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.
Jonathan Bernstein [ 210-458-5622 email ]
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
American Political Parties, Congress, Presidency, Elections, Democratic Theory.
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 [ 210-458-5806 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.
María Inclán [ 210-458-5851 email ]
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Comparative Politics, Social Movements, Democratization, Mexican and Latin American Politics.
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
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.
