People - Faculty

Field of Interest

Christopher Adolph

Associate Professor

cadolph@uw.edu / Gowen 145

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Health Policy, Labor, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Public Administration, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, Statistics

Caitlin Ainsley

Assistant Professor

cainsley@uw.edu / Smith 221A

Central Banks, Comparative Politics, Currency Policy, Game Theory, Political Economy, Political Institutions, Political Methodology

W. Lance Bennett

Professor of Political Science
Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication
Director, Center for Communication and Civic Engagement

lbennett@uw.edu / Gowen 115

Civic Engagement, Communication, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Media Studies, Political Communication, Sustainability

James A. Caporaso

Professor

caporaso@uw.edu / Gowen 144

Rachel A. Cichowski

Professor

rcichows@uw.edu / Gowen 127

Comparative Law and Politics, European Law, Global and Transnational Studies, Human Rights, International Law and Organization, Legal Mobilization, Public Law

Megan Ming Francis

Associate Professor
On leave academic year 2019-2020

Gowen 37

African American, American Political Development, American Politics, Civil Rights, Law and Society, Legal Mobilization, Minority and Race Politics, Public Law, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Anthony Gill

Professor

tgill@uw.edu / Gowen 25

Civil Rights, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Game Theory, Human Rights, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Religion, Social Movements, Sociology

Jake Grumbach

Assistant Professor

grumbach@uw.edu / Gowen 131

African American, American Political Development, American Politics, Environmental Politics, Labor, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, State Politics, Statistics

Elizabeth Kier

Professor

ekier@uw.edu / Gowen 129

European Politics, International Relations, International Security

Scott Lemieux

Lecturer

slemieux@uw.edu / Gowen 114

Karen Litfin

Professor

litfin@uw.edu / Gowen 33

Civic Engagement, Contemplative Education, Environmental Politics, International Relations, Service Learning, Social Movements, Sustainability

James D. Long

Associate Professor

jdlong@uw.edu / Gowen 146

Area Studies, Comparative Politics, Crime and Criminality, International Relations, International Security, Minority and Race Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Poverty

George Lovell

Professor, Political Science
Divisional Dean of Social Sciences

glovell@uw.edu

American Political Development, American Politics, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Courts, Immigration, Interest Groups, Labor, Law and Society, Public Law

Stephen J. Majeski

Professor, Political Science
Associate Dean for Research Administration and Infrastructure, College of Arts & Sciences

majeski@uw.edu / CMU 044B

Computational Methods, Game Theory, International Relations, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods

Jamie Mayerfeld

Professor

jasonm@uw.edu / Gowen 35

Civil Rights, Human Rights, Justice, Law and Society, Political Theory, Public Law

Michael W. McCann

Professor
Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship

mwmccann@uw.edu / Gowen 47

American Political Development, American Politics, Civil Rights, Comparative Politics, Labor, Law and Society, Minority and Race Politics, Political Theory, Public Law, Social Movements

Victor Menaldo

Professor

vmenaldo@uw.edu / Gowen 31

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American, Political Economy

Jonathan Mercer

Professor

mercer@uw.edu / Gowen 135

International Relations, International Security

Gregg Miller

Lecturer

ggmiller@u.washington.edu / Gowen 48

Critical Theory, Hermeneutics, Political Science, Political Theory

Christopher Sebastian Parker

Professor

csparker@uw.edu / Gowen 112

American Politics, Civil Rights, Minority and Race Politics, Public Opinion, Social Movements, survey research methods

Aseem Prakash

Professor of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences

aseem@uw.edu / Gowen 39

Environmental Politics, Human Rights, International Relations, Labor, Political Economy, Poverty, Social Movements, South Asian, Sustainability

Mark Alan Smith

Professor
Associate Chair

masmith@uw.edu / Gowen 29

American Political Development, American Politics, Interest Groups, Political Communication, Religion, Sociology

Rebecca U. Thorpe

Associate Professor

bthorpe@uw.edu / Smith 221C

American Political Development, American Politics, Crime and Criminality, Housing, Incarceration, Justice, Poverty, Public Law, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods

Jack Turner III

Associate Professor

jturner3@uw.edu / 206-518-0752 / Gowen 133

African American, American Political Development, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Justice, Law and Society, Minority and Race Politics, Political Theory

Geoffrey Wallace

Associate Professor

gprwall@uw.edu / 206-685-5580 / Gowen 139

International Institutions, International Law, International Relations, International Security, Political Violence, Public Opinion

Sophia Jordán Wallace

Associate Professor

sophiajw@uw.edu / 206-543-5701 / Gowen 148

Immigrant Rights Movement, Immigration, Latino Politics, Latino/a Studies, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Representation, Social Movements, U.S Congress

Susan H. Whiting

Associate Professor

swhiting@uw.edu / Gowen 147

Area Studies, Comparative Politics, East Asian, Law and Society, Political Economy, Public Law

John D. Wilkerson

Professor and Chair of Political Science
Director, Center for American Politics and Public Policy

jwilker@uw.edu / Gowen 106

American Politics, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Game Theory, Health Policy, Legislative Politics, Political Methodology, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, Statistics

Visiting Faculty

Yue Hou

Visiting Assistant Professor

yuehou@sas.upenn.edu

Niko Switek

DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor

switek@uw.edu / (206) 616 9232 / Gowen 45

Area Studies, Comparative Politics, European Politics, European Union, Party Politics, Political Science, Social Movements, West European

Affiliate Faculty

William R. Thompson

Affiliate Professor

wthompso@Indiana.edu

Michael D. Ward

Affiliate Professor

mdward@uw.edu

Kristina Weissenbach

Affiliate Professor

kristina.weissenbach@uni-duisburg-essen.de

Emeriti Faculty

Christine DiStefano

Associate Professor Emeritus

distefan@uw.edu

African American, American Indian/Native American, Asian American, Civic Engagement, Crime and Criminality, Disability, Environmental Politics, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Political Theory

Ellis Goldberg

Professor Emeritus

goldberg@uw.edu / Smith 30

Donald Hellmann

Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Jackson School of International Studies

hellmann@uw.edu

Margaret Levi

Professor Emerita

mlevi@uw.edu

Peter J. May

Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor Emeritus of American Politics

pmay@uw.edu

Michael Taylor

Professor Emeritus

mjtaylor@uw.edu