Faculty by Field of Expertise

American Politics - Comparative Politics - International Relations - Methodology - Political Theory


American Politics

Marisa A. Abrajano, Assistant Professor.  PhD, NYU.  American politics

Amy B. Bridges, Professor.  PhD, University of Chicago.  American politics, urban politics

Gary W. Cox, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, California Institute of Technology.  American politics, formal theory, comparative politics

Steven P. Erie, Professor; Director, Urban Studies Program.  PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.  American politics, urban politics

James H. Fowler, Associate Professor, PhD, Harvard University.  American Politics, Methodology

Zoltan L. Hajnal, Associate Professor.  PhD, University of Chicago.  American politics, ethnic politics

Daniel C. Hallin, Adjunct Professor, Communications.  PhD, UC Berkeley.  Political Behavior, politics of mass communication

Peter H. Irons, Emeritus Professor.  PhD, Boston University.  JD Harvard University.  Public law and politics

Gary C. Jacobson, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, Yale University.  American politics, Congress, elections

Samuel Kernell, Distinguished Professor. PhD, UC Berkeley.  American politics, presidency

Thaddeus B. Kousser, Associate Professor.  PhD, UC Berkeley. Legislatures and Legislative Elections, California Politics

Richard G. Kronick, Adjunct Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine.  PhD, University of Rochester.  Health policy

Sanford A. Lakoff, Emeritus Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Political thought, science and public policy

Mathew D. McCubbins, Distinguished Professor; Coordinator, Public Policy Research Project.  PhD, California Institute of Technology.  American politics, law and politics, formal theory

Keith T. Poole, Professor. Ph.D., University of Rochester. Methodology, American politics

Samuel L. Popkin, Professor.  PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Voting Behavior, comparative politics

Darren L. Schreiber, Assistant Professor.  PhD, UCLA.  American Politics, Political Psychology, Complexity Theory


Comparative Politics

William M. Chandler, Professor.  PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  Comparative politics, Western Europe

Ellen T. Comisso, Professor.  PhD, Yale University. Political economy, comparative politics

Wayne A. Cornelius, Professor Emeritus.  PhD, Stanford University. Comparative politics, Latin America

Gary W. Cox, Distinguished Professor. PhD, California Institute of Technology.  American politics, formal theory, comparative politics

Ann L. Craig, Associate Professor; Provost, Eleanor Roosevelt College.  PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Comparative Politics, Latin America

Scott W. Desposato, Associate Professor. PhD, UCLA. Comparative Politics, Latin America

Paul W. Drake, Distinguished Professor; Senior Vice Chancellor – Academic Affairs.  PhD, Stanford University.  Comparative politics, Latin America

Karen E. Ferree, Assistant Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Comparative Politics

Clark C. Gibson, Professor, Chair, Department of Political Science.  PhD, Duke University.  Comparative politics, environmental politics

Peter A. Gourevitch, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Comparative politics, Western Europe, international politics, political economy

Germaine A. Hoston, Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Comparative politics

Arend Lijphart, Emeritus Research Professor.  PhD, Yale University.  Comparative politics, democratic institutions, ethnicity and politics

Victor V. Magagna, Associate Professor. PhD, UC Berkeley.  Comparative politics

Megumi Naoi, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Columbia University. Comparative Politics, Political Economy, East Asia

Samuel L. Popkin, Professor.  PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Voting Behavior, comparative politics

Philip G. Roeder, Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Authoritarian politics, ethnic policies, post-Soviet politics

Sebastian M. Saiegh, Assistant Professor. PhD, New York University.  Comparative Politics, Latin America

Susan L. Shirk, Adjunct Professor, IR/PS.  PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Comparative Politics, China

Matthew S. Shugart,  Professor.  PhD, UC Irvine.  Comparative politics, democratic institutions, Latin America

Peter H. Smith, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, Columbia University.  Comparative politics, Latin America

Kaare Strom Professor; PhD, Stanford University.  Comparative politics, Western Europe, democratic institutions


International Relations

J. Lawrence Broz, Associate Professor; Director, Graduate Studies in Political Science.  PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.  International Politics, international political economy

Peter Cowhey, Adjunct Professor, IR/PS.  PhD, UC Berkeley. International politics, international political economy

Erik A. Gartzke, Associate Professor. PhD, University of Iowa. International relations, formal/quantitative theory. 

Peter A. Gourevitch, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Comparative politics, Western Europe, international politics, political economy

Stephan Haggard, Adjunct Professor.  PhD, UC Berkeley.  International and comparative political economy

Miles Kahler, Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  International relations, international political economy

David A. Lake, Professor, Associate Dean.  PhD, Cornell University.  International relations, political economy

Philip G. Roeder, Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Authoritarian politics, ethnic policies, post-Soviet politics

David R. Mares, Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  International Politics, comparative politics, Latin America

Megumi Naoi, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Columbia University. Comparative Politics, Political Economy, East Asia

Christina J. Schneider, Assistant Professor.  PhD, University of Konstanz.  International organizations, political economy.

Branislav L. Slantchev, AssociateProfessor.  PhD, University of Rochester.  International relations, game theory

Barbara F. Walter, Associate Adjunct Professor.  PhD, University of Chicago. International security, with an emphasis on internal wars, conflict termination, and bargaining and cooperation.


Methodology

Gary W. Cox, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, California Institute of Technology.  American politics, formal theory, comparative politics

James H. Fowler, Associate Professor, PhD, Harvard University.  American Politics, Methodology

Erik A. Gartzke, Associate Professor. PhD, University of Iowa. International relations, formal/quantitative theory.

Mathew D. McCubbins, Distinguished Professor; Coordinator, Public Policy Research Project.  PhD, California Institute of Technology.  American politics, law and politics, formal theory

Keith T. Poole, Professor. Ph.D., University of Rochester. Methodology, American politics

Branislav L. Slantchev, Associate Professor.  PhD, University of Rochester.  International relations, game theory

Langche Zeng, Professor. Ph.D. California Institute of Technology. Quantitative Methods


Political Theory

Fonna Forman-Barzilai, Associate Professor.  PhD, University of Chicago.  Political theory

Harvey Goldman, Adjunct Professor, Sociology.  PhD, UC Berkeley.  Political Theory, comparative social theory

Marcel Henaff, Adjunct Professor, Literature. PhD, University of Copenhagen. Political Theory, literature, political philosophy.

Alan C.  Houston, Associate Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Political theory,  Anglo-American thought

Gerald L. Mackie, Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Chicago. Political Theory

Tracy B. Strong, Distinguished Professor.  PhD, Harvard University.  Political Theory, contemporary and continental thought