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FACULTY

The tenured and tenure-stream faculty members include:



Barry Ames, PhD Stanford University, 1972 • Chair
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics

Comparative politics, Latin America, legislative behavior, electoral systems, political economy
barrya@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...


David C. Barker, PhD University of Houston, 1998
Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
American politics, political psychology, and methodology
dbarker@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...



David Bearce, PhD The Ohio State University, 2001
Associate Professor of Political Science
International politics, comparative politics, quantitative methods, international institutions
dhb12@pitt.eduCourses/SyllabiVitamore...



Chris Bonneau, PhD Michigan State University, 2002
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Judicial politics, American politics, quantitative methods 
cwbonneau@gmail.comPersonal web page




Steven E. Finkel, PhD State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1984
Daniel Wallace Professor of Political Science
Comparative political behavior, public opinion, democratization, quantitative methods
finkel@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/Syllabimore...



Charles S. Gochman, PhD University of Michigan, 1975
Associate Professor of Political Science
World politics (general), international relations theory, conflict studies, quantitative methods
gochman@pitt.edu • Courses/Syllabimore...



Michael Goodhart, PhD University of California at Los Angeles, 2000
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
Political Theory
michaelgoodhart@gmail.com • Personal web page



Julia Gray, PhD University of California at Los Angeles, 2007
Assistant Professor of Political Science
International relations, international political economy, quantitative methods
jcgray@pitt.eduCourses/SyllabiPublicationsPapersmore...




Susan B. Hansen, PhD Stanford University, 1972
Professor of Political Science
American politics, economic policy, taxation, state and local politics, women and politics
sbhansen@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsPapersmore...




Jonathan Harris, PhD Columbia University, 1966 • Associate Chair
Professor of Political Science
Comparative politics, USSR and Russian federation, international politics
jonharri@pitt.eduCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...




Jonathan M. Hurwitz, PhD University of Minnesota, 1984
Professor of Political Science
American politics, political psychology, electoral behavior and public opinion, methodology
hurwitz@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...




Kristin Kanthak, PhD University of Iowa, 2000
Assistant Professor of Political Science
American politics, legislative politics, quantitative methods
kanthak@pitt.edumore...



George A. Krause, PhD West Virginia University, 1994
Professor of Political Science
American politics, political institutions, political organizations, political economics, quantitative methods
gkrause@pitt.edu • Publicationsmore...



Ronald H. Linden, PhD Princeton University, 1976
Professor of Political Science

International politics, East Europe

linden@pitt.edu • BioCourses/Syllabimore...



Scott Morgenstern, PhD University of California at San Diego, 1996
Associate Professor of Political Science

Comparative politics, political institutions, political parties, legislatures, Latin American politics

smorgens@pitt.edu • Courses/SyllabiPersonal web page
more...



Anibal Perez-Linan, PhD University of Notre Dame, 2001
Associate Professor of Political Science
Comparative politics, Latin America, political institutions
asp27@pitt.edu • Courses/Syllabimore...



B. Guy Peters, PhD Michigan State University, 1970
Maurice Falk Professor of American Government
Comparative public policy and administration, American public administration
bgpeters@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...



Burcu Savun, PhD Rice University, 2006
Assistant Professor of Political Science
International relations, civil wars, and international conflict
burcu@pitt.edumore...



Alberta M. Sbragia, PhD University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1974
Director, European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center and Professor of Political Science
Comparative politics, Western Europe, European Union politics, comparative federalism and religion
sbragia@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...



Wenfang Tang, PhD University of Chicago, 1990
Associate Professor of Political Science
Comparative politics, Asia, comparative public policy, public opinion
tang@pitt.edumore...



Jennifer N. Victor, PhD Washington University, 2003
Assistant Professor of Political Science
American politics, formal theory and methodology
jnvictor@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...



Frederick G. Whelan, PhD Harvard University, 1976
Professor of Political Science
Political thought and philosophy, historical political theory
fwhelan@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...

Jonathan Woon, PhD Stanford University, 2005
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Formal theory, American politics, Congress, political parties, political economy, quantitative methods
woon@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublications • Personal web page

 

 

EMERITUS FACULTY

Political scientists who have recently retired from the department include:

 

 

Emmanuel O. Anise, PhD Syracuse, 1970
Associate Professor of Political Science and African Studies
Comparative politics, Africa, political and economic development, political thought and philosophy
Courses/Syllabimore...

Holbert N. Carroll, PhD Harvard University, 1953
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
American politics, constitutional law and judicial politics, U.S. foreign policy
Publicationsmore...

William J. Keefe, PhD Northwestern University, 1951
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
American politics, legislative behavior, political parties and interest groups
keefe@pitt.edu • Publicationsmore...

Raymond E. Owen, PhD SUNY Buffalo, 1971
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
American politics, urban politics, modern ideologies, public policy
owen@pitt.edu • Vita • Courses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...

Robert S. Walters, PhD University of Michigan, 1968
Professor of Political Science
World politics, international political economy, globalization
rsw2@pitt.edu • VitaCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...

Joseph J. Zasloff, PhD University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1952
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Comparative politics, Southeast Asia, political development
zasloff@pitt.eduCourses/SyllabiPublicationsmore...
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