Faculty

Concentrations on theory, applications, political philosophy, and the behavior of power wielders

Faculty

by Subfield


American
Richard Bensel
American political development, political economy, political culture, and comparative state formation
Office: 312 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6763
rfb2@cornell.edu
Peter Enns
American politics and government: public opinion; representation; quantitative methods
Office: 205 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-3574
pe52@cornell.edu
Michael Jones-Correa
Immigration, race and ethnic politics, urban politics, and political participation
Office: 305 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-3170
mj64@cornell.edu
Theodore J. Lowi
American government and politics. Public policy and administration
Office: 116 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6205
tjl7@cornell.edu
Suzanne Mettler
American politics; American political development, public policy, political behavior, gender and politics
Office: 217 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-3868
sbm24@cornell.edu
M. Elizabeth Sanders
Political development, social movements, regulation, presidency, foreign policy
Office: 314 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-2305
mes14@cornell.edu
Martin Shefter
American political development; U.S. political institutions; urban politics
Office: 211 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6767
mas34@cornell.edu
Comparative
Christopher Anderson
Politics of Europe and the advanced industrial societies, political economy, political behavior
Office: 308 White Hall
Phone: (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
Office: 204 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6359
vjb2@cornell.edu
Ronald Herring
Comparative politics, South Asia; political economy; development, environmental politics
Office: 313 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4060
rjh5@cornell.edu
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
Incarceration and citizenship; women's movements; Indian politics: gender and ethnicity
Office: 319 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-8965
mfk2@cornell.edu
Sherry L. Martin
Comparative politics; Japanese politics; mass political behavior and electoral politics; gender and politics
Office: 301 White Hall
slm59@cornell.edu
Andrew Mertha
Chinese politics; policy making and implementation; bureaucracy and institutions
Office: 316 White Hall
am847@cornell.edu
Kevin Morrison
Political economy of developing countries, focusing on regime stability, natural resources, foreign aid, economic reform, Latin America, and Africa
Office: 315 White Hall
kmm368@cornell.edu
David Siddhartha Patel
Middle Eastern politics; Islam; political culture; institutions; civil and ethnic conflict
Office: 218 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6758
dsp58@cornell.edu
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Comparative and international political economy, authoritarianism, politics and finance, Southeast Asian politics, Islam
Office: 322 White Hall
pepinsky@cornell.edu
Kenneth Roberts
Comparative politics; Latin American politics and political economy; democratization, party systems; labor and social movements
Office: 203 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6764
kr99@cornell.edu
Sidney G. Tarrow
Comparative politics: Western Europe; social movements and political parties; comparative communism
Office: 202A White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6765
sgt2@cornell.edu
Nicolas van de Walle
Comparative politics. Political economy of development, with a special focus on Africa; on democratization, and on the politics of economic reform.
Office: 206 Uris Hall
Phone: (607) 255-8174
nv38@cornell.edu
Thomas Zittel
European politics,political representation, election campaigns, electronic democracy, participatory democracy, political communication
202 White Hall
Phone: (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
Office: White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-1878
mgb4@cornell.edu
Milton J. Esman
Ethnic politics; Development politics and administration
Office: 101 White Hall
Phone: (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
Office: 31 Warren Hall
Phone: (607) 255-0831
ntu1@cornell.edu
International Relations
Allen Carlson
International Relations, Asian security, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese politics
Office: 310 White Hall
Phone: (607) 254-6022
arc26@cornell.edu
Matthew Evangelista
International and transnational relations; war, human rights, ethics, and law; gender and nationalist conflict
Office: 320 White Hall
Phone: (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
Office: 321 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6257
pjk2@cornell.edu
Jonathan Kirshner
International relations, international political economy, money and finance; Economics and national security; Politics and film.
Office: 323 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4120
jdk5@cornell.edu
Sarah Kreps
International relations, international conflict and cooperation, alliance politics, proliferation of WMD
Office: 317 White Hall
sarah.kreps@cornell.edu
Christopher Way
International relations, international and comparative political economy, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Office: 306 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-8920
crw12@cornell.edu
Jessica Weeks
International security, domestic sources of foreign policy, political methodology
Office: 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
Office: 123 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4741
xx12@cornell.edu
Political Theory
Susan Buck-Morss
Critical theory and continental theory; visual culture and social theory; political economy and post-colonial theory.
Office: 102A White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-8628
sbm5@cornell.edu
Jason Frank
Modern and contemporary political theory; American political thought; democratic theory; political culture
Office: 307 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6759
jf273@cornell.edu
Isaac Kramnick
Anglo-American political thought, eighteenth century to the present
Office: 311 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-9151
ik15@cornell.edu
Diane Rubenstein
Contemporary French political and literary theory; psychoanalytic theory; American cultural studies; the postmodern presidency; visual studies
Office: 216 White Hall
Phone: (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
Office: 309 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-2708
ams3@cornell.edu
Visiting Faculty
Fabio Armao
University of Torino
Office: 302 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-3844
fa37@cornell.edu
David Clark
Binghamton University
Office: 219 White Hall
Phone: (607) 255-5406
dhc73@cornell.edu
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