Our Department
Speaker Series
CPSS: Comparative Politics Speaker Series
Latin American Politics Workshop
L&E: Law & Economics Seminar Series
NRAS: New Research in African Studies
PIA: Project on International Affairs
PPRG: Public Policy Research Group
Political Theory Workshop and Speaker Series
Departmental Programs
American Politics and Institutions Project
Comparative Politics Speaker Series
Political Economy Lunch Group
Political Economy of Development Series
Political Theory Workshop
Project on International Affairs
Public Policy Research Group
Related Programs
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)
Center for US-Mexican Studies
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS)
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
International Studies Program (ISP)
Mexican Migration Field Research Program
UCSD Civic Collaborative
Urban Studies and Planning Program
Faculty Committees & Appointments
Departmental
Appointments
Department Chair
Gibson
Director of
Graduate Studies (DGS)
Broz
Director of
Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Strom
Field
Coordinators
American:
Hajnal
Comparative:
Saeigh
IR: Gartzke
Theory:
Houston (F) / Mackie (W/S)
Curriculum
Committee
Chair, DGS, DUS, Field Coordinators, UG
Coordinator, Grad Coordinator
Graduate Committee
McCubbins
Fowler
Gartzke
Houston / Mackie
Honors
Seminar
Kernell, Schreiber
Representatives
to Academic Senate &
Alternates
Desposato (alternate: Fowler)
Kousser (alternate: Hajnal)
Ad
Hoc Committees
African Diaspora
Faculty Search Committee
Gibson(Chair), Ferree, Hajnal
Political Theory
Faculty Search Committee
Houston(Chair), Forman-Barzilai, Jacobson, Strong
Departmental
Projects, Workshops, Speaker Series
Coordinator,
American Political Institutions Project
(APIP)
Kousser, Kernell
Coordinator,
Comparative Politics Speaker
Series
Gibson, Ferree
Coordinator,
Political Economy of Development Series
(co-sponsored by IICAS)
Gibson
Coordinator,
Political Economy Lunch Group
Broz
Coordinator,
Political Theory Workshop
Forman-Barzilai
Coordinator,
Project in International Affairs
(PISA)
Gourevitch, Naoi, Slantchev
Coordinator,
Public Policy Research Project
(PPRP)
McCubbins
Coordinator,
Research Seminar Series on International
Migration
Cornelius
Campus/University
Appointments
Academic
Programs Abroad, Director
Mares
Center for
Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS),
Director
Cornelius
Committee on
Academic Personnel, Member
Roeder
Division of
Social Sciences, Associate
Dean
Lake
International Studies Program, Director
Gibson
Minor in
International Migration Studies, Faculty
Coordinator
Cornelius
Roosevelt
College, Provost
Craig
Senior Vice Chancellor
Drake
UC in DC
Program, Campus Director
Kernell
UC Sacramento
Center Program, Campus Director
Erie
Urban Studies
and Planning Program, Director
Erie
Recent Books by Faculty
William Bernhard, J. Lawrence Broz, and William R.
Clark, editors, The Political Economy of
Monetary Institutions (Cambridge: MIT
Press 2003).
Katz, Jonathan N. and Gary W. Cox,
Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The
Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment
Revolution (Cambridge University
Press, 2002).
Gibson, Elinor Ostrom, Krister Andersson, Sujai
Shivakumar The Samaritan's Dilemma: The
Political Economy of Foreign Aid
(Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Erie, Steven P., Globalizing L.A.:
Trade, Infrastructure, and Regional
Development (Stanford University
Press, 2004).
Erie, Steven P., Beyond 'Chinatown':
The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the
Environment in Southern California
(Stanford University Press, 2006).
Houston, Alan, ed., Franklin: The
Autobiograpy and Other Writings on Politics,
Economics, and Virtue, Cambridge Texts in the
History of Political Thought
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Irons, Peter, Jim Crow's Children: The
Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
(Viking Press, 2002).
Kernell, Samuel and Gary C. Jacobson,
The Logic of American
Politics (Congressional Quarterly
Press, 2002).
Kahler, Miles and David A. Lake, Editors,
Governance in a Global Economy:
Political Authority in Transition
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003).
Kernell, Samuel, editor and author,
James Madison: The Theory and Politics
of Republican Government (Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 2003).
Kousser, Thad, Term Limits and the
Dismantling of State Legislative
Professionalism (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2004).
Lijphart, Arend and Bernard Grofman,
The Evolution of Electoral and Party
Systems in the Nordic Countries
(Agathan Press, 2002).
Mares, David R., Latinoamerica:
existe? (FLACSO-Chile, 2004).
Mares, David R., Drug Wars and Coffeehouses: The Political Economy of the International Drug Trade (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006)
Brady, David W. and Mathew D. McCubbins, Party, Process, and Political Change in
Congress: New Perspectives on the History of
Congress (Stanford University Press,
2002).
Lupia, Arthur and Mathew D. McCubbins, The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens
Learn What They Need to Know? (Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Strom, Kaare, Wolfgang Muller, and Torbjorn
Bergman, Delegation and Accountability
in Parliamentary Democracies (Oxford
University Press, 2003).
Strong, Tracy B., Jean-Jacques Rousseau
and the Politics of the Ordinary,
Second Edition (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002).
Job Opportunities
The Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, (http://polisci.ucsd.edu ) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position in International Relations to begin July 1, 2009. The position is open with regard to specialty and applications from all candidates with demonstrated excellence or promise of excellence in research and teaching are welcomed. A strong theoretical and methodological background is also required and a Ph.D. is preferred, though A.B.D. candidates will be considered if substantial progress toward completion of the dissertation is shown. Appointment level will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Salary will be based on published UC pay scales.
To apply, submit a letter of interest describing your research, training, teaching, and leadership efforts and/or contributions to diversity; a current curriculum vitae; publication/writing samples; and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, IR Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Dept. 0521, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0521. The deadline for submission of materials is April 1, 2009. Please email psjobs@weber.ucsd.edu with questions.
UCSD is an EO/AA employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence through diversity.
Comparative Politics
The Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, (http://polisci.ucsd.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position in Comparative Politics to begin July 1, 2009. The position is open with regard to specialty and applications from all candidates with demonstrated excellence or promise of excellence in research and teaching are welcomed. A strong theoretical and methodological background is also required and a Ph.D. is preferred, though A.B.D. candidates will be considered if substantial progress toward completion of the dissertation is shown. Appointment level will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Salary will be based on published UC pay scales.
To apply, submit a letter of interest describing your research, training, teaching, and leadership efforts and/or contributions to diversity; a current curriculum vitae; publication/writing samples; and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, Comparative Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Dept. 0521, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0521. The deadline for submission of all materials is April 1, 2009. Please email psjobs@weber.ucsd.edu with questions.
UCSD is an EO/AA employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence through diversity
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Directions to our Department
From Del Mar, Carlsbad, Cardiff (NORTH of UCSD)
Take 1-5 South.
Exit Genesee, and go Right (west) upon exiting.
Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road (the third light). Make Left at third signal (Pangea Drive). You will see a large parking structure immediately to your left. Turn left at the stop sign and left again into the top level of the structure. There is metered visitor parking in the rows directly in front of the entrance. Once parked, walk east up the hill straight into the Social Science Building (5 story gray building across from IRPS and next to Super Computer Center). The Political Science Department is on the third floor, room 301 (across from the staircase).
From Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Downtown San Diego (SOUTH of UCSD)
Take 1-5 North.
Exit La Jolla Village Drive and go West (left).
Follow La Jolla Village Drive (which will become North Torrey Pines Road at the top of the hill) to Pangea Drive (4 lights past N. Torrey Pines).
Turn right onto Pangea Drive.
You will see a large parking structure immediately to your left. Turn left at the stop sign and left again into the top level of the structure. There is metered visitor parking in the rows directly in front of the entrance.
Once parked, walk east up the hill straight into the Social Science Building (5 story gray building across from IRPS and next to Super Computer Center).
The Political Science Department is on the third floor, room 301 (across from the staircase).
