Political Science Full-Time Faculty

Jose A. Aleman, PhD
Professor
Office: Lowenstein 917G
Email: [email protected]
Areas of expertise: comparative politics, political economy, human rights

Ronay Bakan, PhD
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]

Ida Bastiaens, PhD
Professor
Department Chair
Office: 666 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3966
Areas of expertise: international political economy, international development, globalization, foreign direct investment, international trade liberalization

Jonathan Crystal, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Provost
Associate Vice President and Associate Chief Academic Officer
Office: Cunniffe House 225
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-0136
Areas of expertise: international political economy, economic globalization, politics of international trade and investment

Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: 671 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3969
Areas of expertise: political participation, survey methodology, and racial and ethnic politics in the United States

Anjali K. Dayal, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: Lowenstein 403H
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-636-7863
Areas of expertise: international organizations, United Nations, peacekeeping, peace processes, post-conflict transitions, human rights

Thomas S. De Luca, Jr., PhD
Professor
Office: Lowenstein 925-F
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-636-6384
Areas of expertise: American politics, democratic theory, constitutional law, comparative democratization, terrorism

Christina Greer, PhD
Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (Lincoln Center)
Advising Email: [email protected]
Areas of expertise: American politics, race and ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, Congress, New York City and New York State politics, public opinion, elections

Boris Heersink, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (Rose Hill)
Office: 667 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3967
Areas of expertise: political institutions, political parties, and measuring effects of campaigns on election results

Robert J. Hume, PhD
Professor
Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Office: 669 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3964
Areas of expertise: constitutional law, judicial politics

Nojang Khatami
Assistant Professor
Office: Lowenstein 923-B
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (212) 636-6362
Areas of expertise: history of political thought, democratic theory, Islam and democracy, aesthetics, revolutions, social movements, contemporary political theory

Helen Rabello Kras
Assistant Professor
Office: Lowenstein 913-F
Email: [email protected]
Areas of expertise: Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Gender-Based Violence, Crime, Public Opinion

Melissa Labonte, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: 664 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3959
Areas of expertise: United Nations system, humanitarian politics, peacebuilding, multilateral peace operations, conflict resolution, human rights, and West African politics

Sarah P. Lockhart, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, International Studies Program
Office: Lowenstein 925-D
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-930-8848
Areas of expertise: international relations, comparative politics, civil wars, conflict and political economy, post-conflict economic transitions, international migration policy

Monika L. McDermott, PhD
Professor
Office: 672 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3963
Areas of expertise: American politics, public opinion, congressional elections, women and politics, religion and politics, voting behavior, media and politics, survey research

Casey McNeill, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: 674 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3952
Areas of expertise: global security, US foreign policy

Zein Murib, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: Lowenstein 917-F
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-930-8848
Areas of expertise: Gender and sexuality, interest groups and social movements, marginalized political identities in US politics

Olena Nikolayenko, PhD
Professor
Office: Faber Hall 677
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3961
Areas of expertise: Comparative democratization, social movements, public opinion, youth, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union

Johanna Rodehau-Noack, PhD
Assistant Professor
Office: Faber Hall 675
Email: [email protected]
Areas of expertise: International security, war, conflict prevention, science & technologies, knowledge production, research ethics

Jacob Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
Office: Faber Hall 673
Email: [email protected]
Areas of expertise: American politics, congressional elections, congress, disabilities in politics, Public policy

Nicholas Tampio, PhD
Professor
Office: 665 Faber Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 718-817-3962
Areas of expertise: history of political thought, contemporary political theory, education policy