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Political Science

Department of Political Science
Division of Social Sciences
Ellison Hall 3838
Telephone: (805) 893-3432
Undergraduate e-mail: Advising@polsci.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail: polsgrad@polsci.ucsb.edu
Website: www.polsci.ucsb.edu
Department Chair: Kathleen Bruhn


 
Faculty
Amit Ahuja, PhD, University of Michigan, Associate Professor (comparative politics, ethnic politics, security studies, South Asia)
Bruce Bimber, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (political communication, political behavior, collective action, digital media)
Kathleen Bruhn, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (comparative politics, Latin America, democratization and identity)
Alison Brysk, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (human rights, global governance, civil society, gender, Latin American politics) Joint Appointment: GLOBL
Bridget Coggins, PhD, Ohio State University, Associate Professor (international order, security, civil war, state collapse)
Laurie Freeman, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (comparative politics, Japan)
Cynthia Kaplan, PhD, Columbia University, Professor (comparative politics, ethnicity, surveys, political behavior, qualitative methods, Russia, Estonia, Kazakhstan)
Tae-Yeoun Keum, PhD, Harvard University, Assistant Professor (Political Theory, Ancient Greek Political Thought, German Social Thought)
Pei-Te Lien, PhD, University of Florida, Professor (race, ethnicity, and gender; transnationalism; Asian American politics)
Paasha Mahdavi, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Associate Professor (political methodology, energy and environmental politics, comparative political economy)
Cesar Martinez Alvarez, Assistant Professor
Daniel Masterson, PhD, Yale University, Assistant Professor (Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Migration, Displacement, Middle East Politics)
Matto Mildenberger, PhD, Yale University, Associate Professor (environmental and climate politics, comparative public policy, political behavior, methodology)
Julia Morse, PhD, Princeton University, Assistant Professor (international relations, international organizations, international political economy, international law)
Clayton Nall, PhD, Harvard University, Associate Professor (American Politics, Political Geography, Public Policy, Local Politics, American Political Development)
Neil Narang, PhD, UC San Diego, Associate Professor (international relations, international security, civil war, conflict management, political violence, quantitative methods)
William Nomikos, Assistant Professor
Andrew Norris, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (political philosophy)
Christopher Parker, PhD, University of Chicago, Professor (human rights, global governance, civil society, gender, Latin American politics)
Aj Rice, PhD, Michigan State University, Assistant Professor (Black politics, political economy, race and class, American politics, governance)
Satyajit Singh, PhD, Delhi University, Professor (governance, public policy & institutional reforms, Indian politics, development and environmental issues) Joint Appointment: GLOBL
Leah Stokes, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor (environmental and energy politics, public policy, political behavior, methodology, American politics)
Heather Stoll, PhD, Stanford University, Associate Professor (comparative politics, political parties and elections, political institutions, quantitative methods)
Brent Strathman, PhD, Ohio State University, Continuing Lecturer (international relations)

 
Emeriti Faculty
Gayle Binion, PhD, UC Los Angeles
Benjamin Cohen, PhD, Columbia University
Paige Digeser, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
M Jennings, PhD, University of North Carolina (political socialization, public opinion and political participation, methodology)
Alan Liu, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lorraine McDonnell, PhD, Stanford University (public policy analysis; politics of education; American politics)
Peter Merkl, PhD, UC Berkeley
Arnold Nash, PhD, Harvard University
Robert Noel, PhD, Northwestern University
Thomas Schrock, PhD, University of Chicago
Eric Smith, PhD, UC Berkeley
John Woolley, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison (American politics, the American presidency, public policy, political economy)

 
Affiliated Faculty
Kevin Anderson, PhD (Sociology)
Sarah Anderson, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Edwina Barvosa, PhD (Feminist Studies)
Jean Beaman (Sociology)
Alison Brysk, PhD (Global Studies, Political Science)
Mark Buntaine, PhD (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Kathleen Moore, PhD (Religious Studies)
Michael Stohl, PhD (Communication)
Kai Thaler, PhD (Global Studies)