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Regular Faculty
 | Brooke A. Ackerly Associate Professor Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliated Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies Principal Investigator, Global Feminisms Collaborative |
Email Website 322-6231 358 Commons Center |
Specializations: Human Rights; Global Justice; Feminism; Methodology |
 | Klint W. Alexander Senior Lecturer |
Email 594-4377 359 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Political Economy; International Trade and Human Rights |
 | Carol Atkinson Assistant Professor |
Email Website 322-6226 325 Commons Center |
Specializations: Military-to-military exchanges; Military engagement/soft power; Warfare and emerging threats; Nuclear warfare; US military doctrine; Security issues in Korea. |
 | 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 |
 | Brett V. Benson Associate Professor |
Email Website 322-2702 330 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Relations Theory; Game Theory; Chinese and East Asian Politics and Relations |
 | W. James Booth Professor Professor of Philosophy |
Email 343-2491 341 Commons Center |
Specializations: Memory, identity, justice; History of political philosophy |
 | Katherine Blue Carroll Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) Director of Public Policy Studies |
Email 322-6789 360 Commons Center |
Specializations: Middle East Politics; Terrorism; U.S. military |
 | Giacomo Chiozza Associate Professor |
Email Website 322-6222 365 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Security War and Conflict American Foreign Policy Political Methodology |
 | 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 |
 | Jonathan Hiskey Associate Professor Associate Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) |
Email 322-6236 339 Commons Center |
Specializations: Democracy; Local development: Migration; Latin America |
 | 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 |
 | Michaela Mattes Assistant Professor |
Email Website 322-2709 338 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Conflict; Cooperation; Conflict Management |
 | Cecilia Hyunjung Mo Assistant Professor |
Email 936-9795 353 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Behavior; Political Psychology; Political Economy of Development; Public Policy |
 | Emily C. Nacol Assistant Professor |
Email 936-7956 351 Commons Center |
Specializations: History of Political Thought; Early Modern Political Thought; Democratic Theory |
 | 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 |
 | James Lee Ray Director of Undergraduate Studies Professor Emeritus |
Email Website 322-6235 326 Commons Center |
Specializations: Conflict; War; Foreign Policy |
 | 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 |
 | Mitchell A. Seligson Centennial Professor Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) |
Email Website 322-6237 366 Commons Center |
Specializations: Comparative politics/Latin America; political behavior; political economy of development |
 | Zeynep Somer-Topcu Assistant Professor Joint appointment at the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies |
Email Website 936-7983 354 Commons Center |
Specializations: Comparative Political Parties and Elections; Representation; European 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 |
 | Elizabeth J. Zechmeister Associate Professor Associate Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project Faculty Affiliate, Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab |
Email 322-5016 344 Commons Center |
Specializations: Comparative Politics, Latin American and Mexican Politics, Political Behavior |