Department of Political Science Faculty

Alan Arwine
Instructor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1996
Interests: International Relations, International Political Economy, American Foreign Policy, the American Presidency, and Political Behavior

e-mail: arwine@ku.edu

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Christina Bejarano
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2007
Interests: American Politics: Latino Politics, Women & Politics, Minority Political Behavior
785-864-9122
email: cbejaran@ku.edu

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Hannah E. Britton
Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Ph.D., Maxwell School, 1999
Interests: Comparative Politics, African Politics, Women’s Studies
785-864-9016
email: britton@ku.edu 

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Allan Cigler
Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1973
Interests: American Politics, Interest Groups, Political Parties.
785-864-9050
email: acigler@ku.edu 

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Dorothy M Daley
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 2001
Interests: Environmental Policy, Hazardous Waste, State Politics, Urban Redevelopment
785-864-9839
email: daley@ku.edu 

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Alesha E. Doan
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2000
Interests: Public Policy, Morality Policy, Gender and Politics, and Research Design.
785-864-9094
email: adoan@ku.edu 

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Ronald A Francisco
Professor, Ph.D., Illinois, 1976
Interests: Comparative Politics, Protest and Repression
785-864-9023
email: ronfran@ku.edu 

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Donald P. Haider-Markel
Professor, Ph. D., University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, 1997
Interests: Public Policy, Political Institutions, Public Opinion.
785-864-9034
email: dhmarkel@ku.edu 

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Thomas W. Heilke
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Duke University, 1990
Interests: Political Philosophy and the History of Political Thought; Religion and Politics; International Relations
785-864-9037; 785-864-6254
email: heilke@ku.edu 

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Erik S. Herron
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2000
Interests: Comparative Politics, Elections and Political Parties, Politics of Post-Communist States
785-864-9027
email: eherron@ku.edu 

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Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1988
Interests: American Government, Research Methodology, Computer Simulation, Interest Group Politics, Formal Theory.
785-864-9086
email: pauljohn@ku.edu 

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Carolyn P. Johnson
Lecturer, J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, 1983
Interests: Constitutional Law
785-864-9054
email: cpj@ku.edu 

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Mark R. Joslyn
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1996
Interests: American Politics, Voting Behavior, Public Opinion, Research Methods.
785-864-9046
email: mjoz@ku.edu 

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John Kennedy
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 2002
Interests: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Rural Political Development
785-864-9030
email: kennedy1@ku.edu 

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Burdett A. Loomis
Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1974
Interests: American Politics, Congress, Interest Groups, State Legislatures
785-864-9033
email: bloomis@ku.edu 

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Michael S. Lynch
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St.Louis, 2007 Interests: American Politics, Congressional Politics, Bureaucracy, Inter-branch Politics, Formal Theory, Spatial Voting Theory, Public Choice Theory, Quantitative Methods
785-864-9039
email: mlynch@ku.edu 

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Mariya Omelicheva
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2007
Interests: Security Policy, State Security and Human Rights, Human Rights Law, Non-governmental Actors of World Politics
785-864-9002
email: omeliche@ku.edu

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Gary M Reich
Associate Professor , Ph.D, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, Democratization, Latin American Politics
785-864-9053
email: greich@ku.edu 

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Robert Rohrschneider
Sir Robert Worcester Distinguished Professor in Public Opinion and Survey Research
email: roro@ku.edu
785-864-8263

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Paul D. Schumaker
Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison,1973
Interests: Political Theory, Public Policy, Community Politics
785-864-9038
email: schu@ku.edu 

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Elaine B Sharp
Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1978
Interests: Urban Politics, Public Policy, Public Opinion and Public Policy
785-864-9025
email: esharp@ku.edu 

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Brent J. Steele
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005
Interests: International Ethics, Just War Theory, Ontological Security Theory, International Security, Critical IR Theory
785-864-9029
email: bjsteele@ku.edu 

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O. Fiona Yap
Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1997
Interests: Comparative Politics and Political Economy, Formal and Informal Institutions, and Game Theory Bargaining Models for East Asia
785-864-9045
email: fyap@ku.edu
Undergraduate Director email: undergradirector@ku.edu 

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Jiso Yoon
Assistant Professor , Ph.D, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011
Interests: Comparative Public Policy, Comparative Political Communication, East Asian Politics
785-864-4384
email: jyoon@ku.edu

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