Faculty & Staff
Associate Professor of Political Science
Chair, Department of Political Science
Specialties:
- American political institutions
- Legislative process
- Public policy
- Organized labor
- Interest groups
(804) 287-6044
Teaching Faculty in Political Science
Director of Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis
Specialties:
- Formal Institutions and Legislatures in Authoritarian Regimes
- Nationalism and Identity Formation
- The politics of the Arabian Peninsula
- The politics of Rentier States
(804) 289-6803
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Judicial Politics
- Judicial Decision Making
- Federal Courts
- Civil Rights and Liberties
- Constitutional Law
- American Politics
804-484-1556
Dr. Dan Chen
She/Her
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Comparative Authoritarianism
- Media Politics
- Public Opinion
- Chinese Politics
(804) 289-8533
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Classical Political Thought
- American Political Thought
- Contemporary Political Thought
- History of Political Thought
- Faction and Political Polarization
- Religion and Politics
(804) 287-6026
Associate Professor of Political Science
Adjunct Associate Professor, SPCS, Liberal Arts
Specialties:
- Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
- Anti-Americanism and perceptions of the United States
- The U.S.-European Transatlantic Gap
- U.S. policy towards North Korea
(804) 289-8531
Professor of Political Science
American Studies Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
- Social Welfare Politics
- Public Policy
- American Politics
(804) 287-6457
Weinstein Chair of International Studies
Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Comparative Politics
- International Development
- Property Rights
- Customary Law
- Legal Development
- Post-conflict Migration
804-289-1757
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
- Democratic Theory
- Voting and Elections
- Media and Political Thought
Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Global Studies Concentration Advisor: Politics and Governance
Specialties:
- International rivalry
- Political causes of military effectiveness
- Reputation-building
- Alliance politics
- Nuclear proliferation
(804) 484-1566
Associate Professor of Political Science and PPEL (Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law)
Specialties:
- Political philosophy
- Democratic theory
- Institutional design
- Immigration ethics
(804) 289-8530
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Political behavior
- Public opinion
- Voting and Participation
- Campaigns and elections
- Race and ethnicity
- Political methodology
(804) 484-1627
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- American Politics
- Public Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Rights and Liberties
- Politics of Climate Change
(804) 289-8535
Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- American Government
- Budget Policy and Politics
- Congress
- Campaigns and Elections
- Virginia Government and Politics
804-289-8973
Visiting Assistant Professor
Specialties:
- Political Parties and Institutions
- Latin American Politics
- European Politics
- Comparative Political Economy
- International Political Economy
Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Global Studies Concentration Advisor: Politics and Governance
Specialties:
- Latin American Politics
- Comparative Political Economy
- Comparative Welfare States
- Comparative Politics
- Political Parties
(804) 289-8532
Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
- Constitutional Law
- Legal and Political Theory
- Universal Rights
- Natural Law and Philosophy
- The American Judiciary
(804) 287-6626
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Comparative politics
- Comparative political economy
- European politics
- Postcommunist transitions
(804) 289-8095
Emeriti Faculty
Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, Emerita
Specialties:
- Middle East Studies
- Comparative and International Politics
- International Development Policy
(804) 484-1472
E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
- Political and legal philosophy, with special interests in republicanism, political obligation, and the justification of punishment
804-289-8530
Professor of Political Science, Emeritus
Specialties:
- Comparative Politics
- African Politics
(804) 287-6458
Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerita
Specialties:
- Race and Ethnicity
- Gender
- Political Communication
(804) 289-8739