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American Politics Faculty
 | Larry M. Bartels Professor Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science |
Email 322-6227 337 Commons Center |
Specializations: Public opinion; Campaigns and elections; Representation; Public policy |
 | Joshua D. Clinton Associate Professor Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions |
Email Website 936-7984 334 Commons Center |
Specializations: Congressional politics; Campaigns and elections; Statistics |
 | John G. Geer Chair Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science Professor of Public Policy and Education Co-Director, Vanderbilt Poll |
Email Website 343-5746 342 Commons Center |
Specializations: Public Opinion; Campaigns and Elections; Mass Media |
 | Suzanne Globetti Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) |
Email 343-2434 357 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political behavior |
 | Marc J. Hetherington Director of Placement Professor |
Email 322-6240 332 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Behavior |
 | Cindy D. Kam Director of Graduate Studies Professor Professor of Psychology (by courtesy) Director, Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab |
Email 322-4946 343 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political psychology; Public opinion; Participation; Political methodology |
 | David E. Lewis Associate Chair William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science Professor of Law (by courtesy) Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions |
Email Website 322-6228 333 Commons Center |
Specializations: Presidency; Public Administration; Bureaucracy |
 | Monique L. Lyle Assistant Professor Faculty Affiliate, Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab |
Email 875-7934 356 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Psychology; Race in American Politics |
 | Bruce I. Oppenheimer Professor Professor of Public Policy and Education |
Email 322-6232 367 Commons Center |
Specializations: Legislative politics: Congressional process and behavior; Congressional elections |
 | Efrén O. Pérez Assistant Professor Faculty Affiliate, Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab Faculty Affiliate, Latin American Public Opinion Project |
Email Website 615.322.6222 345 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Psychology; Public Opinion; Race, Ethnicity, and Politics |
 | Edward Rubin University Professor University Professor of Law |
Email 322-5620 340 Commons Center |
Specializations: Law; Administrative Governance; Legal Theory |
 | Carrie Archie Russell Lecturer |
Email 322-5023 324 Commons Center |
Specializations: Public Law, Identity Politics |
 | Carol M. Swain Professor Professor of Law |
Email Website Political Science 322-6225; 327 Commons Center Law School 322-1001; 270 Law School |
Specializations: Immigration, Congress; Race relations; Evangelical Politics |
 | Alan Wiseman Associate Professor Associate Professor of Law (by courtesy) Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions |
Email Website 322-6241 336 Commons Center |
Specializations: American Political Institutions; Formal Theory and Quantitative Methods; Positive Political Economy; Legislative Politics; Bureaucracy and Regulatory Politics |