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Faculty List

Professors

Jeffrey Abramson

Professor, Fellow of the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Chair in Government

jabramson@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-1387  |  MEZ 3.148

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

Zoltan Barany

Professor, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor

barany@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.232.7231  |  BAT 3.156

Education   

Ph.D., University of Virginia

Interests

  Civil-military relations, military alliances, democratization, micro-states

Catherine Boone

Professor

cboone@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7249  |  BAT 3.128

Education   

Ph.D., MIT

Bruce Buchanan

Professor

bruceb@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7212  |  BAT 3.122

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University

Interests

  Presidential and American politics, American institutions, public policy and political behavior

J. Budziszewski

Professor

jbud@grandecom.net  |  512-232-7229  |  MEZ 3.106

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University

Interests

  Classical natural law, virtue ethics, moral self deception, the problem of toleration

Henry Dietz

Professor, University Distinguished Teaching Professor

h.dietz@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.232.7209  |  BAT 3.124

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

David Edwards

Professor

dedwards@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7254  |  BAT 3.126

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

James Enelow

Professor

jenelow@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7211  |  BAT 3.102

Education   

Ph.D., University of Rochester

Gary Freeman

Department Chair, Professor

gfreeman@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7260  |  BAT 2.116G

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Interests

  Politics of immigration, comparative social policy, politics in western democracies

Clement Henry

Professor

chenry@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7210  |  BAT 4.152

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

John Higley

Professor; Jack S. Blanton Chair; Director, Ctr. Australian & New Zealand Studies

jhigley@austin.utexas.edu  |  512.232.7236  |  BAT 4.154

Education   

Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Interests

  Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, Political Elites

Melvin Hinich

Professor, Mike Hogg Professor of Local Government

hinich@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7270  |  Batts 4.102 & ARL N544 (Pickle Research Campus)

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

Gary J. Jacobsohn

Professor, Malcolm Macdonald Professor in Constitutional and Comparative Law

gjacobsohn@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-1444  |  MEZ 3.110

Education   

Ph.D., Cornell University

Interests

  Constitutional Theory, Comparative Constitutionalism

Bryan Jones

Professor, J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regents Chair in Congressional Studies

bdjones@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-9973  |  BAT 3.154

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Thomas Pangle

Professor, Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies

tpangle@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-1529  |  MEZ 3.154

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

David Prindle

Professor

dprindle@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7214  |  BAT 4.104

Education   

Ph.D., MIT

Gretchen Ritter

Vice Provost, Professor

ritterg@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-3310  |  MAI 201

Education   

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brian Roberts

Professor

brian.roberts@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7243  |  MEZ 3.214

Education   

Ph.D., Washington University

Interests

  American Political Institutions, Interest Groups, and Positive Political Economy

Thomas K Seung

Professorship

t.k.seung@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-6808  |  WAG 431

Education   

PhD, Yale

Daron Shaw

Professor

dshaw@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7275  |  BAT 4.146

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Bartholomew Sparrow

Professor

bhs@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7207  |  BAT 3.142

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

R. Harrison Wagner

Professor

rhwagner@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7271  |  BAT 3.134

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests

  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

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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

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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

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

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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

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