Departmental Faculty

Seung-Ho An

Assistant Professor

  • Public and nonprofit management
  • Representation
  • Bureaucratic politics
Social Sciences 135

Daniel Arnon

Assistant Professor

  • International relations
  • Conflict and contention
  • Human rights
Social Sciences 133
Laura Bakkensen

Laura Bakkensen

Associate Professor

Director of MPA & MPP Programs

  • Environmental economics
  • Natural disaster policy
  • Risk and adaptation
Social Sciences 327
Elizabeth Baldwin

Elizabeth Baldwin

Associate Professor

  • Environmental policy
  • Energy policy
  • Institutional analysis
Social Sciences 318A

Carolyn Barnett

Assistant Professor

  • Middle East and North African politics
  • Gender and politics
  • Politics of development

Bradley Bartos

Assistant Professor

  • Criminal justice policies
  • Crime and mortality statistics
  • Time-series quasi-experiments
Social Sciences 306
Anne Boustead

Anne Boustead

Assistant Professor

  • Law and policy
  • Drug policy
  • Surveillance and privacy
Social Sciences 331
Alex Braithwaite

Alex Braithwaite

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Professor

Associate Director of SGPP

  • International relations
  • Refugees and forced migration
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
Social Sciences 314C
Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Associate Professor

Director of PhD Program

  • International relations
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
  • Human rights and repression
Social Sciences 343

Susan Brewer-Osorio

Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies

  • Comparative politics
  • Latin American politics
  • Peace and conflict

Jennifer Carlson

Associate Professor, Sociology

  • Gun politics
  • Policing and public law enforcement
  • Politics of race and gender
Social Sciences 431

Suzanne Dovi

Professor

  • Democratic theory
  • Representation
  • Ethics and public policy
Social Sciences 325
Frank Gonzalez

Frank Gonzalez

Assistant Professor

  • Political psychology
  • Race and politics
  • Biology and politics
Social Sciences 337

Adam Douglas Henry

Professor

  • Social networks
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Computational modeling
Social Sciences 319

Charlotte Hu

Assistant Professor of Practice

  • Courts and sentencing
  • Cybercrime
  • White collar crime

Suyeon Jo

Assistant Professor

  • Public and nonprofit management
  • Public participation
  • Collaborative governance
Social Sciences 305

Samara Klar

Associate Professor

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Professorship

  • Political psychology
  • Voter behavior
  • Public opinion
Social Sciences 318-B
Jeff Kucik

Jeff Kucik

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

  • International relations
  • Global trade and investment
  • International organizations
Social Sciences 439A
Paulette Kurzer

Paulette Kurzer

Professor

Director of MA ISS Program

  • Comparative politics
  • European integration
  • Welfare state
Social Sciences 323

Michael Letcher

Professor of Practice

  • Strategic planning
  • Performance management
  • Board governance
H. Brinton Milward

H. Brinton Milward

Professor

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair

  • Interorganizational networks
  • Illegal and covert networks
  • Public management
Social Sciences 339
William Mishler

William Mishler

Professor

  • Democratization
  • Human trafficking
  • Public opinion/behavior
Social Sciences 314A
Barbara Norrander

Barbara Norrander

Professor

  • American politics
  • Primary elections
  • Gender gap
Social Sciences 326
Javier Osorio

Javier Osorio

Assistant Professor

  • Comparative politics
  • Political and criminal violence
  • Natural language processing
Social Sciences 125

Tommaso Pavone

Assistant Professor

  • Law and courts
  • Comparative politics
  • European integration
Social Sciences 304
Jun Peng

Jun Peng

Professor

  • Public budgeting
  • Public debt management
  • Public pension management
Social Sciences 341
Michael Polakowski

Michael Polakowski

Associate Professor

  • Criminal justice policies
  • Crime statistics
  • Inequality
Social Sciences 329

Lori Poloni-Staudinger

Professor

Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Kirssa Cline Ryckman

Assistant Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

  • International relations
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
  • Civilians in conflict
Social Sciences 335
Lisa Sanchez

Lisa Sanchez

Assistant Professor

  • Racial and ethnic politics
  • Legislative politics
  • Immigration policy
Social Sciences 318D
Edella Schlager

Edella Schlager

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair

Director of SGPP

  • Institutional analysis
  • Multi-level governance
  • Water policy/politics
Social Sciences 317
Paul Schuler

Paul Schuler

Associate Professor

  • Political institutions
  • Authoritarian regimes
  • Southeast Asia
Social Sciences 318

Xavier Segura

Assistant Professor of Practice

  • Law
  • Criminal justice & legal studies
  • DEI and Public Policy

Yotam Shmargad

Associate Professor

  • Online behavior
  • Political communication
  • Social networks
Social Sciences 314B
Craig Smith

Craig Smith

Associate Professor

  • Public management
  • Organization theory and behavior
  • Privatization
Social Sciences 314D
Thomas Volgy

Thomas Volgy

Professor

  • International politics
  • Status considerations
  • Comparative regional analysis
Social Sciences 330
Chris Weber

Chris Weber

Professor

  • American politics
  • Political psychology
  • Methodology
Social Sciences 333
Chad Westerland

Chad Westerland

Associate Professor

  • American politics
  • Law and courts
  • Methodology
Social Sciences 321
John P. (Pat) Willerton

John P. (Pat) Willerton

Professor

  • Comparative politics
  • Russian politics
  • Political elites
Social Sciences 316