People - Faculty

Christopher Adolph

Associate Professor
cadolph@uw.edu / Gowen 145
Office Hours: Th 3:00–4:15
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
Office Hours: M 4:30–5:30; T 8:30–9:30
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
Office Hours: By appointment
Civic Engagement, Communication, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Media Studies, Political Communication, Sustainability

James A. Caporaso

Professor
caporaso@uw.edu / Gowen 144
Office Hours: By appointment

Rachel A. Cichowski

Professor
rcichows@uw.edu / Gowen 127
Office Hours: Wed. 2–4pm
Comparative Law and Politics, European Law, Global and Transnational Studies, Human Rights, International Law and Organization, Legal Mobilization, Public Law
Megan Ming Francis

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: MW 12:30–1:20 in MGH Atrium
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: By appointment
European Politics, International Relations, International Security

Scott Lemieux

Lecturer
slemieux@uw.edu / Gowen 114
Office Hours: M–W 11:30–12:20
Karen Litfin

Karen Litfin

Associate Professor
litfin@uw.edu / Gowen 33
Office Hours: W 2–4pm
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: By appointment
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: T 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
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: By appointment
Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American, Political Economy

Jonathan Mercer

Professor
mercer@uw.edu / Gowen 135
Office Hours: By appointment
International Relations, International Security
Chris Parker

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 Smith

Mark Alan Smith

Professor
Associate Chair
masmith@uw.edu / Gowen 29
Office Hours: MW 2:15–3:15
American Political Development, American Politics, Interest Groups, Political Communication, Religion, Sociology
Becca Thorpe

Rebecca U. Thorpe

Associate Professor
bthorpe@uw.edu / Smith 221C
Office Hours: F 10am–12pm
American Political Development, American Politics, Crime and Criminality, Housing, Incarceration, Justice, Poverty, Public Law, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods
Jack Turner

Jack Turner III

Associate Professor
jturner3@uw.edu / 206-518-0752 / Gowen 133
Office Hours: M 12:30–2:30pm
African American, American Political Development, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Justice, Law and Society, Minority and Race Politics, Political Theory
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Geoffrey Wallace

Associate Professor
gprwall@uw.edu / 206-685-5580 / Gowen 139
Office Hours: Th 11:30am–1:00pm TTh 12:50–1:50
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: TTh 12:50–1:50
Immigrant Rights Movement, Immigration, Latino Politics, Latino/a Studies, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Representation, Social Movements, U.S Congress
Susan Whiting

Susan H. Whiting

Associate Professor
swhiting@uw.edu / Gowen 147
Office Hours: TTh 11am–12pm
Area Studies, Comparative Politics, East Asian, Law and Society, Political Economy, Public Law
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John D. Wilkerson

Professor and Chair of Political Science
Director, Center for American Politics and Public Policy
jwilker@uw.edu / Gowen 106
Office Hours: By appointment
American Politics, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Game Theory, Health Policy, Legislative Politics, Political Methodology, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, Statistics

Visiting Faculty

Prof. Niko Switek

Niko Switek

DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor
switek@uw.edu / (206) 616 9232 / Gowen 45
Office Hours: Tuesday 10-11 am and by appointment
Area Studies, Comparative Politics, European Politics, European Union, Party Politics, Political Science, Social Movements, West European

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
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