Current TA Office Hours
Please click HERE for the current TA Office Hours and the list of the graduate students who are working as TAs in the department this quarter.
If your TA's office hours are not listed or if you would like to meet with a graduate student who is not a TA, contact the graduate student directly via email for hours or to set up an appointment.
Konstantin Ash
SSB 324
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/kash/
Richard Barrett
rabarrett@ucsd.edu
SSB 329
Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Focus area: Political Theory - Ancient Political Theory, Law
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/rabarrett/
SSB 329
Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Focus area: Political Theory - Ancient Political Theory, Law
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/rabarrett/
Megan Becker
Celeste Beesley
craymond@ucsd.edu
In-Absentia
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, Post Communist Societies
In-Absentia
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, Post Communist Societies
Matthew Bergman
mebergman@ucsd.edu
SSB 331
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Comparative Institutions
SSB 331
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Comparative Institutions
Kate Blackwell
R. Allen Bolar
Robert Bond
Nicole Bonoff
nbonoff@ucsd.edu
SSB 345
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Political Economy of Development, Africa
SSB 345
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Political Economy of Development, Africa
Garrett Bredell
Cameron Brown
csb003@ucsd.edu
In-Abstentia
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Legitimacy in International Relations
In-Abstentia
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Legitimacy in International Relations
Francisco Cantu
fcantu@ucsd.edu
SSB 347
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Political Economy, Comparative Institutions
SSB 347
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Political Economy, Comparative Institutions
Shannon Carcelli
Christopher Chiego
Rumman Chowdhury
Nathan Combes
Aaron Cotkin
Araceli (Cesi) Cruz
Saul Cunow
Michael Davidson
Elaine Denny
Christian Donath
Kathryn Dove
kdove@ucsd.edu
SSB 320
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Latin America
SSB 320
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Latin America
Christopher Fariss
cfariss@ucsd.edu
SSB 346
Fields of study: Human Rights, Repression, Political Behavior, International Relations, Measurement, Computational Modeling Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/cfariss/Home/Christopher_J_Fariss.html
SSB 346
Fields of study: Human Rights, Repression, Political Behavior, International Relations, Measurement, Computational Modeling Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/cfariss/Home/Christopher_J_Fariss.html
Ivo Gatzinski
Micah Gell-Redman
Justin Gottschalk
Scott Guenther
Dimitar Gueorguiev
dgueorguiev@ucsd.edu
SSB 326
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: China
SSB 326
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: China
Dotan Haim
Kyle Haines
Molly Hamilton
William Hobbs
Jeremy D. Horowitz
jdhorowitz@ucsd.edu
In-Absentia
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Judicial Politics
Alex (Douglas) Hughes
dhughes@ucsd.edu
SSB 349
Fields of study: American Politics, Methodology
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/dhughes
Ryan Jablonski
rjablonski@ucsd.edu
SSB 443
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, Foreign Aid, Economic Development
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7erjablons
SSB 443
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, Foreign Aid, Economic Development
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7erjablons
Paula Jacobson
Andrew Janusz
Jihyeon Jeong
Danielle Jung
Steve (Seungjoon) Jung
sejung@ucsd.edu
Sequoyah Hall 101
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Political Behavior, Korea
Jeffrey Kaplow
jkaplow@ucsd.edu
Fields of study: International Relations, Methodology
Focus Area: International Conflict, Crisis Bargaining, Nuclear Proliferation
Fields of study: International Relations, Methodology
Focus Area: International Conflict, Crisis Bargaining, Nuclear Proliferation
Matthew Kearney
Sarah Knoesen
sknoesen@ucsd.edu
Seqouyah Hall 103
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Africa, Political Economy of Development
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7esknoesen/
Seqouyah Hall 103
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Africa, Political Economy of Development
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7esknoesen/
John Kuk
Jason (Ming-Chieh) Kuo
Jeffrey Kwong
Nazita Lajevardi
Don (Dong Seong) Lee
Jonghyuk Lee
John LeJeune
Justin Levitt
Yuhui (Huey) Li
yul010@ucsd.edu
IRPS
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Comparative governmental institutions
Website: li_yuhui.blog.tianya.cn
David Lindsey
Adeline Lo
Lydia Lundgren
Yon Lupu
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Institutions, International Law, Courts
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7eylupu/
Daniel Maliniak
dmaliniak@ucsd.edu
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy
Jonathan Markowitz
Scott Martin
Kelly Matush
Emily Matthews Luxon
eomatthews@ucsd.edu
SSB 445
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Institutions, Interest Groups, Forestry and Environmental Policy
Blake (Russell) McMahon
Rupal Mehta
rnmehta@ucsd.edu
SSB 322
SSB 322
Sean Morgan
Matthew Nanes
Michael Nicholson
Lindsay Nielson
lnielson@ucsd.edu
SSB 322
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American - Elections, political behavior, voter mobilization
SSB 322
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American - Elections, political behavior, voter mobilization
Nicholas Obradovich
nobradovich@ucsd.edu
SSB 322
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Methodology
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/nobradovich/
SSB 322
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Methodology
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/nobradovich/
Christopher O'Keefe
cokeefe@ucsd.edu
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International organizations, foreign aid, Middle East
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7ecokeefe/
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International organizations, foreign aid, Middle East
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7ecokeefe/
Steven Oliver
Maya Oren
Kai Ostwald
kostwald@ucsd.edu
SSB 326
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area: Comparative Governance, Southeast Asia
SSB 326
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area: Comparative Governance, Southeast Asia
Michael Plouffe
mplouffe@ucsd.edu
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy
Website: www.michaelplouffe.net
SSB 351
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy
Website: www.michaelplouffe.net
Aditya Ranganath
Justin Reeves
jfreeves@ucsd.edu
SSB 350
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Government Institutions (Japan)
SSB 350
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Government Institutions (Japan)
Dennis Rhee
Michael Rivera
murivera@ucsd.edu
SSB 347
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American Political Behavior, Race/Ethnic Politics
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/murivera
SSB 347
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American Political Behavior, Race/Ethnic Politics
Website: http://polisci2.ucsd.edu/murivera
Alexander Ruiz Euler
Paul Schuler
website
SSB 326
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Southeast Asia, Authoritarianism, Institutions
SSB 326
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Southeast Asia, Authoritarianism, Institutions
Caleb Scoville
David Searle
Jim Shen
Weiyi Shi
Yunkyu Sohn
ysohn@ucsd.edu
In-Abstentia
Fields of study: American Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Formal Theory, Quantitative Methods, Biopolitics
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7eysohn
In-Abstentia
Fields of study: American Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Formal Theory, Quantitative Methods, Biopolitics
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/%7eysohn
Deborah Seligsohn
Ike Sharpless
Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
Clara Suong
Devesh Tiwari
Brian Tsay
Adam Tyner
Mona Vakilifathi
Alex Verink
Neil Visalvanich
Matthew Walsh
Alan Ward
Andrew Scott Waugh
aswaugh@ucsd.edu
SSB 445
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Political Parties, Party Organizations, Social Network Analysis, and Quantitative Methods
Website: http://www.andrewwaugh.com
Jason Wu
Jack Zhang
Brigitte Zimmerman
Graduate Program
Our Ph.D. program in Political Science is designed to break down barriers and build bridges across the subfields and give all of our students a broad command of the discipline as a whole, regardless of their area of specialization.
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Director of Graduate Studies
Zoltan Hajnal
(858) 822-5015
SSB 395
Student Affairs Manager
Regina Ready
(858) 534-7381
SSB 302
Graduate Coordinator
Arturo Vazquez
(858) 534-2705
SSB 305 (301)
Student Affairs Assistant
Christina Butler
(858) 534-7370
SSB 301