Faculty

Our faculty are dedicated to the creation and transmission of knowledge about politics and political science. The department promotes original research, creative teaching, and public service in and outside the discipline of political science.

We value distinguished disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, teaching, advising, publicly engaged scholarship, and civic education that disseminate knowledge and skills about politics and political science to widely diverse audiences.

The Department of Political Science draws upon visiting lecturers, scholars, and professors who bring their expertise in many areas of study. Graduate students come from all over the world and occupy a unique position as both students and graduate assistants/instructors who bring their diverse research interests to their teaching. Staff members with many years of experience provide professional support to faculty and students and offer unique research and internship opportunities. Together faculty, graduate students, and staff are dedicated to providing students with the support they need to learn and excel in today’s political world.

Core Faculty

Name	Contact	Office	Specialties
Mark Bell	msbell@umn.edu 612-626-2889	1378 Social Sciences Building	International security, nuclear weapons, US foreign policy
Anuja Bose	a-bose@umn.edu 612-625-8857	1354 Social Sciences Building	Black political thought, anti-colonial & anti-imperial thought, critical race and feminist theory, modern & contemporary political theory
Teri Caraway Director of Undergraduate Studies	caraway@umn.edu 612-624-3839	1311 Social Sciences Building	Comparative political economy of labor, Southeast Asian politics, transnational labor issues, gender & comparative politics
Kathleen Collins	colli433@umn.edu 612-626-7489	1224 Social Sciences Building	Islam & politics, soviet & post-soviet political development, Central Asia & the Caucus, democratization & political transition
Arash Davari	davar008@umn.edu 612-624-0862	1231 Social Sciences Building	Modern & contemporary political theory; anti-colonial, anti-imperial, & postcolonial political theory; revolution; politics & culture of the modern Middle East; race, ethnicity, & politics
Tanisha Fazal Associate Chair	fazal007@umn.edu 612-624-8261	1333 Social Sciences Building	Sovereignty, international security, armed conflict, military medicine, laws of war
Christopher Federico	federico@umn.edu 612-625-7217	1435 Social Sciences Building	Political psychology, race & politics, quantitative methods, ideology & belief systems
Paul Goren	pgoren@umn.edu 612-624-7513	1339 Social Sciences Building	Political psychology, voting behavior, public opinion
Lisa Hilbink	hilbink@umn.edu 612-626-0160	1373 Social Sciences Building	Comparative judicial politics & constitutionalism, Latin American & Iberian politics, democratization
James Hollyer	jhollyer@umn.edu 612-624-0030	1380 Social Sciences Building	Patronage, corruption, transparency, methodology, comparative & international political economy
Timothy R. Johnson	trj@umn.edu 612-625-2907	1433 Social Sciences Building	Supreme Court oral arguments, decision making, and nominations & confirmations; executive/judiciary relations; US politics
Andrew Karch Department Chair	ajkarch@umn.edu 612-624-1393	1414A Social Sciences Building	Social policy in the United States, federalism & state politics
Helen M Kinsella	kins0017@umn.edu 612-625-6103	1325 Social Sciences Building	International relations, law, security, norms, & institutions; political thought; feminist theory
Ronald Krebs	rkrebs@umn.edu 612-624-4356	1233 Social Sciences Building	International relations theory, international security, counterterrorism, language & politics, sociology of war
Howard Lavine	lavine@umn.edu 612-624-1389	1360 Social Sciences Building	Political psychology, partisanship, personality & politics
Kevin Luo	kwluo@umn.edu 612-626-2906	1209 Social Sciences Building	Chinese politics, East Asian politics, state building, authoritarian politics & democratization, politics of development, comparative historical analysis
Nancy Luxon	luxon@umn.edu 612-625-7982	1350 Social Sciences Building	Contemporary political & social theory, French political thought
Michael Minta Director of Graduate Studies	mdminta@umn.edu 612-626-5632	1337 Social Sciences Building	Congressional politics, race & ethnic politics, interest group advocacy
C. Daniel Myers	cdmyers@umn.edu 612-626-8938	1309 Social Sciences Building	American politics, political psychology, political communication, experimental methods, deliberative democracy
August Nimtz	animtz@umn.edu 612-624-1512	1327 Social Sciences Building	Marxism; political economy; politics of race, class & ethnicity; African politics; political development
Tricia Olsen	olsen@umn.edu 612-626-0213	1468 Social Sciences Building	Democracy, human rights, international development, sustainable development, Latin America, private enterprise
Kathryn Pearson	kpearson@umn.edu 612-626-2777	1439 Social Sciences Building	US Congress, women & politics, congressional elections & political behavior
David J. Samuels	dsamuels@umn.edu 612-624-9876	1446 Social Sciences Building	Brazilian & Latin American politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, democratization
Anoop Sarbahi	sarbahi@umn.edu 612-624-8576	1466 Social Sciences Building	Ethnicity, civil war, post-conflict transition, counter-insurgency
Anurag Sinha	asinha@umn.edu 612-624-4305	1460 Social Sciences Building	Empire & colonization, history of political economy, postcolonial political theory, politics & history of modern South Asia
Paul Soper Director of Internships	psoper@umn.edu 612-626-1002	1480 Social Sciences Building	American political thought, state government
Jane Sumner	jlsumner@umn.edu 612-626-1672	1331 Social Sciences Building	Quantitative methodology, political economy, multinational corporations

Affiliated Faculty & Department Members

Name	Contact	Office
Eugene Borgida	borgi001@umn.edu 612-625-3381	N387 Elliot Hall
Christina Ewig	cewig@umn.edu 612-625-1884	255 Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Catherine Guisan	guis0001@umn.edu 612-624-2569	1282 Social Sciences Building
Lawrence Jacobs	ljacobs@umn.edu 612-625-3384	137 Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Kati Mohammad-Zadeh	moha0030@umn.edu 612-327-1022	1414 Social Sciences Building
Fionnuala Ni Aolain	niaol002@umn.edu 612-624-2318	334 Mondale Hall
Melanie O'Brien	mjobrien@umn.edu	333 Social Sciences Building
Joe Soss	jbsoss@umn.edu 612-626-9865	261 Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Benjamin Toff	bjtoff@umn.edu 612-625-4381	227 Murphy Hall
Josef Woldense	jwoldens@umn.edu 612-624-0122	878 Social Sciences Building

Emeriti Faculty

Name	Contact	Office
Scott Abernathy	abernath@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Raymond Duvall	rduvall@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
John Freeman	freeman@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Edwin Fogelman	fogelman@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Virginia Gray	612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Daniel Kelliher	kelliher@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Samuel Krislov	612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Wendy Rahn	wrahn@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Martin Sampson	marsam@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Thomas Scott	scott001@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
W. Phillips Shively	shively@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Kathryn Sikkink	sikkink@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
John Sullivan	jsull@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building
Joan Tronto	jctronto@umn.edu 612-624-4395	1280 Social Sciences Building

Lecturers

Name	Contact	Office
Joshua Anderson	ande7715@umn.edu	1427 Social Sciences Building
Timothy Collins	tpcollin@umn.edu	1431 Social Sciences Building