Degree Program Offered: Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy

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

Vice Chair, Master's Studies: Professor Eric Davis, Hickman Hall, Douglass Campus (848-932-9322)

Website: http://polisci.rutgers.edu/academics/graduate/about-the-graduate-program

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Ross K. Baker, Distinguished 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

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

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

Drucilla Cornell, Distinguished 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 and Vice Chair, Master's Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Comparative politics (Middle East); democratization; political economy

Jefferson Decker, Associate Professor of American Studies and Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
U.S. political and legal history

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

Robert R. Kaufman, Distinguished 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, 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, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Mass politics; political psychology

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

Beth Leech, Professor of Political Science, SAS, and Vice Chair, Graduate Studies; Ph.D., Texas A&M
American political institutions; public policy; interest group politics; media and politics; research methods

Jack S. Levy, Board of Governors 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

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

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, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Washington
Public law

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

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

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

Kelly Dittmar, Assistant Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Gender dynamics of American political institutions

Janice Fine, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, SMLR; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Immigration; labor unions; community organizing

Rebecca Kolins Givan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, SMLR; Ph.D., Northwestern
U.S. and comparative labor relations; health care work and the public sector

Mingwei Liu, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Codirector of Ph.D. Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, SMLR; Ph.D., Cornell
Comparative employment relations and labor movements with a focus on China

Melanye Price, Associate 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

Tobias Schulze-Cleven, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, SMLR; Ph.D. California (Berkeley)
Comparative/international employment relations; comparative political economy; European politics

Lisa Schur, Chair, Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, SMLR; J.D., Northeastern; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Disability issues in employment and labor law; connections between workplace experiences and political participation

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty

Ewan Harrison, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Bristol (U.K.)
Democracy and global governance

Ju Yeon Park, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D, New York
American politics; game theory;survey analysis; international relations; public opinion; political psychology; Congress; elections

Roland Rich, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., J.D., Australian National
Democracy; human rights and international institutions

Adjunct Members of the United Nations Master of Arts (UNMA) Faculty

Engy Abdelkader, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; J.D., Rutgers; LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Islam; gender and the law

Mazen Adi, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rome Tor Vergata; LL.M., St. John's
Theories of counterterrorism, criminal law, and human rights

Kelly Clancy, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Politics and science; environmental politics

Dilafruz Nazarova, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; J.D., Tajik State National (Tajikistan); LL.M., Essex (U.K.)
International law; human rights; comparative politics

Gulbahor Saraeva, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Migration; international relations; sustainable development

Brian Smith, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Georgetown
Political thought; security and economic inequalities

Michael Rossi, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Political culture and Eastern European relations