Graduate Faculty for Government and Politics
GVPT

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Alford, Charles F. Regular Member
B.A., Austin College, 1969; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1971; Ph.D., 1979.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Government and Politics

Alperovitz, Gar Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1959; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1960; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1964.
- Research Professor, Government and Politics

Banks, Antoine J. Regular Member
B.A., Hunter College, 2001; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2009.
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Birnir, Johanna Regular Member
Ph.D., UCLA, 2001
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Butterworth, Charles E. Regular Member
B.A., Michigan State University, 1959; Doct., University of Nancy-France, 1961;M.A., University of Chicago, 1962; Ph.D., 1966.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies

Claude, Richard P. Regular Member
B.A., College of St. Thomas, 1956; M.S., Florida State University, 1960; Ph.D., University of Virginnia, 1965.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Government and Politics
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Conca, Kenneth L. Regular Member
B.S., Brown University, 1982;M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1992.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Croco, Sarah E. Regular Member
B.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2008
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Elkin, Stephen L. Regular Member
B.A., Alfred University, 1961; M.A., Harvard University, 1963; Ph.D., 1969.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Government and Politics

Franda, Marcus Regular Member
B.A., Beloit College, 1959; A.M., University of Chicago, 1960; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1966.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Gimpel, James G. Regular Member
B.A., Drake University, 1984;M.A., University of Toronto, 1985; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1990.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Glass, James M. Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1961; M.A., 1964; Ph.D., 1970.
- Professor, Government and Politics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Government and Politics

Grant-Wisdom, Dorith Regular Member
B.S., University of the West Indies-Mona, Kingston, 1972; M.A., Howard University, 1980; Ph.D., 1985.
- Lecturer, Government and Politics

Grob, Douglas Regular Member
A.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1985; M.A., Stanford University, 1998; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Gurr, Ted Robert Regular Member
B.A., Reed College, 1957; Ph.D., New York University, 1965.
- Distinguished University Professor, Government and Politics
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Hanmer, Michael J. Regular Member
B.A., SUNY-Geneseo, 1995; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1996; M.A., University of Michigan, 2000; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Haufler, Virginia Ann Regular Member
B.A.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1979; M.A., Cornell University, 1985; Ph.D., 1991.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Heisler, Martin O. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1960; M.A., 1962; Ph.D., 1969.
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Herrnson, Paul S. Regular Member
B.A.,State University of New York-Binghamton, 1981; M.A., Georgetown University,1982; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983; Ph.D., 1986.
- Professor, Government and Politics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Government and Politics

Huth, Paul K. Regular Member
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1981; M.A., M.Phil., Yale University, 1984; Ph.D., Yale University, 1986
- Professor, Government and Politics

Kaminski, Bartlomiej K. Regular Member
M.A., University of Warsaw, 1967 Ph.D., 1972.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Kastner, Scott L. Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1995; M.A., University of California, San Diego, 1998; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2003.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Kaufman, Edward Adjunct Member
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1964; M.A., 1967; Doctorate, University of Paris-Sorbonne, 1970.
- Visiting Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Kaufmann, Karen M. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1981; M.B.A., 1985; M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Kim, Soo Yeon Regular Member
B.A., Yonsei University, 1988; M.A., University of Houston, 1991; M.A., Yale University, 1993; M.Phil., Yale University, 1994; Ph.D., Yale University, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Lalman, David L. Regular Member
B.A., University of Kansas, 1974 M.A., 1978; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1985.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Lee, Frances E. Regular Member
B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1991; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1997.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Lichbach, Mark I. Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York (Brooklyn College), 1973; M.A., Brown University, 1975; Ph.D., Northwestern University
- Chair, Government and Politics
- Professor, Government and Politics

Marando,Vincent L. Regular Member
B.S., SUNY at Buffalo, 1960; M.A., Michigan State University, 1964; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1967.
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

McIntosh, Wayne V. Regular Member
B.A.,University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1973; M.A., Wichita State University, 1974; Ph.D., Washington University, 1981.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics
- Associate Chair, Government and Politics

McKenzie, Brian D. Regular Member
B.A., Indiana University, 1995; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Morris, Irwin L. Regular Member
B.A., Furman University, 1989; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1991; Ph.D., 1994.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Oppenheimer, Joe A. Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1963; M.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1964; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1971.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Government and Politics

Pearson, Margaret M. Regular Member
A.B., Smith College, 1980; M.A., Yale University, 1982; M.Phil., 1983; Ph.D., 1986.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Phillips, Warren R. Regular Member
B.A., Northwestern University, 1963; M.S., California State University-San Francisco, 1966; Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1969.
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Piper, Don C Regular Member
B.A., University of Maryland, 1954; M.A., University of Maryland, 1958; Ph.D., Duke University, 1961.
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Quester, George Regular Member
A.B., Columbia College, 1958; M.A., Harvard University, 1964; Ph.D, Harvard, 1965
- Professor, Government and Politics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Government and Politics

Rouse, Stella M. Regular Member
B.A., Louisiana State University, 1996; M.A., Louisiana State University, 2007; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2008.
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Soltan, Karol E. Regular Member
A.B., Harvard University, 1972;M.A., University of Chicago, 1978; M.A., 1981; Ph.D., 1982.
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Stone, Clarence N. Regular Member
A.B., University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1957; M.A., Duke University, 1960 Ph.D., 1963.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Swistak, Piotr T. Regular Member
M.S., University of Warsaw, 1978 M.A., 1979; M.A., University of Chicago, 1985; Ph.D., 1987.
- Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Associate Professor, Government and Politics

Telhami, Shibley Regular Member
B.A.,City University of New York-Queens College, 1974; M.A.,Graduate Theological Union, 1978; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley,1986.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Terchek, Ronald J. Regular Member
B.A., University of Chicago, 1958; M.A., 1960; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1965.
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics

Tismaneanu, Vladimir Regular Member
B.A., University of Bucharest, 1974; Ph.D., 1980.
- Professor, Government and Politics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Government and Politics

Uslaner, Eric M. Regular Member
B.A., Brandeis University, 1968; M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1970; Ph.D., 1973.
- Professor, Government and Politics

Vietri, Lois T. Regular Member
B.A., Rosemont College, 1970; M.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; Ph.D., 1981.
- Lecturer, Government and Politics

Walters, Ronald W. Regular Member
B.A., Fisk University, 1963; M.A., American University, 1966; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Afro-American Studies
- Professor, Government and Politics

Ward, Ian Regular Member
B.A., McGill University, 2003; Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008.
- Assistant Professor, Government and Politics

Wilkenfeld, Jonathan Regular Member
B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1964; M.A., George Washington University, 1966; Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1969.
- Professor, Government and Politics