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Christopher Adolph

Professor

cadolph@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment, Email for Zoom link

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M 10:00 - 11:30AM, W 11:30AM - 1:00PM, https://washington.zoom.us/j/95838192106

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

Asli Cansunar

Assistant Professor

cansunar@uw.edu

Office Hours: Monday, 3:00-5:00PM

Comparative Politics, European Politics, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology

Rachel A. Cichowski

Professor

rcichows@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment Email for Zoom link

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
G. Alan and Barbara Delsman Associate Professor

meganmf@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: No office hours: On Leave, 2021-2022

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: W 12:00 - 2:00PM Email for Zoom link

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: "Undergrads: M 3:30-4:30PM :: Graduates: W 3:30-4:30PM Email for Zoom link

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: W 2:30-4:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/93313826157

European Politics, International Relations, International Security

Scott Lemieux

Assistant Teaching Professor

slemieux@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment; Email for zoom link

American Political Development, American Politics, Public Law, Supreme Court

Karen Litfin

Professor

litfin@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M 12:00 - 2:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/910 7422 8858

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

James D. Long

Associate Professor

jdlong@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M/W 10:00 - 11:00AM Email for Zoom link

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 Email for Zoom link

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 Email for Zoom link

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

Jamie Mayerfeld

Professor

jasonm@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment Email for Zoom link

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M/T 1:00 - 2:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/93996285108

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment Email for Zoom link

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American, Political Economy

Jonathan Mercer

Professor

mercer@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M 4:30 - 6:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/94446242312

International Relations, International Security

Christopher Sebastian Parker

Professor

csparker@uw.edu / Please contact via email

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment; Email for zoom link

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

Noga Rotem

Assistant Professor

nrotem@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: Th 1:00 - 3:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/2307576389

Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Justice, Political Theory

Mark Alan Smith

Professor
Associate Chair

masmith@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: T/Th 5:00 - 6:00PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/97761974017

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

Rebecca U. Thorpe

Associate Professor

bthorpe@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: M 4:30 - 5:30PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/92571487604

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

Office Hours: T 2:30 - 4:30PM https://washington.zoom.us/j/96127745442

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: T 3:30-4:30 PM Email for Zoom link

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

Sophia Jordán Wallace

Associate Professor

sophiajw@uw.edu / 206-543-5701 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: W 2:00 - 3:30 PM Email for Zoom link

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

Susan H. Whiting

Professor

swhiting@uw.edu / By appointment (swhiting@uw.edu, to schedule)

Office Hours: By appointment Email for Zoom link

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 / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment; Email for zoom link

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

Affiliate Faculty

William R. Thompson

Affiliate Professor

wthompso@Indiana.edu

Emeriti Faculty

W. Lance Bennett

Professor Emeritus
Founding Director, Emeritus, Center for Communication & Civic Engagement

lbennett@uw.edu / Please contact via email

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

James A. Caporaso

Professor Emeritus

caporaso@uw.edu / Please contact via email

Office Hours: By appointment

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

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