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 | Office Hours | Specialties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Abernathy |
612-624-3308 |
1246A Social Sciences Building | Monday 1:30 - 3:00 PM; in-person | Education policy & methods, democracy, US government, education reform, bureaucracy |
| Mark Bell |
612-626-2889 |
1378 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30 PM; virtual | International security, nuclear weapons, US foreign policy |
| Anuja Bose |
612-625-8857 |
1354 Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 | Black political thought, anti-colonial & anti-imperial thought, critical race and feminist theory, modern & contemporary political theory |
| Teri Caraway Director of Undergraduate Studies |
612-624-3839 |
1311 Social Sciences Building |
By appointment; virtual and in-person |
Comparative political economy of labor, Southeast Asian politics, transnational labor issues, gender & comparative politics |
| John Coleman |
612-624-2535 |
215 Johnston Hall | Not teaching Spring 2023 | Political parties, campaign finance, elections & voting, US political development, divided government |
| Kathleen Collins |
612-626-7489 |
1224 Social Sciences Building |
Not teaching Spring 2023 |
Islam & politics, soviet & post-soviet political development, Central Asia & the Caucus, democratization & political transition |
| Cosette Creamer |
612-626-0213 |
1468 Social Sciences Building | Monday 3:00 - 4:00 PM; virtual | International law & organizations, international trade, human rights, international courts |
| Arash Davari |
612-624-0862 |
1231 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday 2:30 - 4:30 PM; virtual and in-person | Political theory |
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Tanisha Fazal |
612-624-8261 |
1333 Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 | Sovereignty, international security, armed conflict, military medicine, laws of war |
| Christopher Federico |
612-625-7217 |
1435 Social Sciences Building | Monday 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Friday 2:00 - 3:30 PM; virtual | Political psychology, race & politics, quantitative methods, ideology & belief systems |
| John Freeman |
612-624-6018 |
1246B Social Sciences Building | By appointment; virtual and in-person | Political economy, international relations, methodology |
| Paul Goren |
612-624-1393 |
1414A Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 | Political psychology, voting behavior, public opinion |
| Lisa Hilbink |
612-626-0160 |
1373 Social Sciences Building |
Wednesday 1:00 - 2:15 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person |
Comparative judicial politics & constitutionalism, Latin American & Iberian politics, democratization |
| James Hollyer |
612-624-0030 |
1380 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00 PM; virtual and in-person | Patronage, corruption, transparency, methodology, comparative & international political economy |
| Timothy R. Johnson |
612-625-2907 |
1433 Social Sciences Building | By appointment; virtual and in-person | Supreme Court oral arguments, decision making, and nominations & confirmations; executive/judiciary relations; US politics |
| Andrew Karch Department Chair |
612-624-1393 |
1414A Social Sciences Building | Monday and Wednesday 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person | Determinants of public policy choices in American politics, federalism & state politics |
| Helen M Kinsella |
612-625-6103 |
1325 Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 | International relations, law, security, norms, & institutions; political thought; feminist theory |
| Ronald Krebs |
612-624-4356 |
1233 Social Sciences Building | By appointment; virtual and in-person | International relations theory, international security, counterterrorism, language & politics, sociology of war |
| Howard Lavine |
612-624-1389 |
1360 Social Sciences Building |
Friday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM; virtual and in-person |
Political psychology, partisanship, personality & politics |
| Nancy Luxon |
612-625-7982 |
1350 Social Sciences Building | Wednesday 12:00 - 2:00 PM; in-person | Contemporary political & social theory, French political thought |
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Michael Minta |
612-626-5632 |
1337 Social Sciences Building |
Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 AM and by appointment; in-person |
Congressional politics, race & ethnic politics, interest group advocacy |
| C. Daniel Myers |
612-626-8938 |
1309 Social Sciences Building | Monday and Friday 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM, Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 PM; virtual and in-person | American politics, political psychology, political communication, experimental methods, deliberative democracy |
| Robert Nichols |
612-624-2389 |
1431 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday 1:00 - 3:00 PM; virtual and in-person | Modern political theory, indigeneity & settler colonialism, imperialism in political thought, critical theory |
| August Nimtz |
612-624-1512 |
1327 Social Sciences Building | Monday and Thursday 5:15 - 6:15 PM and by appointment; in-person | Marxism; political economy; politics of race, class & ethnicity; African politics; political development |
| Kathryn Pearson |
612-626-2777 |
1439 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 PM; virtual | US Congress, women & politics, congressional elections & political behavior |
| David J. Samuels |
612-624-9876 |
1446 Social Sciences Building | Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM; in-person | Brazilian & Latin American politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, democratization |
| Anoop Sarbahi |
612-624-8576 |
1466 Social Sciences Building | Monday and Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person | Ethnicity, civil war, post-conflict transition, counter-insurgency |
| Anurag Sinha |
612-624-4305 |
1460 Social Sciences Building | Wednesday and Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person | Modern political thought |
| Paul Soper
Director of Internships |
612-626-1002 |
1480 Social Sciences Building | Wednesday and Friday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM; virtual and in-person | American political thought, state government |
| Jane Sumner |
612-626-7825 |
1472 Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 | Quantitative methodology, political economy, multinational corporations |
Affiliated Faculty & Department Members
| Name | Contact | Office | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Borgida |
612-625-3381 |
N387 Elliot Hall | Wednesday 3:00 - 5:00 PM; virtual and in-person |
| Christina Ewig |
612-625-1884 |
255 Humphrey School of Public Affairs | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Catherine Guisan |
612-624-2569 |
1282 Social Sciences Building | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Zenzele Isoke |
612-626-8954 |
437 Ford Hall | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Lawrence Jacobs |
612-625-3384 |
137 Humphrey School of Public Affairs | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Kati Mohammad-Zadeh |
612-327-1022 |
1414 Social Sciences Building | |
| Fionnuala Ni Aolain |
612-624-2318 |
334 Mondale Hall | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Francis X. Shen |
612-625-5328 |
330 Mondale Hall | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Joe Soss |
612-626-9865 |
261 Humphrey School of Public Affairs | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Benjamin Toff |
612-625-4381 |
227 Murphy Hall | Not teaching Spring 2023 |
| Josef Woldense |
612-624-0122 |
878 Social Sciences Building | Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM; virtual and in-person |
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Contact | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Duvall |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| William Flanigan |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Edwin Fogelman |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Virginia Gray | 612-624-4395 | 1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Daniel Kelliher |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Samuel Krislov | 612-624-4395 | 1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Wendy Rahn |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Martin Sampson |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Thomas Scott |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| W. Phillips Shively |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Kathryn Sikkink |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| John Sullivan |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
| Joan Tronto |
612-624-4395 |
1460 Social Sciences Building |
Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Office | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Collins |
612-625-3533 |
1427 Social Sciences Building | Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person |
Graduate Student Instructors
| Name | Contact | Office | Office Hours |
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Teaching Assistants
| Class | TA(s) and Available Office Hours |
|---|---|
| POL 1001 |
Dongwook Kim: Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30 PM; virtual |
| POL 1025 |
Dongwook Kim: Thursday 9:30 - 11:30 AM; in-person |
| POL 1026 | Leah Costik: Wednesday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 1054 | Catherine Scott: Friday 1:00 - 2:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 1201 |
Baruch Malewich: Wednesday 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM; in-person |
| POL 3085 | Jack Sewpersaud: Monday 1:00 - 3:00 PM and by appointment; virtual |
| POL 3235W | Matthew Kornberg: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 - 4:00 PM and by appointment; in-person |
| POL 3252W | Patrick McCormick: Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 3272 | Ansel Arnold: Monday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 3306 |
Jeeyon Choi: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and by appointment; virtual Meghan McNamara: Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 AM and by appointment; virtual |
| POL 3308 | Daniela Sepulveda: Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 3309 | Yoonsoo Kim: By appointment; virtual |
| POL 3319 | Berika Ozcan: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 3321 | Ezgi Ozcelik: Monday 1:30 - 3:30 PM; virtual and in-person |
| POL 3464 | Linda Parranto: Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 AM; in-person |
| POL 3766 | Matthew Olsem: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30 - 3:30 PM, in-person; Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 AM, virtual |
| POL 3833 | Lemuel Samuel: Wednesday and Friday 11:30am - 12:30 PM; in-person |
| POL 3835 | Megan Manion |
| POL 4403W | Patrick McCormick: Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 PM; virtual |
| POL 4497W | Jeeyon Choi: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and by appointment; virtual |
| POL 4502W | Dylan Saue: Tuesday and Thursday 9:50 - 10:50 AM; in-person |
| POL 4881W |
Andrew Hogan: Monday 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30 PM; virtual |
| POL 4991 |
Minyoung Kim: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and by appointment; virtual Athithi Janakiraman: Thursday 2:30 - 3:30 PM and by appointment; virtual and in-person Andrew Hogan: Monday 2:00 - 3:00 PM, Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30 PM; virtual |