May 07, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Department of Political Science


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Eduardo Alemán.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

Alex Badas. Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of Toledo; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Tanya Bagashka.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., American University (Bulgaria); Ph.D., University of Rochester.

Jeremy Bailey.  Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Rhodes College; Ph.D., Boston College.

Scott Basinger.  Associate Professor of Politcal Science.  B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.

Francisco Cantu.  Assistant Professor of Political Science.  B.A., ITAM (Mexico); M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.

Robert A. Carp.  Pre-Law Advisor and Professor of Political Science. B.A., Augustana College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa; Diplome D’Etudes, The Sorbonne.

Jason Casellas.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Loyola University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

Tyson Chatagnier. Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Rochester.

Naomi Choi. Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Jeffrey Church.  Ross Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Ursinus College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

Jennifer Clark.  Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies.  B.A., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Scott Clifford. Associate Professor of Political Science, B.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., Florida State University.

J. Bryan Cole. Instructional Assistant Professor of Political Science, B.A., Millsaps College; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Cyrus Contractor. Instructional Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies, B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; M.A., University of Texas at Arlington; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.

Jeronimo Cortina.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., ITAM (Mexico); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University.

Alin Fumurescu. Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Jim Granato.  Professor of Political Science.  B.S., Southern Illinois University, M.A., Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Duke University.

Ryan Kennedy.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Truman State University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Renu Khator. Chancellor of the University of Houston System, President of the University of Houston, and Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Kanpur University; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Purdue University.

Christine LeVeaux.  Assistant Professor of Political Science and The Honors College.  B. A., Spelman College; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University.

Kelley Littlepage. Instructional Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., California State University, Stanlaus; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Oregon.

Nikolay Marinov. Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A., American University in Bulgaria; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D. Stanford University.

Richard Murray.  Director, Center for Public Policy, and Professor of Political Science.  B. A., M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Brandon Rottinghaus.  Professor of Political Science B.A., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University.

Susan Scarrow. John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University.

Patrick Shea.  Assistant Professor of Political Science.  B.A., Siena College, New York; M.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., Rutgers University.

Boris Shor. Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Elizabeth Simas-Marcinek.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis.

Kent Tedin.  Interim Chair and Professor of Political Science. B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Lydia Tiede.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., American University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.

Gregory Weiher.  Professor of Political Science. B.A., Quincy College; Ph.D., Washington University.

Ling Zhu.  Associate Professor of Political Science.  B.A., M.A., Fudan University (China); M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.

Zachary Zwald. Instructional Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.