Political Science Directory

Faculty

Name	Title(s)	Research/Focus	Email	Room
Lisa Argyle	Associate Professor // Political Science	Generative AI
Andy Baker	Associate Head // Political Science Director of Graduate Studies // Political Science Professor // Political Science Professor // Cornerstone	Comparative Politics // International Political Economy	bakerab@purdue.edu	BRNG 2268
Miriam Barnum	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	International Security	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 Organizations, International Political Economy	carte523@purdue.edu	BRNG 2221
Rosalee A. Clawson	Professor // Political Science Affiliated Faculty // Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies // SIS	Mass Media, Public Opinion	clawsonr@purdue.edu	BRNG 2222
Mollie Cohen	Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Elections and Behavior	mjcohen@purdue.edu	BRNG 2260
Jesse Crosson	Associate Professor // Political Science Associate Professor // Cornerstone	Legislatures; Political Economy	jcrosson@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216D
Bryce Dietrich	Associate Professor // Political Science	American Politics, Methodology	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		ellis151@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
Tyler Girard	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Politics of Digital Technology	tgirard@purdue.edu	BRNG 2250
Tara Grillos	Associate Professor // Political Science	Comparative Participatory Institutions	tgrillos@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216E
Kyle Haynes	Associate Professor // Political Science	International Security, US Foreign Policy	kylehaynes@purdue.edu	BRNG 2234
David Johnson	Associate Professor // Political Science		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	bkogelma@purdue.edu	BRNG 6119
Reed Kurtz	Lecturer // Political Science		rmkurtz@purdue.edu	BRNG 2226
Cherie Maestas	Professor and Head // Political Science		cmaestas@purdue.edu	BRNG 2242
James A. McCann	Professor, Associate Grad Director // Political Science Professor // Latin American Studies // SIS Professor // SIS Co-Director, Methodology Center at Purdue	Public Opinion, Elections	mccannj@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216G
Liana Eustacia Reyes	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	Civil Wars, Law, Conflict Resolution	ler01@purdue.edu	BRNG 2256
Daniel Schiff	Assistant Professor // Political Science Assistant Professor // Cornerstone	AI Policy and Ethics	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	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	Human Rights, 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	BRNG 2223

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	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // SLC	bwhamm@purdue.edu	YONG 1040
Jillian Huckleberry	Undergraduate Coordinator / Senior Admin Assistant // Political Science	jhuckleb@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
Sydney Moore	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Undergraduate Academic Advisor // English Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Sociology	sfmoore@purdue.edu	YONG 1036
Sarah Starks	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Cornerstone Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Sociology	starks14@purdue.edu	YONG 1017
Kelly Thornburg	Department Operations Manager // Political Science	kthornbu@purdue.edu	BRNG 2240
Candace Tulacz	Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Communication Undergraduate Academic Advisor // English Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Film and Video Production // Rueff School Undergraduate Academic Advisor // Political Science	ctulacz@purdue.edu	YONG 1038
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	YONG 1021

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
Anthony Hustedt	Graduate Student // Political Science		ahustedt@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
Aditya Anand Singh	Graduate Student // Political Science		singh633@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

Limited Term Lecturer

Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
Michael Brownstein	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		mbrownst@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
Jennifer Durow Crosson	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		jdcrosso@purdue.edu
Hannah Glasson	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		TBD
Sam Grubbs	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		sjgrubbs@purdue.edu
Erin Huebert	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		ehuebert@purdue.edu
Linda Kampe	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		lkampe@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
Christopher F. Kulesza	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science
Alex Pijanowski	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		apijanow@purdue.edu	BRNG 2299
Martin Sweet	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		sweetmj@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
Christina Thomas	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		thom1052@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216J
Laura D. Young	Limited Term Lecturer // Political Science		ldyoung@purdue.edu	(765) 494-4161

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	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	BRNG 2259
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 2299
Sebastian Graham	Assistant Teaching Professor // Cornerstone Courtesy Assistant Professor // Political Science		srgraham@purdue.edu	BRNG 2231
John W. Megson	Assistant Teaching Professor - Purdue Indianapolis // Cornerstone Courtesy Assistant Professor // Political Science		jmegson@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 206