Political Science Directory

Faculty

	Name	Title(s)	Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Lisa Argyle	Associate Professor // Political Science	American Politics, Political Communication, Generative AI, Public Opinion	largyle@purdue.edu	BRNG 2226
	Andy Baker	Associate Head // Political Science Director of Graduate Studies // Political Science Professor // Political Science Professor // Cornerstone	Comparative Politics, Development, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Political Behavior, Elections, Quantitative Methods, Surveys	bakerab@purdue.edu	BRNG 2268
	Miriam Barnum	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	International Security, Conflict and Bargaining, Technology and Security, Political Economy, Computational Methods, Measurement	mmbarnum@purdue.edu	BRNG 2254
	Robert X. Browning	Professor, Director of C-SPAN Archives, & Faculty Director of Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement // Communication Professor // Political Science	U.S. Congress and Media	rxb@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216F
	Darrell Carter	Visiting Assistant Professor // Political Science Visiting Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	International Relations, Political Economy, East Asian Politics, Conflict and Bargaining, American Politics	carte523@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
	Rosalee A. Clawson	Professor // Political Science Affiliated Faculty // Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies // SIS	American Politics, Political Communication, Political Behavior, Group Politics, Environmental Policy, Mass Media, Public Opinion	clawsonr@purdue.edu	BRNG 2222
	Mollie Cohen	Associate Director of Graduate Studies // Political Science Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Elections, Political Behavior, Democratic Backsliding, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Causal Inference, Experiments, Surveys	mjcohen@purdue.edu	BRNG 2260
	Jesse Crosson	Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	American Politics, Political Institutions, Law and Governance Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement, Legislatures	jcrosson@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216D
	Bryce Dietrich	Associate Professor // Political Science	American Politics, Methodology, Political Behavior, Group Politics, Technology and Governance, Computational Social Science, Video and Audio Analytics	bjdietri@purdue.edu	BRNG 2228
	William Dory	Lecturer // Political Science Visiting Assistant Professor // Cornerstone		wdory@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216B
	Matt Ellis	Visiting Assistant Professor // Political Science	International Relations, Tech Diplomacy, Hybrid Warfare, Comparative Politics,	ellis151@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
	Tyler Girard	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Politics of Digital Technology, International Relations, Political Economy, Technology and Governance, AI, Group Politics, Foreign Policy, Qualitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement	tgirard@purdue.edu	BRNG 2250
	Tara Grillos	Associate Professor // Political Science	Comparative Participatory Institutions, Public Policy, Policy Process, Collective Decision-making, Environmental Politics, Development, Comparative Politics, Program Evaluation, Causal Inference, Lab and Field Experiments	tgrillos@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216E
	Kyle Haynes	Associate Professor // Political Science	International Security, US Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Violence, Conflict and Bargaining, Security, Political Economy, Formal Theory	kylehaynes@purdue.edu	BRNG 2234
	David Johnson	Associate Professor // Political Science	Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Complex Models, Risk and Uncertainty, Flood Risk Modeling	davidjohnson@purdue.edu	GRIS 290, BRNG 2216B
	Jenn (Seoyeon) Kim	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	American Political Institutions
	Brian Kogelmann	Associate Professor // Philosophy Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Social and Political Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Institutions	bkogelma@purdue.edu	BRNG 6119 / BRNG 2223
	Reed Kurtz	Lecturer // Political Science	Environmental Politics, International Relations, Political Theory	rmkurtz@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216B
	Cherie Maestas	Associate Dean of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education, College of Liberal Arts // Administration Professor // Political Science	American Politics, Political Behavior, Political Institutions, Elections, Public Policy, Technology and Governance, Quantitative Methods	cmaestas@purdue.edu	University Hall, Room 331D
	James A. McCann	Interim Head // Political Science Professor // Political Science Professor // Latin American Studies // SIS Professor // SIS Co-Director, Methodology Center at Purdue	American Politics, Comparative Politics, Group Politics, Elections, Latin American Politics, Public Opinion, Elections	mccannj@purdue.edu	BRNG 2242
	Liana Eustacia Reyes	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Civil Wars, Law, Conflict Resolution, International Relations, Law and Governance, Political Violence, Conflict and Bargaining, Political Institutions, Development, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods	ler01@purdue.edu	BRNG 2256
	Daniel Schiff	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	AI Policy and Ethics, Technology and Governance, Policy Process, Political Institutions and Behavior, Political Communication,Social Policy, Experiments, Causal Inference	dschiff@purdue.edu	BRNG 2228
	Kaylyn Jackson Schiff	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Technology and Local Politics	schiffk@purdue.edu	BRNG 2264
	Mary (Molly) Scudder	Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies // Political Science Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone Courtesy Professor // Philosophy	Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Political Communication, and Political Philosophy	scudder@purdue.edu	BRNG 2224
	Keith L. Shimko	Professor // Political Science		kshimko@purdue.edu	BRNG 2236
	Valeria Sinclair-Chapman	Professor // Political Science Director, Political Science Legislative Internships Affiliated Faculty // African American Studies // SIS Affiliated Faculty // Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies // SIS	Legislative Politics, Minority Representation and Voting Rights	vsc@purdue.edu	BRNG 2221
	Swati Srivastava	Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Global Governance, Technology	srivas70@purdue.edu	BRNG 2258
	Logan Strother	Associate Professor // Political Science	Law and Courts	lstrothe@purdue.edu	BRNG 2266
	Joan Timoneda	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone		timoneda@purdue.edu	BRNG 2230
	Eric N. Waltenburg	Professor // Political Science Affiliated Faculty // Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies // SIS	Constitutional Law, Judicial and State Politics	ewaltenb@purdue.edu	BRNG 2248
	Melissa Will	Director of Undergraduate Studies // Political Science Associate Professor of Practice // Political Science Clinical Associate Professor // Cornerstone	International Security	will5@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216c
	Alexandra Wood	Visiting Assistant Professor // Political Science		awcalhou@purdue.edu
	Eddie Yang	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Politics of AI	z5yang@ucsd.edu
	David Yu	Associate Professor // Political Science		davidyu@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216B
	Shan Zhou	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Public Policy, Energy Justice, Sustainability	zhou1487@purdue.edu	BRNG 2238

Emeriti Faculty

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Louis Rene Beres			lberes@purdue.edu
	Ann Marie Clark		International Relations, Human Rights, International Norms, NGOs	clarkam@purdue.edu	BRNG 2252
	William McClure
	Will McLauchlan			mclauchl@purdue.edu; william.mclauchlan@mso.umt.edu
	Robert Melson			melson@purdue.edu
	Suzanne L. Parker			parker5@purdue.edu
	Bert A. Rockman			barockma@purdue.edu
	William R. Shaffer			wshaffer@purdue.edu
	James Stegenga
	Harry Targ			targ@purdue.edu
	Mark Tilton			mtilton@purdue.edu
	Dwayne Woods		Identity Populist Movements	dwoods2@purdue.edu

Staff

	Name	Title(s)	Email	Room
	Stacy Bogan	Graduate Coordinator / Schedule Deputy / Lead Admin Assistant // Political Science	bogans@purdue.edu	BRNG 2246
	Melissa Funk	GRAIL & PAIR Administrative Assistant // Political Science	mjfunk@purdue.edu	BRNG 2263 / BRNG 2216J
	Britain Hamm	Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // SLC	bwhamm@purdue.edu	UNIV 037
	Jillian Huckleberry	Undergraduate Coordinator / Senior Admin Assistant // Political Science	jhuckleb@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Sarah Starks	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Cornerstone Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Sociology	starks14@purdue.edu	UNIV 037
	Kelly Thornburg	Department Operations Manager // Political Science	kthornbu@purdue.edu	BRNG 2240
	Candace Tulacz-Moore	Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // English Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Film and Video Production // Rueff School Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science	ctulacz@purdue.edu	UNIV 037
	Sydney Tulacz-Moore	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Undergraduate Academic Advisor // English Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Sociology	sfmoore@purdue.edu	UNIV 037
	Coleen Williams	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Critical Disability Studies // SIS Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Philosophy Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Religious Studies // SIS	cwill@purdue.edu	UNIV 037

Administration

	Name	Title(s)	Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Mollie Cohen	Associate Director of Graduate Studies // Political Science Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Elections, Political Behavior, Democratic Backsliding, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Causal Inference, Experiments, Surveys	mjcohen@purdue.edu	BRNG 2260
	James A. McCann	Interim Head // Political Science Professor // Political Science Professor // Latin American Studies // SIS Professor // SIS Co-Director, Methodology Center at Purdue	American Politics, Comparative Politics, Group Politics, Elections, Latin American Politics, Public Opinion, Elections	mccannj@purdue.edu	BRNG 2242

Limited Term Lecturer

Graduate Student

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Narek Abelian	Graduate Student // Political Science		nabelian@purdue.edu
	Mazie Bernard	Graduate Student // Political Science		bernard1@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Jason Berteotti	Graduate Student // Political Science		jberteot@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216A
	Rylee Crum	Graduate Student // Political Science		crum22@purdue.edu
	Ogadinma Enwereazu	Graduate Student // Political Science		oenwerea@purdue.edu	BRNG 2225
	Erin Fisher	Graduate Student // Political Science		fishe389@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Kallie Fox	Graduate Student // Political Science		fox179@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216A
	Kayla Gurganus	Graduate Student // Political Science		kgurganu@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Ashley Johnson	Graduate Student // Political Science		john3574@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216A
	Selen Dogan Kosterit	Graduate Student // Political Science	International Relations	sdoganko@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Michael Kuczajda	Graduate Student // Political Science		mkuczajd@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216A
	Jongjin Lee	Graduate Student // Political Science		lee5878@purdue.edu
	Yunzhe Liu	Graduate Student // Political Science		liu4530@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Ariana Montoya Lozano	Graduate Student // Political Science		montoyal@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Mitushi Mukherjee	Graduate Student // Political Science		mmukherj@purdue.edu
	Jasper Neath	Graduate Student // Political Science		jneath@purdue.edu	BRNG 2265
	Anh Nguyen	Graduate Student // Political Science		nguy1009@purdue.edu	2216A
	Jiao Ning	Graduate Student // Political Science			BRNG 2299
	Zachariah Parcels	Graduate Student // Political Science		zparcels@purdue.edu	BRNG 2225
	Indira Patil	Graduate Student // Political Science		ipatil@purdue.edu	BRNG 2225
	Laura Marcela Quintero Sarmiento	Graduate Student // Political Science		lquinte@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Benjamin Torres	Graduate Student // Political Science		torre295@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Jasmin Towns	Graduate Student // Political Science		towns2@purdue.edu	BRNG 2225
	Whitney Tyler	Graduate Student // Political Science		tyler48@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Christina Walker	Graduate Student // Political Science		walke667@purdue.edu
	Alex Wilhelm	Graduate Student // Political Science		wilhel17@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
	Yaosheng Xu	Graduate Student // Political Science			BRNG 2299
	D M Rohis Uz Zaman	Graduate Student // Political Science		dzaman@purdue.edu	BRNG 2225

Courtesy Professor

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Christopher Agnew	Courtesy Professor // Political Science Courtesy Faculty // Communication Professor of Psychological Sciences		agnew@purdue.edu	PSY 2162
	Natasha Duncan	Courtesy Professor // Political Science		ntduncan@purdue.edu	HCRS 1072
	Rachel L. Einwohner	Professor // Sociology Courtesy Professor // Political Science	Social Movements and Political Sociology	einwohnerr@purdue.edu	BRNG 1172
	Jennifer Hoewe	Associate Professor // Communication Courtesy Professor // Political Science University Faculty Scholar // Communication Associate Director, Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT)	political communication; media psychology	jhoewe@purdue.edu	BRNG 2138
	Dwaine Jengelley	Courtesy Professor // Political Science		djengell@purdue.edu	HCRS 1087
	Brian Roberson	Courtesy Professor // Political Science		brobers@purdue.edu	KRAN 518
	Eugene Spafford	Distinguished Professor Courtesy Professor // Political Science Courtesy Faculty // Communication Courtesy Faculty // Philosophy Courtesy Faculty // Nuclear Engineering Executive Director of CERIAS Emeritus		spaf@purdue.edu	LWSN 1183
	Peter Watkins	Courtesy Professor // Political Science		pwatkin@purdue.edu
	Fenggang Yang	Professor // Sociology Courtesy Professor // Political Science Director of Center on Religion and the Global East Affiliated Faculty // Asian Studies // SLC Affiliated Faculty // Religious Studies // SIS	Religion	fyang@purdue.edu	BRNG 1170

Courtesy Assistant Professor

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Zachary Goldsmith	Assistant Teaching Professor // Cornerstone Affiliated Faculty // Jewish Studies // SIS Courtesy Assistant Professor // Political Science		zgoldsmi@purdue.edu	BRNG 2229
	Sebastian Graham	Assistant Teaching Professor // Cornerstone Courtesy Assistant Professor // Political Science		srgraham@purdue.edu	BRNG 6161
	John W. Megson	Assistant Teaching Professor - Purdue Indianapolis // Cornerstone Courtesy Assistant Professor // Political Science		jmegson@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 206