Department Chair


Simone Chambers
  • Department Chair and Professor, Political Science
     Ph.D.,  Columbia University 

  • democratic theory, ethics, secularism, rhetoric, civility and the public sphere

  •  SSPB 5269 | 949-824-3187

  • sechambe@uci.edu
  • Website

 

Graduate Program Director


Mary McThomas
  • Graduate Director and Associate Professor, Political Science
     Ph.D.,  University of California, Los Angeles,  2007

  • immigration, theories of citizenship, feminist political theory, gender and politics

  •  SSPB 5285

  • mary.mcthomas@uci.edu

 

Graduate Admissions Director


Jeffrey Kopstein
  • Graduate Admissions Director and Professor, Political Science
     Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1991 

  • comparative politics, dictatorship and democracy, ethnic politics, political violence, post-communism

  •  SSPB 5225 | 949-824-4012

  • kopstein@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

Director of Undergraduate Honors Program


Davin Phoenix
  • Undergraduate Honors Director and Associate Professor, Political Science
     Ph.D.,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 

  • racial attitudes, affect and behavior; public opinion; political communication; urban politics; mobilization of marginalized groups

  •  SSPB 5201 | 949-824-5698

  • dphoenix@uci.edu

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies


Sara Goodman
  • Undergraduate Director and Professor, Political Science
    Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2009

  • citizenship policy, immigration, immigrant integration, ethnic diversity in democracies, diaspora

  •  SSPB 5257 | 949-824-4865

  • swgood@uci.edu
  • Website

 

Graduate Advisor


Jennifer Gerson
  • Director, Graduate Affairs
    Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2020

  • educational counseling, graduate student exceptions/petitions, teaching assistant applications and assignments

  •  Social Science Tower 323 | (949) 824-4074

  • jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
  • For any administrative questions concerning the graduate application process, financial award opportunities, and/or other pre-enrollment matters, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.

 

Administrative Staff


Zachary Beam
  • Department Analyst

  •  5229 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-5361

  • zbeam@uci.edu
Claudia Cheffs
Jim Keehn

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mailing Address
Department of Political Science
5229 Social Science Plaza B
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Telephone: (949) 824-5361

Fax: (949) 824-8762

Email: psdept@uci.edu

Direction (UCI Campus)
The Department Administrative Suite is located on the 5th floor of the Social Science Plaza Building B.
See: SSPB Building (213)

Directions to the campus can be found here.

 

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