Seung-Ho An

Assistant Professor

• Public and nonprofit management
• Representation
• Bureaucratic politics

Daniel Arnon

Assistant Professor

• International relations
• Conflict and contention
• Human rights

Laura Bakkensen

Associate Professor

Director of MPA & MPP Programs

• Environmental economics
• Natural disaster policy
• Risk and adaptation

Elizabeth Baldwin

Associate Professor

• Environmental policy
• Energy policy
• Institutional analysis

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

Anne Boustead

Assistant Professor

• Law and policy
• Drug policy
• Surveillance and privacy

Alex Braithwaite

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Professor

Associate Director of SGPP

• International relations
• Refugees and forced migration
• Violent and nonviolent conflict

Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Associate Professor

Director of PhD Program

• International relations
• Violent and nonviolent conflict
• Human rights and repression

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

Suzanne Dovi

Professor

• Democratic theory
• Representation
• Ethics and public policy

Frank Gonzalez

Assistant Professor

• Political psychology
• Race and politics
• Biology and politics

Adam Douglas Henry

Professor

• Social networks
• Environmental sustainability
• Computational modeling

Charlotte Hu

Assistant Professor of Practice

Suyeon Jo

Assistant Professor

• Public and nonprofit management
• Public participation
• Collaborative governance

Samara Klar

Associate Professor

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Professorship

• Political psychology
• Voter behavior
• Public opinion

Jeff Kucik

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

• International relations
• Global trade and investment
• International organizations

Paulette Kurzer

Professor

Director of MA ISS Program

• Comparative politics
• European integration
• Welfare state

Michael Letcher

Professor of Practice

• Strategic planning
• Performance management
• Board governance

H. Brinton Milward

Professor

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair

• Interorganizational networks
• Illegal and covert networks
• Public management

William Mishler

Professor

• Democratization
• Human trafficking
• Public opinion/behavior

Barbara Norrander

Professor

• American politics
• Primary elections
• Gender gap

Javier Osorio

Assistant Professor

• Comparative politics
• Political and criminal violence
• Natural language processing

Tommaso Pavone

Assistant Professor

• Law and courts
• Comparative politics
• European integration

Jun Peng

Professor

• Public budgeting
• Public debt management
• Public pension management

Michael Polakowski

Associate Professor

• Criminal justice policies
• Crime statistics
• Inequality

Kirssa Cline Ryckman

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

• International relations
• Violent and nonviolent conflict
• Civilians in conflict

Lisa Sanchez

Assistant Professor

• Racial and ethnic politics
• Legislative politics
• Immigration policy

Edella Schlager

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair

Director of SGPP

• Institutional analysis
• Multi-level governance
• Water policy/politics

Paul Schuler

Associate Professor

• Political institutions
• Authoritarian regimes
• Southeast Asia

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

Craig Smith

Associate Professor

• Public management
• Organization theory and behavior
• Privatization

Thomas Volgy

Professor

• International politics
• Status considerations
• Comparative regional analysis

Chris Weber

Professor

• American politics
• Political psychology
• Methodology

Chad Westerland

Associate Professor

• American politics
• Law and courts
• Methodology

John P. (Pat) Willerton

Professor

• Comparative politics
• Russian politics
• Political elites