Faculty

Zachary Callen, B.A., MS., Illinois State University, M.S., Ph.D., The University of Chicago

Jacqueline Gehring, B.A., Lawrence University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. European politics; comparative law; race and ethnicity.

Brian Harward, B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Shanna Kirschner, B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan. Middle East Politics; ethnic conflict; Civil War; International Institutions.

Michael Maniates (joint appointment with environmental science), B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley). Environmental politics; political economy; global environmental governance.

Shannan Mattiace, B.A., Central College; Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin). Race and ethnicity in Latin America; nationalism; transnational social movements; pan-Indian political culture; immigration; political anthropology.

Daniel M. Shea, B.A., State University of New York at Oswego; M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany. U.S. political parties; the U.S. presidency; U.S. Congress; media in the United States; mass culture; social science research methods.

Bruce Smith, B.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. Political theory; politics and literature; American political thought.

Howard Tamashiro, B.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., Ohio State University. U.S. foreign policy; defense studies; the U.S. intelligence community.

Sharon Wesoky, B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University. Chinese politics; transnationalism; gender politics and society.

Selected Faculty Publications/Achievements

  • The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice, published by M.I.T. Press.
  • Politics and Remembrance, published by Princeton University Press.
  • Understanding Attitudes about War: Modeling Moral Judgments, published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
  • Chinese Feminism Faces Globalization, published by Routledge.
  • Confronting Consumption, published by MIT Press.
  • “Origins of Supreme Court Leadership,” published in the Journal of Supreme Court History.
  • New Party Politics, published by Wadsworth.
  • To See With Two Eyes: Peasant Activism and Indian Autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico, published by University of New Mexico Press.