Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Vice Chair, Graduate Studies: Professor Eric Davis, Hickman Hall, Douglass Campus (848-932-9321)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Ross K. Baker, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Political institutions; Congress; U.S. foreign policy

P. Dennis Bathory, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Political theory (ancient and medieval); political leadership 

Douglas Blair, Professor of Economics and Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Microeconomic theory; industrial organization; formal methods

Jorge Bravo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Duke
Comparative politics; immigration; Mexican politics; political economy

Stephen E. Bronner, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Political theory; political economy

Barbara J. Callaway, Professor Emerita of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Boston

Susan J. Carroll, Professor of Political Science, EIP; Ph.D., Indiana
Women and politics; mass politics

Drucilla Cornell, Professor of Political Science, SAS; J.D., California (Los Angeles)
Political theory; women and politics

Cynthia R. Daniels, Professor of Political Science, SAS, and Associate Campus Dean, Douglass Residential College; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Women and public policy; productive politics; political economy of gender

Eric Davis, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Comparative politics (Middle East); political economy

Mary Hawkesworth, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Georgetown
Feminist theory; women and politics; contemporary political philosophy; social policy

Milton Heumann, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Public law; legal processes; criminal justice and civil liberties

Robert R. Kaufman, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Comparative politics (Latin America); political economy

R. Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Politics of the European Union; law and politics; comparative politics

Mona Lena Krook, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Qualitative research methods; global feminisms

Jan Kubik, Chair and Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
East European politics; transitions from communism; politics and culture; local politics; forms of social protest

Richard R. Lau, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Mass politics; political psychology

Susan E. Lawrence, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Education; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Public law

Beth Leech, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Texas A&M
American political institutions; public policy

C. Richard Lehne, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Syracuse
American political institutions; business and politics

Jack S. Levy, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
International relations; foreign policy decision making; causes of war

Roy E. Licklider, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
International relations; foreign policy; military policy

Manus I. Midlarsky, Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, SAS; Ph.D., Northwestern
International relations with emphasis on causes of political violence, including war and revolution

Lisa L. Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Washington
Public law

Andrew R. Murphy, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Political theory; American political thought; religion and politics

Paul Poast, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan
International political economy

Gerald M. Pomper, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
American political institutions; mass politics  

Melanye Price, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Ohio State
Black politics; public opinion; racial and ethnic politics; political psychology; black nationalism and social movements

Shatema Threadcraft, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Political theory; women and politics; African-American political thought

Alvin B. Tillery Jr., Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Race and American politics 

Carl Edward Van Horn, Professor of Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Ohio State
American political institutions; public policy

Geoffrey Wallace, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
International security, international institutions, and international law; public attitudes toward foreign policy and experimental methods

Sophia Wallace, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Racial and ethnic politics; legislative politics; U.S. Congress; Latino politics; immigration politics

Harvey Waterman, Associate Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Comparative politics (Western Europe); domestic sources of foreign policy

Cesar Zucco, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Democratic political institutions; Latin American politics

Cliff Zukin, Associate Professor of Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Ohio State
American political institutions; mass politics

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Jocelyn E. Crowley, Professor of Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American politics; social policy; civic participation; women and politics

James Turner Johnson, Professor of Religion, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
International relations; just war

Ruth B. Mandel, Board of Governors Professor of Politics, EIP; Ph.D., Connecticut
Women's participation in American politics

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty

Engy Abdelkader, Esq.; LL.M., Pennsylvania
Islam; gender and the law

T. Hamid Al-Bayati, Former Ambassador of Iraq to the United Nations; Ph.D., Manchester
Middle East politics; terrorism; United Nations

Samuel Peleg, Visiting Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Indiana
Conflict resolution and negotiation processes in deeply divided societies; patterns of communication between leaders and followers during conflicts