Faculty
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Matthew Beckmann Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004 presidency, congress, interest groups, mass media and politics SSPB 2253 | 949-824-6219 |
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Daniel Brunstetter Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2005 just war, early modern thought, otherness/identity, new world discovery, montaigne, rousseau, french immigration SSPB 5289 | 949-824-9752 |
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Russell Dalton Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan politics of advanced industrial democracies, public opinion, political parties, political culture, democracy SSPB 5279 | 949-824-6569 |
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Louis Desipio Associate Professor Ph.D., 1993, University of Texas at Austin ethnic politics, latino politics, immigration, naturalization, u.s. electoral politics SSPB 5283 | 949-824-1420 |
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Sara Goodman Assistant Professor Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2009 citizenship policy, immigration, immigrant integration, ethnic diversity in democracies, diaspora SSPB 5257 | 949-824-4865 |
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Bernard Grofman Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972 public choice, mathematical models of collective decision making, formal democratic theory, politics of small groups, representation, voting rights SSPB 2291 | 949-824-6394 |
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Marek Kaminski Associate Professor Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland, 1997 voting models, democratization, political consequences of electoral laws SSPB 2283 | 949-824-2744 |
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Diana Kapiszewski Assistant Professor Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2007 comparative judicial politics, comparative public law, latin american politics, comparative politics SSPB 5275 | 949-824-4466 |
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Claire Kim Associate Professor Ph.D., Yale University race and ethnicity, minority politics, social movements, immigration, multiculturalism, intersectionality SSPB 3251 | 949-824-3192 |
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Cecelia Lynch Director, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (GPACS) Ph.D., Columbia University, 1993 international relations (theory, organization, law), religion and ethics, social movements and civil society actors (on peace, security, globalization, humanitarianism, and religion) SST 723 | 949-824-1428 |
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Anthony McGann Associate Professor formal theory and methodology, comparative politics and political philosophy SSPB 2223 | 949-824-6232 |
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Kristen Monroe Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974 human values, ethics, holocaust SSPA 4103 | 949-824-6092 |
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Patrick Morgan Professor Ph.D., Yale University international politics, peace and security issues - national and international, u.s. foreign relations, u.s.-european relations, international relations theory SSPB 5269 | 949-824-3187 |
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Kevin Olson Associate Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University political theory, history of political thought, legal theory, philosophy of the social sciences SSPB 5207 | 949-824-8335 |
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Mark Petracca Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago american political institutions (presidency and congress) interest organizations, public policy, power and political discourse SSPB 5271 | 949-824-5175 |
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Shawn Rosenberg Professor political psychology, deliberative democracy, ideology, social theory, social and development psychology SSPB 5253 | 949-824-7143 |
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Kamal Sadiq Associate Professor comparative politics, immigration in developing countries, india and south east asia, asian security SSPB 5263 | 949-824-3126 |
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Wayne Sandholtz Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1989 international norms and institutions, political corruption, international courts and tribunals SSPB 2269 | 949-824-5726 |
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Caesar Sereseres Associate Professor u.s. foreign policy, u.s. latin american relations, mexican-american politics SBSG 5410 | 949-824-6334 |
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Charles Smith Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California - San Diego, 2004, JD University of Florida 1987 law and legal institutions, comparative and international law SSPB 2279 | 949-824-5403 |
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Etel Solingen Professor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987 international relations theory, international political economy, international cooperation, macropolitics/institutions, comparative politics, world politics and regional orders SSPB 5259 | 949-824-6732 |
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Dorothy Solinger Professor Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975 chinese domestic politics and political economy, comparative politics, east asian politics SSPB 5285 | 949-824-7521 |
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Katherine Tate Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan american politics, african american politics, public opinion SSPB 5251 | 949-824-1869 |
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Keith Topper Associate Professor and Department Chair Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles political theory SSPB 5225 | 949-824-4012 |
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Yuliya Tverdova Assistant Professor Ph.D., Binghamton University, SUNY, 2005 comparative politics, political behavior, public opinion, post-communist transition, russian politics SSPB 5201 | 949-824-5698 |
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Carole Uhlaner Associate Professor Ph.D., Harvard University, 1978 comparative political behavior, formal theory/social choice SSPA 3125 | 949-824-7329 |
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Robert Uriu Associate Professor international relations, international political economy, international politics of east asia/japan, u.s. foreign policy toward east asia SSPB 2275 | 949-824-1868 |
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Marty Wattenberg Professor american and comparative political behavior SSPB 2285 | 949-824-7251 |
