Matthew Beckmann
  • Professor and Undergraduate Director
    Ph.D., University of Michigan 

  • American governing institutions, presidency, executive leadership

  •  SSPB 2253 | 949-824-6219

  • beckmann@uci.edu
  • Website
Graeme Boushey
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle 

  • california politics and statewide elections, american politics, state and federal policy-making, ballot measures and the initiative process

  •  SSPB 5203 | 949-824-1950

  • gboushey@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Daniel Brunstetter
  • Professor & Graduate Program Director
    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

  • dbrunste@uci.edu
  • Website
Simone Chambers
  • 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
Elizabeth Jordie Davies
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., University of Chicago 
    Affiliate Faculty, Culture & Theory | UCI School of Humanities 

  • Black politics and political thought, U.S. social movements, solidarity, Black feminism

  • ejdavies@uci.edu
  • Website
Louis DeSipio
  • Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
    Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1993

  • ethnic politics, latino politics, immigration, naturalization, u.s. electoral politics

  •  SSPB 5283 | 949-824-1420

  • ldesipio@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Sara Wallace Goodman
  • Department Chair and Professor
    Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2009

  • citizenship, immigrant integration, identity

  •  SSPB 5257 | 949-824-0642

  • swgood@uci.edu
  • Website
Heidi Hardt
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., International Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva 

  • NATO, transatlantic security, European security, defense, international organizations, crisis management, military operations, knowledge, learning, change, gender, climate security

  • hhardt@uci.edu
  • Website
Marek Kaminski
  • Professor
    Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland, 1997

  • voting models, democratization, political consequences of electoral laws

  •  SSPB 2283 | 949-824-2744

  • mkaminsk@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Claire Kim
  • Professor, Political Science and Asian American Studies
    Ph.D., Yale University 

  • race, asian american politics, black politics, social movements, immigration, human-animal studies

  •  SSPB 3251 | 949-824-3192

  • cjkim@uci.edu
  • Website
Jeffrey Kopstein
  • Professor
     Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1991 

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

  •  5265 Social Science Plaza B

  • kopstein@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV
Ines Levin
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2012

  • elections, voting, statistics

  •  SSPB 5239 | 949-824-8731

  • i.levin@uci.edu
  • Website
Erin Lockwood
  • Assistant Professor
     Ph.D.,  Northwestern University,  2017

  • international political economy, financial regulation and governance, derivatives, politics of risk and uncertainty, global economic inequality, corporate power

  •  SSPB 5279

  • eklockwo@uci.edu
  • Website
Cecelia Lynch
  • Professor
    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 569 | 949-824-1428

  • clynch@uci.edu
  • Website
Constantine Manda
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., Yale University 

  • African politics, identity, religion, political behavior, social norms, political economy of development, program evaluation

  • cmanda@uci.edu
  • Website
Mary McThomas
  • Associate Professor
     Ph.D.,  University of California, Los Angeles,  2007

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

  •  SSPB 5285

  • mary.mcthomas@uci.edu
Kristen Monroe
  • Distinguished Professor
    Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974

  • ethics, international relations, political and moral psychology, normative political theory, politics of difference, conflict resolution

  •  SSPA 4103 | 949-824-6092

  • krmonroe@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
  • CV
Pamela Nwakanma
  • Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., Harvard University 

  • political economy of development, africana studies, comparative politics, identity, gender, entrepreneurship

  • pnwakanm@uci.edu
  • Website
Kevin Olson
  • Professor
    Ph.D., Northwestern University 

  • political theory, insurgent and popular politics, postcoloniality, cultural politics, poststructuralism, critical theory

  •  SSPB 5207 | 949-824-8335

  • kevin.olson@uci.edu
  • Website
Davin Phoenix
  • Undergraduate Honors Director and Associate Professor
     Ph.D.,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 

  • Black politics, race and political behavior, political affect, political communication

  •  SSPB 5201 | 949-824-5698

  • dphoenix@uci.edu
Shawn Rosenberg
  • Professor
     M. Litt.,  University of Oxford 

  • political psychology, populism, deliberative democracy, ideology, social theory, social and development psychology

  •  SSPB 5253 | 949-824-7143

  • swr@uci.edu
  • Website
  • Lab
Kamal Sadiq
  • Associate Professor, Political Science
    Ph.D., The University of Chicago 

  • comparative politics, international relations, immigration and citizenship in developing countries, asian security, india and southeast asia

  •  SSPB 5263 | 949-824-3126

  • kamal@uci.edu
Charles Smith
  • Professor
    Ph.D., University of California - San Diego, 2004
    J.D., University of Florida, 1987

  • law and legal institutions, comparative and international law

  •  SSPB 2279 | 949-824-5403

  • casmith@uci.edu
  • Website
Etel Solingen
  • Distinguished Professor, Political Science
    Thomas T. And Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies  
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 

  • international relations theory, international political economy, international cooperation, macropolitics/institutions, comparative politics, world politics and regional orders

  •  SSPB 5259 | 949-824-6732

  • esolinge@uci.edu
  • Website
Michael Tesler
  • Professor
     Ph.D.,  University of California, Los Angeles,  2011

  • american politics, race, ethnicity & politics, quantitative methods

  •  SSPB 5251 | 949-824-1869

  • mtesler@uci.edu
  • Website
Danielle Thomsen
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Cornell University 

  • american politics, u.s. congress, elections, gender and politics

  • dthomsen@uci.edu
  • Website
Keith Topper
  • Associate Professor
    Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

  • political theory

  •  SSPA 4143 | 949-824-4067

  • ktopper@uci.edu
Robert Uriu
  • Graduate Admissions Director and 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

  • rmuriu@uci.edu
  • Website
Samantha Vortherms
  • Assistant Professor
     Ph.D.,  University of Wisconsin-Madison 

  • comparative political economy, development, social welfare

  •  SSPB 5253

  • s.vortherms@uci.edu
  • Website

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