Science
Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1999
Environmental politics, peace and conflict studies, transnational politics

Jongwoo Han
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1997
Korean politics, IT and democracy in Asia

Ralph Ketcham
Professor Emeritus, History, Public Affairs, and Political Science
Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1956
American political thought, era of American Revolution, public policy, comparative political cultures

Edward McClennen
Professor, Philosophy Department
Courtesy Appointment, Political Science

Terrell A. Northrup
Assistant Professor, International Relations
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987
Information technology policy, international relations; the politics of gender, race, and ethnic identity

S. N. Sangmpam
Professor, Political Science and African American Studies
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Theoretic comparative politics, empirically oriented social/political theory, Third World politics and political economy, African politics, international politics, and African American politics


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