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E. Scott Adler
PhD, Columbia University, 1996.  American politics, political institutions, legislative process and structure, political economy.
Krister Andersson
PhD, Indiana University, 2002.  Environmental policy, comparative politics, Latin America, local governments, local governance of natural resources, international development assistance.

Aysegul Aydin PhD, SUNY Binghamton, 2006.   International relations, conflict studies, civil wars.

Vanessa A. Baird PhD, University of Houston, 2000.  American institutions, judicial politics, law and society.

Andy Baker PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001.  Latin America, mass political behavior, international political economy.

Kenneth Bickers
Department Chair
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988.  American politics, public policy.

Carew Boulding PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2007.  Comparative Politics, Latin America, non-governmental organizations.



David S. Brown
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995.  Comparative politics; economic development; Latin American politics.



Hank Brown
JD, University of Colorado, 1969.  United States Senator (CO), 1991-1997. President, University of Colorado, 2005-2007. American politics, public policy.

Steve Chan PhD, University of Minnesota, 1976.  International relations, foreign policy, decision-making, political economy, East Asia.

Susan E. Clarke
Director, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS)
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979.  Urban politics and policy, public policy formation, local economic development policy.

Michael Colaresi PhD, Indiana University, 2002. International relations, comparative politics and methodology.

Anne N. Costain PhD, Johns Hopkins University.  American politics, interest groups and social movements, gender politics, media.

Michaele L. Ferguson
On Leave, 2008
PhD, Harvard University, 2003.  Contemporary political theory, democratic theory, epistemology and philosophy of language, feminist theory.

J. Samuel Fitch PhD, Yale University, 1973.  Latin American politics, civil-military relations, public policy.

Jennifer Fitzgerald PhD, Brown University, 2005.  Comparative politics, public opinion, immigration, Western Europe, social context.

Edward S. Greenberg PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969.  American government and politics, political economy, economic and industrial democracy, the changing workplace and its impact.

Eric Juenke PhD, Texas A&M University, 2005.  Elections and legislative representation (at the state and local levels), public policy, minority politics, education policy, public administration, comparative public policy.

Joseph Jupille PhD, University of Washington, 2000.  Comparative politics, Western Europe, institutional theory, political economy.

Moonhawk Kim PhD, Stanford University, 2005.  International relations, international political economy, international organization, comparative politics, normative theories.

Ying Lu PhD, Princeton University, 2005.  Political methodology, quantitative methods.

David Mapel
Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1983.  Contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy; theories of social justice.

John P. McIver
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
PhD, Indiana University, 1985.  American politics; judicial behavior; empirical theory and methodology.

Horst Mewes PhD, University of Chicago, 1970.  Political philosophy.

Sven Steinmo
On Leave until 2011
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987.  American politics, comparative politics, political economy, public policy.

Steve Vanderheiden PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001.  Normative political theory, environmental politics.

Jennifer Wolak PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004.  American politics, political psychology, public opinion.
Scott Wolford PhD, Emory University, 2008. International relations, game theory, statistical methods.

 

instructors

 

Nancy Billica Phone: (303) 492-1493
Email: billica@colorado.edu
Office: Ketchum 5D
Research Interests: American politics.

Doug Costain Phone: (303) 492-6806
Email: costaind@colorado.edu
Office: Muenzinger D0046
Research Interests: American politics.

Anita Halvorssen Phone: (303) 492-1493
Email: AMHalvorss@aol.com
Office: Ketchum 5D
Research Interests: International law

Vicki Ash Hunter Phone: (303) 492-1493
Email: ashv@colorado.edu
Office: Ketchum 5D
Research Interests: American politics, international affairs.

Michael Kanner Phone: (303) 492-7138
Email: Michael.Kanner@colorado.edu
Office:

Lauri McNown Phone: (303) 492-3998
Email: mcnown@colorado.edu
Office: Ketchum 34
Research Interests: American politics, presidency.

Thad Tecza Phone: (303) 492-2985
Email: tecza@colorado.edu
Office: Ketchum 134A

Gregory D. Young Phone: (303) 492-8637
Email: gyoung@colorado.edu
Office: Ketchum 121A
Website: http://sobek.colorado.edu/~gyoung/
Research Interests: International relations, security studies, American government.

 

emeritus
Francis A. Beer International relations, peace and war, international political psychology, international political communication.
 
Ronald D. Brunner Theory and practice of policy sciences.
 
Dennis R. Eckart Public policy analysis, urban politics, political ethics, political communication.
 
Zdenek Krustufek History of legal and political philosophy, comparative legal systems.
 
Conrad L. McBride American government, U.S. presidency.
 
Edward J. Rozek Comparative politics, international relations, former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe.
 
William Safran Comparative politics, industrial democracies, Western Europe - especially France, political parties and interest groups, civil liberties, ethnic politics, citizenship, diaspora, religion and politics, language and politics.
 
James R. Scarritt Comparative politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, political change, ethnicity, class, democratization, human rights.
 
R. Daniel Sloan, Jr. National, state and local government, national security, budgeting, public administration and policy.
 
William O. Winter North American and European urban politics, American federalism, planning and finance.
 

 

  

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