Political Science Faculty

Seden Akcinaroglu, Professor

BA, MA, Boğaziçi University; MS, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP)

Specialty: International conflict and rivalries

Robin Best, Associate Professor

BA, University at Albany (SUNY); MA, University of Chicago; MA, PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP)

Specialty: Comparative politics; European politics; political parties and representation

Kanisha De Ann Bond, Assistant Professor

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Human Rights Institute (HRI),  Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: International relations; militant organizations; political violence and collective contention; sex, gender, and conflict processes; methodology 

Therese Cingranelli, Adjunct Lecturer

MA, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Specialty: Political theory

David L. Cingranelli, Professor

BA, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2007-2008

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP); Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Human Rights Institute (HRI); Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: Human rights

David H. Clark, Professor

BA, University of the South; MS, PhD, Florida State University

Affiliated: Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: Political violence, protests, repression; bargaining foreign policy

Mikhail Filippov, Professor

BA, Moscow State University; MA, University of California at Riverside; PhD, California Institute of Technology

Affiliated: Human Rights Institute (HRI); Russian and East European Program (REEP)

Specialty: Comparative federalism, intergovernmental relations, European politics

Benjamin O. Fordham, Professor

BSFS, Georgetown University; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2023-2024

Specialty: Influence of domestic political and economic interests on foreign policy choices

William B. Heller, Associate Professor

BA, Harvard University; PhD, University of California at San Diego

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP)

Specialty: Comparative politics; political parties; game theory

Robert A. Holahan, Associate Professor

BA, MA, Washington University; PhD, Indiana University

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS), Dickinson Research Team 

Specialty: Environmental policy; political science and sustainability

Hilary Jan Izatt, Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of Michigan

Specialty: Comparative politics

Ekrem Karakoc, Professor

BS, Koç University; MA, Indiana University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP), Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)

Specialty: Comparative politics; democratization; comparative political economy

Katja B. Kleinberg, Associate Professor

BA, University of Leipzig; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina

Specialty: International political economy;  international conflict; public opinion

Sandra Z. Koff, Professor Emerita

PhD, Syracuse University

 

Jonathan Krasno, Professor

BA, University of Wisconsin at Madison; MA, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP); Philosophy, Politics, and Law Program (PPL)

Specialty: American politics, public opinion, campaigns and campaign finance

Ricardo René Larémont, Professor

BA, New York University; JD, New York University School of Law; PhD, Yale University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2000-2001

Affiliated: Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP); Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA)

Specialty: Comparative politics; Islamic law; Islamic politics; conflict resolution

Amanda A. Licht, Associate Professor

BA, University of North Dakota; PhD, University of Iowa

Specialty: International relations and methodology

Daniel B. Magleby, Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University; MS, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP)

Specialty: American politics,  congress and political parties

Wendy L. Martinek, Professor

BA, Lawrence University; MA, University of Wisconsin; PhD, Michigan State University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006-2007

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP); Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS)

Specialty: American politics; judicial politics and behavior, Law and courts, methodology

Michael D. McDonald, Professor

BA, Wilkes College; PhD, Florida State University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2009-2010

Affiliated: Director of Center on Democratic Performance (CDP)

Specialty: Representation, legislative politics

Peter Orville, Adjunct Lecturer

BA, Ithaca College; LLD, Syracuse University

Specialty: Law

Gregory A. Robinson, Associate Professor

BS, Grand Valley State University; PhD, Michigan State University

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: American politics; legislative studies; political institutions

Olga Shvetsova, Professor

BS, MS, Moscow State University; MS, PhD, California Institute of Technology

Affiliated: Center on Democratic Performance (CDP); Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH); Human Rights Institute (HRI); Russian and East European Program (REEP)

Specialty: Comparative politics

Jeffrey L. Yates, Professor

BA, Carson-Newman College; JD, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; MS, PhD, Florida State University

Specialty: Law; presidency; state politics; public policy