Faculty

Lamis Abdelaaty

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

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

Kristi Andersen

Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political parties, public opinion, women and politics, immigration

Michael Barkun

Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965

Areas of Expertise

Millenarian and utopian movements, radical right, terrorism

Hossein Bashiriyeh

Teaching Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., University of Liverpool, England, 1982

Areas of Expertise

Political sociology of the Middle East

Kenneth Baynes

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., Boston University, 1987

Areas of Expertise

Social and political philosophy, German philosophy

James P. Bennett

Associate Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978

Areas of Expertise

International relations theory

Mark Brockway

Faculty Fellow, Political Science Department

Faculty Fellow, Religion

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

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

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004

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

Ph.D., Yale University, 2003

Areas of Expertise

Contemporary and modern political theory, history of political thought, immigration and citizenship

Goodwin Cooke

Professor of Practice Emeritus, International Relations Undergraduate Program

B.A., Harvard University, 1953

Areas of Expertise

Former U.S. foreign service officer, experience in Asia, Europe, Canada and Africa; ambassador to Central African Republic

Francine D’Amico

Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Member, Political Science Department

Affiliated Faculty Member, Women’s and Gender Studies

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989

Areas of Expertise

International law and organizations, global governance, United Nations, human rights/LGBTIQ global issues, international security and diplomacy, race/gender/sexual identity and the U.S. military, Latin America and the Caribbean

Renée de Nevers

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

International security, international relations, private military and security companies

Gavan Duffy

Associate Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

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

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987

Areas of Expertise

Political methodology, political conflict, international relations

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1999

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996

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

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999

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

Ph.D., The 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 and Chair, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008

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

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

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

Petra Hejnova

Assistant Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Director of Curriculum and Academic Services, SU Abroad

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, women and politics, politics of Central and Eastern Europe, social movements

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

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

Ph.D., 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, 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

Sebastian Karcher

Associate Director, Qualitative Data Repository, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Research Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2014

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

Audie Klotz

Professor, Political Science Department

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966

Areas of Expertise

Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

Robert D. McClure

Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969

Areas of Expertise

American politics, leadership, mass communication

Daniel McDowell

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, 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

Co-Director, Center for European Studies

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, European Union

Terrell A. Northrup

Associate Teaching Professor Emerita, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987

Areas of Expertise

Information technology policy; international relations; the politics of gender, race, and ethnic identity

Sarah Pralle

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

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

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

Ph.D., 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

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1987

Areas of Expertise

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

S. N. Sangmpam

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise

Theoretic comparative politics, empirically oriented social/political theory, Third World politics and political economy, African politics, international politics, African American politics

Yüksel Sezgin

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Senior Research Associate, 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.