Meet Our Faculty and Staff

A community of scholars dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge to our students, our peers, and the public. We are experts in our subject areas and care deeply about and are committed to the success of our students.

Chair

Brent Sasley

Interim Chair, Political Science

Associate Professor

Brent Sasley

Interests: International relations, foreign policy analysis (decision-making, identity, emotions), Middle East, Israel, Turkey, politics of Jewish identity

Administrative Staff

Kimberly Caraway

Academic Advisor II

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kimberly Caraway

Vivian Skinner

Administrative Assistant

Vivian Skinner

Faculty

Brent Boyea

Professor

Graduate Advisor

Brent Boyea

Interests: American political institutions, judicial politics, state politics, and elections

Kayla Canelo

Assistant Professor

Pre-Law Advisor

Kayla Canelo

Interests: Judicial politics, the Supreme Court, and public opinion.

Larry Carter

Distinguished Senior Lecturer

Dr. Larry Carter

Interests: American politics, public administration

Christopher Chambers-Ju

Assistant Professor

Chris Chambers-Ju

Interests: Comparative politics, Latin America, political economy, education policy, labor politics.

Rebecca Deen

Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts

Professor

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Interests: US political institutions; Women and Gender; Civic engagement; Political ambition; Civic volunteerism; Race and Ethnicity

Mark Hand

Assistant Professor

Mark Hand

Interests: American politics, campaigns and elections, public policy, workplace democracy, employee ownership, policy entrepreneurship.

Marcus Hendershot

Assistant Professor of Instruction

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Interests: State and local government

Bai Linh Hoang

Assistant Professor

Bai Linh Hoang

Interests: Race and ethnicity politics, political representation, and political theory

Xavier Medina Vidal

Director, Center for Mexican American Studies

Associate Professor

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Interests: México, Mexican American politics, transnational politics, Latino political thought

Gabriela Okundaye

Lecturer

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Interests: Political conflict and violence, gender, immigration, transnational politics

Adjunct Faculty

Olivia Agudelo

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Adjunct Professor Agudelo

José Ayala-Rodriguez

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Kimberly Caraway

Academic Advisor II

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kimberly Caraway

Michael Farris

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Dr. Farris in front of book shelf

Gregg Gleichert

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Adjunct professor Gregg Gleichert

Nichole Horn

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Nikki Horn

Thomas Little

Adjunct Associate Professor

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Michael Morris

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Adjunct professor Michael Morris

Jacob Pouttu

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jacob pouttu

Brian Whitmore

Assistant Professor of Practice

Brian Whitmore

Emeriti Faculty

Allan K. Butcher
Mark Cichock
Jill Clark
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Susan Hekman
Joseph Ignagni
Allan Saxe
Dale Story