Faculty

Lamis Abdelaaty

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

International relations, human rights and humanitarian action, asylum and migration

Çağlayan Başer

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Conflict, political violence, and security; gender politics; domestic politics and international relations

Ekrem Başer

Postdoctoral Scholar, Political Science Department

Research Affiliate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Conflict dynamics, international political economy, reputation and status, formal theory, political methodology

Hossein Bashiriyeh

Teaching Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., Political Theory, Department of Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool, 1982

Areas of Expertise

Political sociology of the Middle East

Mark Brockway

Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Faculty Fellow, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2019

Areas of Expertise

American politics, comparative politics, religion

Keith J. Bybee

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media

Vice Dean (College of Law)

Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professor (College of Law)

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Public law, the judicial process, the politics of race, legal theory, political philosophy

Horace G. Campbell

Professor, Political Science Department

Professor, African American Studies

Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979

Matthew R. Cleary

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, ethnic politics

Johanna Dunaway

Professor, Political Science Department

Research Director, Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

Ph.D., Rice University, 2006

Areas of Expertise

Political Communication, News Media and Politics, Local News, Partisan Polarization, Political Attitudes, and Behavior.

Colin Elman

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Director, Qualitative Data Repository

Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University, 1999

Areas of Expertise

International relations, national security, qualitative methods

Margarita Estévez-Abe

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., Government Department, Harvard University, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, Japan, gender

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Christopher Faricy

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010

Areas of Expertise

American politics, social policy, income inequality, tax policy, public opinion on government spending, budgetary politics, political economy, political parties

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Professor, Political Science Department

Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School

Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods

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Ryan Griffiths

Professor, Political Science Department

Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 2010

Areas of Expertise

International relations, comparative politics

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

Margaret Hermann

Professor Emerita, Political Science Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Mapping Global Insecurity

Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965

Areas of Expertise

Political leadership, foreign policy decision making, crisis management, influence of non-state actors on foreign policy, comparative foreign policy

Erin Hern

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Ph.D., Department of Government, Cornell University, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, African politics, political participation, women and gender

Jenn M. Jackson

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Affiliate, African American Studies

Affiliate, LGBT Studies

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2019

Areas of Expertise

Black politics, gender and sexuality, political behavior, public opinion, social movements, mixed methods

Seth Jolly

Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Ph.D., Duke University, 2006

Areas of Expertise

European politics, political parties, nationalism, European Union

Thomas M. Keck

Professor, Political Science Department

Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1999

Areas of Expertise

U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional courts, freedom of expression, democratic erosion, Court reform

Minju Kim

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Research Affiliate, East Asia Program

Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2021

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, bureaucratic politics, international trade, formal theory

Audie Klotz

Professor, Political Science Department

Research Affiliate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1991

Areas of Expertise

International relations, qualitative methods, global and comparative immigration policy, global governance and transnational activism

W. Henry Lambright

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966

Areas of Expertise

Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

Daniel McDowell

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

Glyn Morgan

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Center for European Studies

Ph.D., Political Science Dept., University of California, Berkeley, 2021

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, European Union

Sarah Pralle

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001

Areas of Expertise

U.S. public policy, agenda setting and policy change, environmental politics and policy, climate change and energy, interest groups and social movements

Dennis C. Rasmussen

Professor, Political Science Department

Hagerty Family Fellow

Co-Director, Political Philosophy Program

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Duke University, 2005

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, history of political thought

Grant Reeher

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Yale University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political representation and legislature behavior, health care policy, citizenship and democracy, public engagement, gun politics and policy

Gretchen Ritter

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Professor, Political Science Department

Faculty Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Areas of Expertise

History of women's constitutional rights; contemporary issues concerning democracy and citizenship in American politics

Mark Rupert

Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1987

Areas of Expertise

International relations, political economy, politics of globalization, right-wing populism politics of globalization

Yüksel Sezgin

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Research Affiliate, South Asia Center

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Legal pluralism; informal justice systems; comparative religious law (Islamic, Jewish and Hindu); human and women’s rights in the context of the Middle East, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.