Political Science

Political Science - Faculty

Jane Fountain, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, B.Mus., Boston Conservatory of Music, 1977; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986; M.A., 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., 1990.

Amel Ahmed, Associate Professor, B.A., Dartmouth, 1996; Certificate Degree, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1997; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Roberto Alejandro, Professor, B.A., Puerto Rico, 1977; M.A., Princeton, 1986; Ph.D., 1989.

Sonia Alvarez, Professor, B.A., Smith, 1978; M.A., Yale, 1979; M.Phil., 1980; Ph.D., 1986.

Maryann Barakso, Associate Professor, B.A., Barnard, 1990; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.

Angelica Bernal, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1998; Ph.D., Yale, 2008.

Scott Blinder, Assistant Professor, A.B., Princeton University, Religion, 1993; M.A., University of Chicago, 1996; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004.

John Brigham, Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1967; M.A., Wisconsin, 1970; Ph.D., California at Santa Barbara, 1974.

Brenda K. Bushouse, Associate Professor, B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998.

Charli Carpenter, Professor, B.A., New Mexico State, 1996; M.A., 1998; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2003.

Paul M. Collins, Jr., Associate Professor, B.S., University of Scranton, 2000; M.A., Binghamton University (S.U.N.Y.), 2003; Ph.D., Binghamton University (S.U.N.Y.), 2005.

Bryan Coutain, Lecturer, B.A. Hofstra University, 1994; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Barbara R. Cruikshank, Associate Professor, B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D., Minnesota University, 1993.

Diane Curtis, Senior Lecturer, B.A., New York University, 1988; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1994.

Yasmeen Daifallah, Assistant Professor, B.A., Cairo University, 2002; M.A., Royal Roads University, 2004; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2006; Ph.D., 2012.

Carlene Edie, Professor, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1977; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1984.

Alan C. Gaitenby, Senior Lecturer, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987; M.B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 2000.

Sheldon Goldman, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, B.A., New York University, 1961; M.A., Harvard, 1964; Ph.D., 1965.

Justin Gross, Assistant Professor, A.B., Brown University, 1995; M.S., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004; M.S., 2006; M.Phil., 2007; Ph.D., 2010.

Peter M. Haas, Professor, B.A., Michigan, 1977; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986.

Rebecca Hamlin, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Chicago, 2000; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2009.

John Hird, Professor and Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, B.A., Dickinson College, 1980; M.A., University of Virginia, 1982; M.P.P., 1986; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999.

Leila Kawar, Assistant Professor, B.A., Harvard College, 1998; M.Sc., London School of Economics, 2000; Ph.D., New York University, 2009.

Raymond J. La Raja, Associate Professor, A.B., Harvard, 1987; M.P.P., 1992; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wesleyan University, 2001; Ph.D., Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011.

Robert Paul Musgrave, Assistant Professor, B.A., Indiana University, 2004; M.A., University College Dublin, 2005; Ph.D., Georgetown University (candidate).

Tatishe Nteta, Associate Professor, B.A., Maryland at College Park, 1998; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2000; Ph.D., 2007.

Timothy Pachirat, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wheaton College, IL, 1999; M.A., Yale, 2001; M. Phil., Yale, 2003; Ph.D., Yale, 2008.

MJ Peterson, Professor, B.A., Upsala, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor, B.A., Juniata College, 2003; M.A., University of Virginia, 2005; Ph.D., 2008.

Douglas R. Rice, Assistant Professor, B.A., Elizabethtown College, 2005; M.A., Villanova University, 2008; M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2010; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2013.

Dean Robinson, Associate Professor, A.B., Stanford University, 1988; M.A., M. Phil., Yale, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.

Meredith Rolfe, Assistant Professor, B.A., Duke University, 1993; M.A., University of Chicago, 1996; Ph.D., 2005.

Jamie Rowen, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2004; JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2009; Ph.D, 2012.

Frederic Schaffer, Professor, B.A., Bucknell, 1984; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., 1994.

Brian Schaffner, Professor, B.A., University of Georgia, 1997; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2002.

Elizabeth Sharrow, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Minnesota, 2002; M.P.P., Univ. of Minnesota, 2009; M.A., 2010; Ph.D., 2013.

Stuart Shulman, Research Associate Professor, B.A., Boston University, 1989; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1999.

Regine Spector, Assistant Professor, B.A., Stanford University, 1999; M.A., Stanford, 1999; M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 2003; Ph.D., 2009.

Leah Wing, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Oberlin, 1984; M.Ed., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991; Ed.D., 2002.

Nicholas Xenos, Professor, B.A., New York University, 1972; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., Princeton, 1984.

Kevin L. Young, Assistant Professor, B.A. Hon, Trent Univ., Canada, 2003; M.A., Carlton Univ., Canada, 2005; M.Res., London School of Economics, 2005; Ph.D., London School of Economics, UK 2010