Department of Politics

Faculty

Full-time Faculty

Eva R. Bellin
Eva R. Bellin
Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics in the Department of Politics and the Crown Center for Middle East Studies
Chair, Department of Politics
781-736-5336 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 202
Office Hours: 2-4 p.m. Thursdays and by appointment

Expertise: Comparative politics and Middle East politics

Zachary Albert
Zachary Albert
Assistant Professor of Politics
Director of Undergraduate Studies
781-736-2768 Golding Judaica Center, 117
Office Hours: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays and by appointment

Expertise: American Politics, Public Policy, Political Institutions, Political Parties, Think Tanks, Campaign Finance

Kerry A. Chase
Kerry A. Chase
Associate Professor of Politics
Director of Graduate Studies
781-736-2725 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 109
Office Hours: 2:10-3:40 p.m. Tuesdays and by appointment

Expertise: International relations, particularly international political economy and U.S. foreign economic policy

Shai Feldman
Shai Feldman
Judy and Sidney Swartz Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics
781-736-5321 Lemberg Hall, 205
Office Hours: 11 a.m.-noon Mondays and by appointment

Expertise: International relations and Middle East politics

Lucy Goodhart
Lucy Goodhart
Lecturer in International & Global Studies and Politics
781-736-2742 Rabb 355
Office Hours: 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and by appointment

Expertise: International political economy, comparative politics of advanced industrialized economies, and comparative political economy

Jill S. Greenlee
Jill S. Greenlee
Associate Professor of Politics
781-736-2760 Olin-Sang 205
Office Hours: On Leave

Expertise: American politics, political behavior, political socialization, public opinion, women and politics, and research methods

Jytte Klausen
Jytte Klausen
Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation
781-736-2762 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 110
Office Hours: On Leave

Expertise: Domestic terrorism, Islam in the West, immigration and social cohesion, Europe

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Daniel Thomas Kryder
Daniel Thomas Kryder
Luis Stulberg Chair in Law and Politics
781-736-2778 Golding Judaica Center, 118
Office Hours: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays and by appointment

Expertise: American political development, qualitative methods, policing and social movements, history of race policy and politics

Jeffrey A. Lenowitz
Jeffrey A. Lenowitz
Meyer and W. Walter Jaffe Associate Professor of Politics
781-736-2765 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 206

Expertise: Political theory, democratic theory, constitutional theory and design, legal philosophy, history of modern political thought, global justice and governance, institutional design

Gary Samore
Gary Samore
Professor of the Practice of Politics
Crown Family Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies
781-736-2967 Lemberg Hall 201
Office Hours: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesdays and by appointment

Expertise: International security, nuclear weapons arms control and nonproliferation, weapons of mass destruction terrorism

Ralph A. Thaxton Jr.
Ralph A. Thaxton Jr.
Professor of Politics
781-736-2767 Golding Judaica Center, 116
Office Hours: by appointment only

Expertise: Comparative politics, East Asia, China, comparative revolutions, comparative democratic movements

alejandro trelles
Alejandro Trelles
Assistant Professor of Politics
Honors Director
781-736-2748 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 111
Office Hours: 12-2 p.m. Fridays and by appointment

Expertise: Comparative study of public institutions, elections and electoral boundary delimitation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Assistant Professor of Politics
Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 106
Office Hours: 12-2 p.m. Wednesdays and by appointment

Expertise: Comparative politics, Russia and post-Communist countries, digital politics

Bernard Yack
Bernard Yack
Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy
781-736-2640 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 107
Office Hours: On Leave

Expertise: Political theory, history of political thought, nationalism, cultural pluralism, democratic theory

Affiliated Faculty

Richard Gaskins
Richard Gaskins
Proskauer Chair in Law and Social Welfare
781-736-3028 Brown Social Science Center 313

Expertise: Comparative law and social welfare, global justice and human rights, economic philosophies, legal argumentation.

Prakash Kashwan
Prakash Kashwan
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
781-736-3201 Rabb Graduate Center, 348

Expertise: Environmental justice, climate justice, global climate and geoengineering governance, international development, collective aAction on the commons, and global conservation

Marion Smiley
Marion Smiley
J.P. Morgan Chase Professor of Ethics
781-736-2792 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities, 110

Expertise: Moral, social, and political philosophy/feminist theory

Amber Spry
Amber D. Spry
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies

Expertise: political behavior, identity, race and ethnic politics, political psychology, and survey design methods

Michael Willrich
Michael Willrich
Leff Families Professor of History
781-736-2292 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 217

Expertise: United States social, legal, and political history

Faculty Emeriti

Robert Art
Robert Art
Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of International Relations

Expertise: International relations, U.S. foreign policy, and national security policy

Seyom Brown
Seyom Brown
Professor Emeritus of Politics

Expertise: International relations, world politics, causes and prevention of war, alliances, collective security, war and peace, human rights, U.S. national security and foreign policy

Steven L. Burg
Steven L. Burg
Adlai Stevenson Professor Emeritus of International Politics
781-736-2752 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 122

Expertise: Comparative politics, ethnic politics, Balkan politics, ethnic conflict and conflict management

Marty Levin
Marty Levin
Professor Emeritus of Politics

Expertise: American politics, politics of administration.

George W. Ross
George W. Ross
Professor Emeritus of Labor and Social Thought

Expertise: European integration, European politics and social policy, comparative industrial relations, and sociology of advanced capitalist societies

Peter Woll
Peter Woll
Professor Emeritus of Politics

Expertise: American politics and government, administrative law, congress