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Christopher Anderson
Richard Bensel
Susan Buck-Morss
Valerie Bunce
Allen Carlson
Peter Enns
Matthew Evangelista
Jason Frank
Burke Hendrix
Ronald Herring
Michael Jones-Correa
Mary F. Katzenstein



 

Peter J. Katzenstein
Jonathan Kirshner

Maria Koinova
Isaac Kramnick
Sarah E. Kreps
Theodore Lowi
Sherry L. Martin
Lida Maxwell
Andrew Mertha
Suzanne Mettler
Gwendolyn Mink
Devra C. Moehler








Kevin Morrison
David Siddhartha Patel
Thomas Pepinsky
Kenneth Roberts

Diane Rubenstein
M. Elizabeth Sanders

Martin Shefter

Anna Marie Smith
Sidney G. Tarrow
Nicolas van de Walle
Christopher Way
Jessica Weeks
Hubert Zimmermann

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Department of Government Faculty

Christopher Anderson
(Ph.D., Washington University).
Politics of Europe and advanced industrial societies.
308 White Hall, (607) 255-8819, cja22@cornell.edu

Richard Bensel (Ph.D., Cornell University).
American political development, political economy, state theory.
312 White Hall, (607) 255-6763, rfb2@cornell.edu

Susan Buck-Morss
(Ph.D., Georgetown University).
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

Valerie Bunce (Ph.D., University of Michigan).
Comparative and International Politics. Post-communism in east-central Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union; transitions to democracy in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia; American and W. European democracy promotion; nation- and state-building and inter-ethnic conflict and cooperation; peace-making after internal wars.
204 White Hall, (607) 255-6359, vjb2@cornell.edu

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

Peter Enns
((Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
American politics and government: public opinion; representation; quantitative methods.
205 White Hall, (607) 255-3574, pe52@cornell.edu

Matthew Evangelista (Ph.D., Cornell University).
International and transnational relations, Russian politics, separatist movements, gender and nationalism.
320 White Hall, (607) 255-8672, mae10@cornell.edu

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

Burke Hendrix (Ph.D., University of Colorado)
Political theory; territorial conflicts and secession; Native American political history.
219 White Hall, (607) 255-4064, bh72@cornell.edu

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

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

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

Peter J. Katzenstein
(Ph.D., Harvard University).
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 (Ph.D., Princeton University).
International relations, international political economy, political economy and national security.
323 White Hall, (607) 255-4120, jdk5@cornell.edu

Maria Koinova (Ph.D., European University Institute)
Nationalism and ethnic conflict; diasporas and homeland politics, comparative politics, democratization and international security, intra-state diversity and conflict in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Lebanon.
202 White Hall, (607) 255 8480, mk435@cornell.edu

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

[July, 2008] Sarah E. Kreps (Ph.D., Georgetown University)
International conflict and cooperation, alliance politics, international institutions.
sarah_kreps@post.harvard.edu

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

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

Lida Maxwell
(Ph.D., Northwestern University).
Political theory: history of political thought; law and politics; liberal theory; feminist theory
318 White Hall, (607) 255-6174, lm286@cornell.edu

[July, 2008] Andrew Mertha (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Chinese politics: policy making and implementation
amertha@artsci.wustl.edu

Gwendolyn Mink
322 White Hall, (607) 255-4915, grm48@cornell.edu

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

Devra C. Moehler (Ph.D., Univ of Michigan).
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 through 8/07.

[July, 2008] Kevin Morrison (Ph.D., Duke University)
Political economy of developing countries, with a particular focus on Latin America, Africa, and the effects of international institututions in these regions.
kmm2@princeton.edu

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

[July 2008] Thomas B. Pepinsky (Ph.D., Yale University)
Comparative and international political economy, authoritarianism, Southeast Asian politics, Islam.
pepinsky@colorado.edu

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

Diane Rubenstein
(Ph.D., Yale University)
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

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

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

Anna Marie Smith
(Ph.D., University of Essex).
Contemporary democratic theory, post-structuralist theory, theoretical approaches to the study of racism; lesbian and gay studies.
309 White Hall, (607) 255-2708, ams3@cornell.edu

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

Nicolas van de Walle (PhD. Princeton University, 1990)
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

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

[July 2008] Jessica Weeks (Ph.D. expected 2008, Stanford University)
International security, domestic sources of foreign policy, political methodology.
jweeks@stanford.edu

Hubert Zimmermann (Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence) Western European Politics, International Political Economy, International Relations, Transatlantic Relations
315 White Hall, (607) 255-0726, hz48@cornell.edu

 

Emeritus

B. R. Anderson (Ph.D., Cornell University).
Professor emeritus. Comparative government: nationalism; militarism; Southeast Asian studies, especially Indonesia and Thailand.

Martin Bernal (Ph.D., King's College, Cambridge).
Professor emeritus. Comparative politics of the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia; history of ideas and the sociology of knowledge.
201 White Hall, (607) 255-1878, mgb4@cornell.edu

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

Myron Rush (Ph.D., University of Chicago).
Professor Emeritus.
201 White Hall, mr24@cornell.edu

Vivienne B. Shue (Ph.D., Harvard University).
Professor emerita. 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 (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley).
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

 

Members of the Government Field

Mabel Berezin (Ph.D., Harvard University). Comparative Politics: political culture, institutions, movements and identities, right wing politics; International Studies: European
354 Uris Hall, mmb39@cornell.edu

Maria Lorena Cook (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley). Comparative Politics: Latin America, Mexico; political economy, comparative labor movements, social movements.
287B Ives Hall, mlc13@cornell.edu

Terence Irwin (Ph.D., Princeton University). Greek philosophy; ethical theory and Kant; history of ethics.
323 Goldwin Smith Hall, thi1@cornell.edu

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

Henry Shue (Ph. D., Princeton University).
Political philosophy; philosophy and public policy; intervention and sovereignty.
235 Goldwin Smith Hall, (607) 255-8515, hs23@cornell.edu

Lowell Turner (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley). Comparative political economy; Western Europe; German unification, comparative labor.

 


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