UCSD - Department of Political Science

The Project On African Political Economy
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

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS)
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

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

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).

Tenure-Track Faculty

International Relations

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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Staff

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