Faculty by Subfield

 

American

Richard Bensel American political development, political economy, political culture, and comparative state formation.
312 White Hall, (607) 255-6763, rfb2@cornell.edu

Peter Enns American politics and government: public opinion; representation; quantitative methods.
205 White Hall, (607) 255-3574, pe52@cornell.edu

Michael Jones-Correa
Immigration, race and ethnic politics, urban politics, and political participation.
305 White Hall (607) 255-3170, mj64@cornell.edu

Theodore J. Lowi American government and politics. Public policy and administration.
116 White Hall, (607) 255-6205, tjl7@cornell.edu

Suzanne Mettler American politics; American political development, public policy, political behavior, gender and politics.
217 White Hall, (607) 255-3868, sbm24@cornell.edu

M. Elizabeth Sanders Political development, social movements, regulation, presidency, foreign policy.
314 White Hall, (607) 255-2305, mes14@cornell.edu

Martin Shefter Urban politics; American political development; American political institutions.
211 White Hall, (607) 255-6767, mas34@cornell.edu

 

Comparative

Christopher Anderson Politics of Europe and the advanced industrial societies, political economy, political behavior.
308 White Hall, (607) 255-8819, christopher.anderson@cornell.edu

Valerie Bunce Comparative and International Politics. Democratization in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia; authoritarianism; American democracy promotion; nationalism and ethnic conflict.
204 White Hall, (607) 255-6359, vjb2@cornell.edu

Ronald Herring
Comparative politics, South Asia; political economy; development, environmental politics.
313 White Hall, (607) 255-4060, rjh5@cornell.edu

Mary Fainsod Katzenstein Incarceration and citizenship; women's movements; Indian politics: gender and ethnicity.
319 White Hall, (607) 255-8965, mfk2@cornell.edu

Sherry L. Martin Comparative politics; Japanese politics; mass political behavior and electoral politics; gender and politics.
213 White Hall, (607) 255-9389, slm59@cornell.edu

Andrew Mertha Chinese politics; policy making and implementation; bureaucracy and institutions.
316 White Hall, am847@cornell.edu

Devra C. Moehler Comparative politics; African politics; democratization; political communication; political behavior; constitution-making; and political economy of development.
215 White Hall, (607) 255-8270, dcm37@cornell.edu
On leave 2008-2009.

Kevin Morrison Political economy of developing countries, with a particular focus on Latin America, Africa, and the effects of international institututions in these regions.
315 White Hall, kmm368@cornell.edu

David Siddhartha Patel Middle Eastern politics; Islam; political culture; institutions; civil and ethnic conflict.
218 White Hall, (607) 255-6758, dsp58@cornell.edu

Thomas B. Pepinsky Comparative and international political economy, authoritarianism, Southeast Asian politics, Islam.
322 White Hall, tp253@cornell.edu

Kenneth Roberts Comparative politics; Latin American politics and political economy; democratization, party systems; labor and social movements.
203 White Hall, (607) 255-6764, kr99@cornell.edu

Sidney G. Tarrow Comparative politics: Western Europe; social movements and political parties; comparative communism.
202A White Hall, (607) 255-6765, sgt2@cornell.edu

Nicolas van de Walle The John S. Knight Professor of International Studies. Professor of Government and Director of The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Comparative politics. Political economy of development, with a special focus on Africa; on democratization, and on the politics of economic reform.
170 Uris Hall, (607) 255-8927, nv38@cornell.edu

Thomas Zittel European politics,political representation, election campaigns, electronic democracy, participatory democracy, political communication.
202 White Hall, (607) 255-8480, tz82@cornell.edu


Comparative -— Emeritus:

B. R. Anderson Comparative government: nationalism; militarism; Southeast Asian studies, especially Indonesia and Thailand.

Martin Bernal
Comparative politics of the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia; history of ideas and the sociology of knowledge.
White Hall, (607) 255-1878, mgb4@cornell.edu

Milton J. Esman Ethnic politics; Development politics and administration.
101 White Hall, (607) 255-6760, mje5@cornell.edu

Vivienne B. Shue, FBA State and society in contemporary China; culture and politics in China; topics in Chinese political economy, vivienne.shue@sant.ox.ac.uk

Norman T. Uphoff Comparative politics: Third-World development; local institutions and participation; South Asia; political economy; development administration. Public policy; sustainable development.
31 Warren Hall, (607) 255-0831, ntu1@cornell.edu

 

International Relations

Allen Carlson International Relations, Asian security, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese politics.
310 White Hall, (607) 254-6022, arc26@cornell.edu

Matthew Evangelista International and transnational relations; war, human rights, ethics, and law; gender and nationalist conflict.
320 White Hall, (607) 255-8672, mae10@cornell.edu

Peter J. Katzenstein
Security policy and political economy; relation between international and domestic politics; Germany in Europe and Japan in Asia.
321 White Hall, (607) 255-6257, pjk2@cornell.edu

Jonathan Kirshner International relations, international political economy, political economy and national security.
323 White Hall, (607) 255-4120, jdk5@cornell.edu

Judith Reppy Peace studies, military; science and technology.
PSP, 130 Uris Hall, (607) 255-8913, jvr2@cornell.edu

Sarah Kreps International relations, international conflict and cooperation, alliance politics, proliferation of WMD.
317 White Hall, sarah.kreps@cornell.edu

Christopher Way International relations, international and comparative political economy, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
306 White Hall, (607) 255-8920, crw12@cornell.edu

Jessica Weeks International security, domestic sources of foreign policy, political methodology.
318 White Hall, jlw338@cornell.edu

Xu Xin Adjunct associate professor and acting director of China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) program: East Asian international relations; Chinese foreign policy; China's national identity; the Taiwan issue; the Beijing Olympics.
123 McGraw Hall, (607) 255-4741, xx12@cornell.edu

 

Political Theory

Susan Buck-Morss Critical theory and continental theory; visual culture and social theory; political economy and the politics of identity.
102A White Hall, (607) 255-8628, sbm5@cornell.edu

Jason Frank
Modern and contemporary political theory; American political thought; democratic theory; political culture.
307 White Hall, (607) 255-6759, jf273@cornell.edu

Burke Hendrix Normative political theory; liberalism and culture; American Indian politics; international justice.
219 White Hall, (607) 255-4064, bh72@cornell.edu
On leave, 2008-2009.

Isaac Kramnick Anglo-American political thought, eighteenth century to the present.
311 White Hall, (607) 255-9151, ik15@cornell.edu

Diane Rubenstein Contemporary French political and literary theory; psychoanalytic theory; American cultural studies; the postmodern presidency; visual studies.
216 White Hall, (607) 255-6463, dsr27@cornell.edu

Anna Marie Smith Feminist theory; critical race theory; law and society; sexuality studies; the rhetoric of State power and citizenship.
309 White Hall, (607) 255-2708, ams3@cornell.edu