Political Science Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Political Science
Seden Akcinaroglu
Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
Political Science
Research Interests
- International conflict and rivalries
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Robin Best
Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Comparative politics
- European politics
- political parties and representation
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David L. Cingranelli
Professor; Co-Director, Human Rights Institute; Co-Director
Political Science; Human Rights Institute
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David H. Clark
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies; Professor
Harpur College of Arts and Sciences; Political Science
Research Interests
- political violence and instability
- foreign policy
- bargaining theory
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Mikhail Filippov
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Comparative federalism
- intergovernmental relations
- European politics
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Benjamin Fordham
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Influence of domestic political and economic interests on foreign policy choices
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William B. Heller
Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Comparative politics
- political parties
- game theory
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Robert A. Holahan
Faculty-in-Residence - DiRT; Associate Professor
Residential Life; Political Science
Research Interests
- Environmental Policy
- Political Science and Sustainability
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Hilary Izatt
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Experimental methods in social science
- Comparative political behavior
- Comparative authoritarianism
- The United States, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ekrem Karakoc
Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Research Interests
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Comparative Political Economy
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Katja B. Kleinberg
Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- International political economy
- Public opinion
- International conflict
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Jonathan Krasno
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- American Politics
- Public Opinion
- Campaigns and Campaign Finance
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Ricardo René Larémont
Full Research Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Comparative Politics
- Islamic Law
- Islamic Politics
- Conflict Resolution
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Amanda A. Licht
Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- International relations and methodology
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Daniel B. Magleby
Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- American Politics
- congress
- political parties
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Wendy Martinek
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- American Politics
- Judicial Politics
- State Politics
- Public Policy
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Michael D. McDonald
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Representation
- legislative politics
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Gregory A. Robinson
Chair, Associate Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- American politics
- legislative studies
- and political institutions
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Olga Shvetsova
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
Comparative politics
Politics of health
Political parties
Federalism
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Jennifer Wu
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Race and ethnicity
- Political behavior
- Public opinion
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Jeffrey L. Yates
Professor
Political Science
Research Interests
- Law
- presidency
- state politics
- public policy
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Affiliated
Solomon W. Polachek
Distinguished Professor
Economics
Research Interests
- Labor Economics
- Human Capital and Income Distribution
- Econometrics
- Impact of Economic Considerations on International Relations
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Emeritus
- Walter Filley
- Sondra Koff
- Don Peretz
- Otto Ulc
- James P. Young