Political Science Faculty

Main Content

Ai, Weining, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2023; 2025. International relations; foreign policy; economic statecraft; conflict processes; coercion; network analysis; Chinese foreign policy; U.S.-China relations.

Bloom, Stephen, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science, Ph.D., University of California, LA, 2004; 2006. Comparative politics; ethnic relations and politics; Eastern European politics.

Bricker, Benjamin, Associate Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., Washington University, 2013; 2014. Constitutional law; administrative law; jurisprudence; civil rights and liberties; law and society; democratization; constitutionalism.

Grant, J. Tobin, Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2001; 2001. Religion and politics; American politics; political behavior; survey methods.

Leach, Brittany, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2020; 2022. Race, gender, theory, social movements, and public law.

Mulligan, Kenneth, Associate Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2004; 2006. American mass political behavior; political psychology; public opinion; survey research; research methods.

Shulman, Stephen, Associate Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996; 1997.  International relations; international security; international political economy; American foreign policy; ethnic politics.

Tilley, Virginia Q., Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997; 2014.  Comparative politics; Middle East politics; Latin American politics; ethnic and racial politics.

Emeriti Faculty

Foster, John L., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1971; 1975.

Jackson, John S., III, Professor, Emeritus, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1971; 1969.