Graduate Faculty

Brian Schaffner, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., Georgia, 1997; Ph.D., Indiana, 2002.

Peter M. HaasProfessor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Michigan, 1977; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986.

Amel F. Ahmed, Assistant Professor, B.A., Dartmouth, 1996; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 2006.

Roberto Alejandro Rivera, Professor, B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1977; M.A., Princeton, 1986; Ph.D., 1989.

Sonia Alvarez, Professor, A.B., Smith, 1978; M.A., Yale, 1979; M.Phil., 1980; Ph.D., 1996.

Maryann Barakso, Associate Professor, B.A., Barnard, 1990; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.

Angelica Bernal, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1998; Ph.D.,Yale, 2008.

John Brigham, Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1967; M.A., Wisconsin, 1970; Ph.D., California at Santa Barbara, 1974.

Brenda Bushouse, Associate Professor, B.A., Kalamazoo, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998.

Charli CarpenterAssociate Professor, B.A., New Mexico State, 1996; M.A., 1998; Ph.D., Oregon, 2003.

Barbara R. Cruikshank, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1993.

Bruce Desmarais, Assistant Professor, B.A., E. Connecticut State, 2005; M.S., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008; Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.

Carlene J. Edie, Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1977; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1984.

Jane Fountain, Professor, B.Mus., Boston Conservatory, 1977; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986; M.Phil, 1988; Ph.D., 1990.

Alan Gaitenby, Senior Lecturer, B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1987; M.B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 2000.

Sheldon Goldman, Distinguished Professor, B.A., New York University, 1961; M.A., Harvard, 1964; Ph.D., 1965.

Michael Hannahan, Visiting Faculty, B.A., Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1980; M.P.A., University of Massachusetts, 1983; Ph.D., 1999.

John A. HirdProfessor, B.A., Dickinson, 1980; M.A., Virginia, 1982; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 1988.

Judith Holmes, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Chicago University, 1973; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1992; J.D., Catholic University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1996.

Daniel LaChance, Assistant Professor, B.A., Carleton College, 2001; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2011.

Raymond LaRaja, Associate Professor, A.B., Harvard, 1987; M.P.P., 1992; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2001.

Rahsaan Maxwell, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1998; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2002; Ph.D., 2008.

Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wesleyn University, 2001; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011.

Tatishe M. Nteta, Assistant Professor, B.A., Maryland, 1998; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2000; Ph.D., 2006.

M.J. Peterson, Professor, B.A., Upsala, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Jesse Rhodes, Assistant Professor, B.A., Juniata, 2003; M.A., Virginia, 2005; Ph.D., 2008.

Dean Robinson, Associate Professor, A.B., Stanford, 1988; M.A., Yale, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.

Frederic Schaffer, Associate Professor, B.A., Bucknell, 1984; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 1994.

Jillian M. Schwedler, Associate Professor, B.A., New York University, 1988; M.A., 1992; Ph.D., 2000.

Stuart Shulman, Assistant Professor, B.A., Boston University, 1989; Ph.D., Oregon, 1999.

Nicholas Xenos, Professor, B.A., New York University, 1972; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., Princeton, 1984.

Diana Yoon, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1999; Ph.D., New York University, 2010.

Kevin Young, Assistant Professor, B.A., Trent University, 2003; M.A., Carleton University, 2005; MRes, London School of Economics, 2006; Ph.D., 2010.

 

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Joan E. Cocks, Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College.

Thomas Dumm, Professor of Political Science, Amherst College.

Berna Turam, Associate Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies, Hampshire College.

 

Faculty Emeriti
Dean Alfange, Jr., Professor Emeritus, (1999).
Gerard Braunthal, Professor Emeritus (1988).
Stephen P. Coelen, Professor Emeritus (2004).
Eric S. Einhorn, Professor Emeritus (2009).
Edwin Andrus Gere, Jr., Professor Emeritus (1990).
Glen Gordon, Professor Emeritus (2002).
Franklin W. Houn, Professor Emeritus (1990).
Irving Howards, Professor Emeritus (1988).
Fred A. Kramer, Professor Emeritus (2002).
Guenter Lewy, Professor Emeritus (1985). 
Lewis C. Mainzer, Professor Emeritus (1996).
Jerome M. Mileur, Professor Emeritus (2004).
Patricia Mills, Professor Emerita (2006).
Felix Oppenheim, Professor Emeritus (1983).
Karl W. Ryavec, Professor Emeritus (2002).
Robert A. Shanley, Professor Emeritus (1994).
George T. Sulzner, Professor Emeritus (2006).
Anwar H. Syed, Professor Emeritus (1997).
Howard J. Wiarda, Professor Emeritus (2004)

Faculty Emeriti

Dean Alfange, Jr., Professor Emeritus, (1999).

Gerard Braunthal, Professor Emeritus (1988).

Stephen P. Coelen, Professor Emeritus (2004).

Eric S. Einhorn, Professor Emeritus (2009).

Edwin Andrus Gere, Jr., Professor Emeritus (1990).

Glen Gordon, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Franklin W. Houn, Professor Emeritus (1990).

Irving Howards, Professor Emeritus (1988).

Fred A. Kramer, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Guenter Lewy, Professor Emeritus (1985). 

Lewis C. Mainzer, Professor Emeritus (1996).

Jerome M. Mileur, Professor Emeritus (2004).

Patricia Mills, Professor Emerita (2006).

Karl W. Ryavec, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Robert A. Shanley, Professor Emeritus (1994).

George T. Sulzner, Professor Emeritus (2006).

Anwar H. Syed, Professor Emeritus (1997).

Howard J. Wiarda, Professor Emeritus (2004)

 

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