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Christopher Adolph

Associate Professor

cadolph@uw.edu / Gowen 145

Office Hours: Th 3:30-4:20 and by appointment

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 / Gowen 44

Office Hours: Th 10:30-12:20

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

Jeffrey Arnold

Assistant Professor

jrnold@uw.edu / Smith 221B

Office Hours: Th 12:00-1:00, 4:00-5:00

Computational Methods, Data Visualization, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Statistics

David Balaam

Part-time Lecturer

dbalaam@uw.edu / GWN 48

Office Hours: TTh 10:30-11:20

European Politics, European Union, Food and Hunger, Global Studies, International Relations, International Trade and Finance, Political Economy, Political Science, Security Studies, U.S. Foreign Policy, West European

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

Office Hours: W 2:00-3:30

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

James A. Caporaso

Professor

caporaso@uw.edu / Gowen 144

Office Hours: W 1:00-3:00

Rachel A. Cichowski

Professor
Associate Chair

rcichows@uw.edu / Gowen 127

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Christine DiStefano

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Director NEW Leadership Puget Sound

distefan@uw.edu / Gowen 133

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Megan Ming Francis

Associate Professor

meganmf@uw.edu / Gowen 37

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Emily Gade

Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Washington, 2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Moore/Sloan &WRF Innovation in Data Science, University of Washington 2017

ekgade@uw.edu / Gowen 27

Anthony Gill

Professor

tgill@uw.edu / Gowen 25

Office Hours: By appointment (will Skype most hours)

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

Elizabeth Kier

Professor

ekier@uw.edu / Gowen 129

Office Hours: M 4 :30-6 :00

European Politics, International Relations, International Security

Scott Lemieux

Lecturer

slemieux@uw.edu / Gowen 114

Office Hours: MW 1 :30-2 :30 or by appointment

Karen Litfin

Associate Professor

litfin@uw.edu / Gowen 33

Office Hours: TTh 1:30-2:30

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

James D. Long

Assistant Professor

jdlong@uw.edu / Gowen 146

Office Hours: Th 10:00-12:00

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

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Jamie Mayerfeld

Professor

jasonm@uw.edu / Gowen 35

Office Hours: W 1:30-3:00, F 10:30-11:30

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

Michael W. McCann

Professor and Chair
Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship

mwmccann@uw.edu / Gowen 47

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Associate Professor

vmenaldo@uw.edu / Gowen 31

Office Hours: W 1:30- 4:20

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American, Political Economy

Jonathan Mercer

Professor

mercer@uw.edu / Gowen 135

Office Hours: M 3:30-5:00

Christopher Sebastian Parker

Professor

csparker@uw.edu / Gowen 112

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Mark A. Smith

Professor

masmith@uw.edu / Gowen 29

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Rebecca U. Thorpe

Associate Professor

bthorpe@uw.edu / Smith 221A

Office Hours: By appointment

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 / 206-929-1577 / Gowen 131

Office Hours: T 1:00-3:00

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

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Office Hours: By appointment

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

Office Hours: T 3:30-5:20

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

John D. Wilkerson

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

jwilker@uw.edu / Smith 221C

Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:00

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

Visiting Faculty

Andreas Avgousti

Visiting Scholar

avgousti@uw.edu / Gowen 116

Office Hours: By appointment

Ancient Political Theory, Democratic Theory, International Relations, Moral Psychology, Political Theory, Religion

Gunnar Grendstad

Visiting Scholar

gunnar.grendstad@uib.no / Gowen 125

Jonas Linde

Visiting Scholar

jlinde@uw.edu / Gowen 45

Emeriti Faculty

Ellis Goldberg

Professor Emeritus

goldberg@uw.edu / Smith 30

Office Hours: By appointment

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

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