Summary of Faculty Research
Stephen Amberg [ 210-458-5618 email]
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Political Development, Comparative Political Economy, the Regulation of Work, Popular Participation in Politics.
Kathleen Arnold [ 210-458-7570 email ]
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Continental Political Theory; Globalization; Feminist and Race Theory; Issues of Homelessness, Immigration, and Statelessness; Human Rights; Nationalism and the Nation-State; Critiques of Capitalism.
Thomas J. Bellows [ 210-458-4628 email ]
Ph.D., Yale University
Comparative Politics, Asian Political Systems, International Politics.
James D. Calder [ 210-458-7671 email ]
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
National Security Policy, International Affairs, Global Analysis and the Intelligence Community, Public Law and Policy, Public Management.
Miguel DeOliver [ 210-458-5644 email ]
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Racial and Gender Disparities, Consumerization of Urban Landscape, Political Economy of US-Mexican Relations.
Francisco Durand [ 210-458-5613 email ]
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Latin American Politics and Public Policy, Public Administration in Latin America.
Mansour El-Kikhia, Department Chair [ 210-458-5883 email ]
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
International Affairs, Middle Eastern Politics.
Daniel Engster [ 210-458-5645 email ]
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Political Theory, Contemporary Theories of Justice, Ethics and the History of Political Thought.
Richard Gambitta [ 210-458-5608 or 458-2991 email ]
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Public Law, Civil Liberties and Rights, Texas and American Politics and Elections.
Kathleen J. Hancock [ 210-458-2905 email ]
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
International Relations, Regional Economic Integration, Institutional Design, Sovereignty, Former Soviet Union, and Human Rights.
Michael Harrison
Ph.D., University of Florida
Climatology, GIS, Remote sensing, Water resources, Human-environment interactions.
Patricia Jaramillo [ 210-458-5602 email ]
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
Political Behavior, Race and Ethnicity, Public Policy.
Amy E. Jasperson , GAR [210-458-5431 email ]
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Political Communication, Media Coverage and Its Influence on Public Opinion, Political Advertising, Campaigns and Elections, Political Psychology. Director, Media & Elections Studio.
Richard Jones [ 210-458-5612 email ]
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Evolving Mexico-US Undocumented Migration, European Periphery-Core Migration (Ireland, Spain), Texas/Mexico Borderlands.
Melvin Laracey [ 210-458-5626 email ]
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.P.A. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
J.D. University of Michigan Law School
American Political Institutions, Public Law, Public Policy.
John Morris [ 210-458-5603
email ]
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Historical Geography of Greater Southwest, Exploration and Imaging of the High Plains of Texas, Revelation of 19th Century Culture.
Sharon A. Navarro [ 210-458-2547 email ]
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
American Government and Politics; Ethnic Politics; Urban Politics; Latino Politics, Culture and History; Comparative Politics-Latin America; Politics of Race, Class and Gender; Identity Politics; US-Mexico Politics; Women and Politics; Minority Politics.
David Romero [ 210-458-5647 email ]
Ph.D., University of Houston
Research Methods, American Electoral Behavior.
Rodolfo Rosales [ 210-458-2629 email ]
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Political Philosophy, Urban Politics, and Chicana, Chicano and Ethnic Politics.
Boyka Stefanova [ 210-458-5614 email ]
Ph.D., Univeristy of Delaware
Comparative Politics (Europe), European Union Studies, Regional Integration, Global Governance.
Walter Wilson [ 210-458-5622 email ]
Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma
Congress, Representation, and Latino & Minority Representation
