International conflict, international political economy, the relations between domestic and international politics, and formal theories of foreign policy and international politics

Kurt Weyland

Professor, Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Politics

kweyland@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7253 | BAT 4.126

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

Democratization, market reform, social policy and policy diffusion, and populism in Latin America

Associate Professors

Itty Abraham

Associate Professor, Director - South Asia Institute, Meyerson Centennial Chair Fellow

ittya@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7234 | BAT 4.150

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Interests

International relations, science and technology studies, and postcolonial theory

Jason Brownlee

Associate Professor

brownlee@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7304 | BAT 3.146

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University

Terri Givens

Associate Professor

tgivens@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7245 | BAT 3.136

Education

Ph.D., UCLA

Benjamin Gregg

Associate Professor

bgregg@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7274 | MEZ 3.138

Education

Ph.D. Politics, Princeton University, Ph.D. Philosophy, Free University of Berlin

Juliet Hooker

Associate Professor

juliethooker@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.7273 | MEZ 3.146

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University

Wendy Hunter

Associate Professor

wendyhunter@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7247 | BAT 4.120

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Andrew Karch

Associate Professor

akarch@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7305 | BAT 4.132

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

David L. Leal

Associate Professor

dleal@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.1343 | BAT 3.140

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests

Latino politics, as well as religion and politics, the military and society, state politics, and the politics of North America

Tse-min Lin

Associate Professor

tml@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7248 | BAT 4.144

Education

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Robert Luskin

Associate Professor

rluskin@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7230 | BAT 3.148

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Interests

Public opinion, voting behavior, political psychology, and statistical methods

Patricia Maclachlan

Associate Professor

pmaclachlan@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1724 | BAT 3.150

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University

Raul L. Madrid

Associate Professor

rmadrid@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7246 | BAT 3.112

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Robert Moser

Associate Professor

rmoser@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7278 | BAT 4.148

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Lorraine Pangle

Associate Professor

lorrainepangle@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1447 | MEZ 3.134

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Ami Pedahzur

Associate Professor

pedahzur@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1452 | MEZ 3.140

Education

Ph.D., University of Haifa, Israel

Interests

Terrorism, counterterrorism, political extremism, intelligence, security studies, social networks, Israel

H. W. Perry, Jr.

Associate Professor, Joint Professor with UT School of Law

hwperry@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1852 | TNH 3.245

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Tasha Philpot

Associate Professor

tphilpot@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-3681 | BAT 4.140

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Devin Stauffer

Associate Professor

devinstauffer@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1462 | MEZ 3.144

Education

Ph.D., Boston College

Sean Theriault

Associate Professor

seant@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7279 | BAT 3.130

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

American political institutions

Peter Trubowitz

Associate Professor

trubowitz@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7257 | BAT 3.152

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Interests

International relations theory; foreign policy; international security; American politics

Jeffrey Tulis

Associate Professor

tulis@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7244 | MEZ 3.152

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

American political development, the presidency, constitutional theory, and political philosophy

Assistant Professors

Bethany L Albertson

Assistant Professor

balberts@austin.utexas.edu | 232-7276 | MEZ 3.210

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

Political Psychology; Public Opinion

Jason Casellas

Assistant Professor

casellas@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7202 (email preferred) | BAT 4.138

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University

Interests

Latino politics; Legislative Politics; State and Local Politics; Public Policy

Terrence Chapman

Assistant Professor

t.chapman@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7221 | BAT 3.104

Education

Ph.D., Emory University

Zachary Elkins

Assistant Professor

zelkins@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7250 | BAT 4.120

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

George Gavrilis

Assistant Professor

gavrilis@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1737 | BAT 4.124

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University

Kenneth Greene

Assistant Professor

kgreene@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7206 | BAT 4.112

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

William Hurst

Assistant Professor

whurst@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7208 | BAT 3.108

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Stephen Jessee

Assistant Professor

sjessee@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7282 | BAT 4.128

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Eric McDaniel

Assistant Professor

emcdaniel@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7268 | BAT 4.122

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Patrick McDonald

Assistant Professor

pjmcdonald@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1747 | BAT 4.136

Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University

Samuel Workman

Affiliate faculty

sworkman@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1445 | Mezes Hall 3.128

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington

Interests

Bureaucracy, Public Policy, Public Administration, Visualizing Data

Lecturers

Erik Dempsey

Postdoctoral Fellow

ed6335@mail.utexas.edu | WAG 401

Justyna Dymerska

Lecturer

justyna.dymerska@cantab.net | BAT 2.116

Benjamin Z Lorch

Postdoctoral Fellow

benjamin.lorch@gmail.com | GRG 222

Jeffrey Millstone

Lecturer

jmillstone@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7266 | MEZ 3.230

Education

J.D., University of Texas at Austin

Shannon Bow O'Brien

Lecturer

shannonbow@hotmail.com | 512-232-7235 | MEZ 3.212

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida

Dora Piroska

Lecturer

dpiroska@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7213 | MEZ 3.226

Education

Ph.D., Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Alan M Sager

Lecturer

amsag@mail.utexas.edu | 232-7233 | MEZ 3.232

Dana Stauffer

Lecturer

danajs@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1448 | MEZ 3.136

Education

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Other faculty

James Henson

Lecturer, Associate Director of LAITS

j.henson@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-0090 | MEZ 2.302E

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Xuecheng Liu

Visiting Assoc Prof

xcliu814@yahoo.com | BAT 2.116

Sarah Weddington

Adjunct Professor

sweddington@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7233 | BAT 3.232

Education

J.D., University of Texas at Austin

Professors Emeriti

David Braybrooke

Professor Emeritus, Centennial Commission Chair in Liberal Arts

braybrookeb@yahoo.com | 512-232-7281 | MEZ 3.206

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University

Walter Dean Burnham

Professor Emeritus, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Chair in State Government

tishmb@aol.com | 512-232-7208 | BAT 2.116

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

Lawrence Graham

Professor Emeritus

l.graham@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5121

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida

Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.

Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Humanities

rlh@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7251 | BAT 2.116

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Richard H Kraemer

Professor Emeritus

mimosa55@earthlink.net | 232-7266

William S Livingston

Professor Emeritus

wslivingston@gmail.com | 471-3266

Janice May

Professor Emeritus

j.may@mail.utexas.edu | BAT 2.116

Education

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

James Roach

Professor Emeritus

512-232-7255 | BAT 2.116

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests

International politics, American foreign relations, and South and Southeast Asia politics

Karl M Schmitt

Professor Emeritus