
Lamis Abdelaaty
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise
International relations, human rights and humanitarian action, asylum and migration

Hossein Bashiriyeh
Teaching Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise
Political sociology of the Middle East

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)
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
Areas of Expertise
Comparative politics of Africa and the Caribbean, African international relations, armaments culture, pan Africanism, peace studies, political economy

Matthew R. Cleary
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Areas of Expertise
Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, ethnic politics

Elizabeth F. Cohen
Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
Contemporary and modern political theory, history of political thought, immigration and citizenship

Maraam Dwidar
Assistant Professor, 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., The University of Texas at Austin, 2020
Areas of Expertise
American national institutions, public policy, representation, organized interests, bureaucratic politics

Colin Elman
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Director, Qualitative Data Repository
Areas of Expertise
International relations, national security, qualitative methods

Miriam F. Elman
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise
International relations, international and national security, Middle East, Israel studies, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, BDS and anti-Semitism, academic freedom and free speech

Margarita Estevez-Abe
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Co-Director, Center for European Studies
Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program
Areas of Expertise
Political economy, Japan, gender

Christopher Faricy
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
O'Hanley Faculty Scholar
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 and Chair, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking
Areas of Expertise
American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods

Ryan Griffiths
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2010
Areas of Expertise
International relations, comparative politics

Dimitar Gueorguiev
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

Margaret Hermann
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Mapping Global Insecurity
Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group
Areas of Expertise
Political leadership, foreign policy decision making, crisis management, influence of non-state actors on foreign policy, comparative foreign policy

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

Seth Jolly
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies
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
Areas of Expertise
U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional courts, legal mobilization, freedom of speech, LGBT rights

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
Areas of Expertise
Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

Daniel McDowell
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department
Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series
Areas of Expertise
International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

Glyn Morgan
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Co-Director, Center for European Studies
Areas of Expertise
Political theory, European Union

Sarah Pralle
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
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
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
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
Areas of Expertise
History of women's constitutional rights; contemporary issues concerning democracy and citizenship in American politics

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
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
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.

Brian Taylor
Professor, Political Science Department
Areas of Expertise
Russian politics, comparative politics, security studies

Margaret Susan Thompson
Associate Professor, History Department
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
Modern American history, government and politics, religion, women's history

Emily Thorson
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
American politics, misinformation and misperceptions, experimental methodology, political psychology, media and politics

Simon Weschle
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series
Areas of Expertise
Comparative political economy, democratic accountability and representation, quantitative methods

Steven White
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Areas of Expertise
American politics, American political development, race and politics

Yael Zeira
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Ph.D., New York University, 2012
Areas of Expertise
Middle East politics, comparative politics, political conflict and violence

Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Ph.D., Yale University, 2020