Faculty
(Faculty noted with an * are graduate faculty i.e. eligible to chair dissertations )
* Kevin Timothy Arceneaux, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rice University, 2003; Amerrican Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Political Behavior, State Politics, Quantitative Analysis, Research Design.
* Aryeh Botwinick, Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University , 1973; Political Thought and Philosophy.
* Richard Deeg , Associate Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992; Comparative Politics ( Europe ), Comparative and International Political Economy, Federalism.
* Barbara Ferman, Professor, Ph.D., Brandeis University , 1983; Urban Politics, Public Policy, Economic Development, Political Economy.
* Orfeo Fioretos, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University , 1998; International Relations, International Political Economy
* Hawley Fogg-Davis, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Princeton University , 1998; Political Theory, Philosophy of Race and Racial Identity, Gender and Feminist Theory, Applied Ethics
* Gould, Carol (Joint Appointment with Philosophy Department), Professor, Ph.D. Yale University ; Social and P olitical Philosophy, especially democratic theory and human rights, international ethics and feminist philosophy.
* Michael Hagen, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley, 1991; American Politics, Public Opinion, Campaigns and Elections.
Michael Hooper, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois , 1972; Methodology, Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion.
* Richard Joslyn, Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University , 1976; Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion, Methodology, Media and Politics.
* Robin Kolodny, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University , 1992; Political Parties, Legislative Politics, and Interest Groups.
* Gary Mucciaroni, Professor and Department Chair, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987, Public Policy , U.S. Politics, Political Economy.
* Megan Mullin, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley , 2005; American Politics, Methodology, Public Organizations and Administration, Public Policy.
* Mark A. Pollack, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995; International Relations, Comparative Politics, European Politics, Ethics and International Relations, Environmental Politics
* James Rogers, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University , 1981; Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Organizational Theory and Bureaucratic Politics, Public Finance.
* Joseph Schwartz , Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University , 1987; Political Theory; Democratic Theory and American Politics.
* Sandra Suarez, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, Ph.D., Yale University , 1994; American Politics, Interest Groups, Business and Comparative Politics.
* Ryan Vander Wielen, Assistant Professor, PhD. Washington University ( St. Louis ), 2006; American Politics, Congressional Politics, Political Methodology, Formal Theory.
Conrad Weiler, Jr ., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1969; Public Law, Civil Liberties, Federalism.
* Christopher Wlezien, Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa , 1989, American Government and Politics, Political Institutions, Politics and Economics, Public Opinion, Research Methods.
Associated Faculty
Carolyn Adams, Professor, Ph.D., Washington University , 1974; (Department of Geography and Urban Studies) Urban Politics and Public Policy
Rosario Espinal, Associate Professor, Ph. D., Washington University, 1985 (Department of Sociology) Political Sociology and Political Development, Latin American Politics.