Department · vaiu-soc-poli-*
Political institutions, behavior, and theory across domestic and international arenas, including comparative politics, security, and formal and quantitative political methodology.
Research areas
Faculty directory
Department chair · Comparative Politics
Prof. Rosa Volk
Democratization, authoritarian regimes, and comparative political institutions.
Professor · IR Theory & Global Order
Prof. Jian Sable
International relations theory, international organizations, and diplomacy & global governance.
Professor · International Security
Prof. Theo Vex
Security studies, conflict & civil war, and nuclear strategy & deterrence.
Professor · Political Theory
Prof. Bjorn Zephyr
History of political thought, democratic theory, and justice & political ethics.
Professor · Political Behavior & Institutions
Prof. Amara Voss
Electoral behavior, public opinion, and legislative & executive politics.
Professor · Political Methodology
Prof. Emre Kellen
Causal inference in politics, formal modeling, and text-as-data & computational politics.
Professor · International Political Economy
Prof. Noor Abernathy
Trade politics, global financial governance, and politics of globalization.
