Department Chair

Tristan Borer, Professor of Government and International Relations, Co-Chair of Government and International Relations Department

Tristan Borer

Professor of Government and International Relations, Co-Chair of Government and International Relations Department

Human rights • Human rights and the media • Transitional justice • Gender and human rights • International relations


Department Chair

Caroleen Sayej, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, Co-Chair of Government and International Relations Department

Caroleen Sayej

Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, Co-Chair of Government and International Relations Department

Persistent authoritarianism in the Middle East • Contemporary Islamic social movements • Modernization and identity politics • Middle Eastern studies • Comparative politics • International relations


Faculty

MaryAnne Borrelli, Susan Eckert Lynch '62 Professor of Government

MaryAnne Borrelli

Susan Eckert Lynch '62 Professor of Government

United States politics and government • Gender and United States politics • The Presidency • Congress


Wendell John Coats, Professor of Government

Wendell John Coats

Professor of Government

History of Western political philosophy from Plato to the present


Eric Fleury, Assistant Professor of Government and International Relations

Eric Fleury

Assistant Professor of Government and International Relations

International Relations • U.S. foreign policy • Terrorism • Diplomacy • International relations


Andrew Levin, Assistant Professor of Government and International Relations

Andrew Levin

Assistant Professor of Government and International Relations

Peacekeeping • International conflict resolution • The United Nations • Civil wars • International relations


Peter Mitchell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and International Affairs

Peter Mitchell

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and International Affairs

International public law (humanitarian, human rights, sea and airspace, environment) • Rule of law • International relations • The Judiciary • Law and society • Constitutional law


Daniel Moak, Assistant Professor of Government

Daniel  Moak

Assistant Professor of Government

American Politics • Race and Ethnic Politics • Public Policy • Constitutional Law • American Political Thought


David Patton, Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Government and International Relations

David Patton

Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Government and International Relations

Comparative politics • European politics • European Union • Federal Republic of Germany


C. Mara Suttmann-Lea, Assistant Professor of Government

C. Mara Suttmann-Lea

Assistant Professor of Government

American politics • Election administration • Voting reforms • Political campaigns • Political participation


John Qunjian Tian, Professor of Government and International Relations

John Qunjian Tian

Professor of Government and International Relations

Chinese political economy • East Asian political economy • International political economy • Comparative political economy and politics


Chris Torres, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government & Environmental Studies

Chris Torres

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government & Environmental Studies

U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy • Science and Technology Studies • Expertise and Democratic Decision-making • Government Ethics • Public Administration and Bureaucracy • Environmental Humanities



Staff

, Academic Department Assistant

Sharon Moody

Academic Department Assistant


Jane Dawson, Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor Emeritus of Government and Environmental Studies

Jane Dawson

Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor Emeritus of Government and Environmental Studies

International environmental justice • International environmental politics • Comparative environmental activism and politics


William Frasure, Lucretia L. Allyn Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

William Frasure

Lucretia L. Allyn Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

United States politics • Environmental policy and law • Law and public policy


Alex Hybel, Susan Eckert Lynch '62 Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

Alex Hybel

Susan Eckert Lynch '62 Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

U.S. foreign policy • International relations theory • Democracy in Latin America


Dorothy James, Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

Dorothy James

Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

U. S. Politics (especially presidential politics, political parties, campaigns and elections, and the impact of the media and interest groups on politics) • Constitutional Law, civil liberties, judicial behavior • Balancing National Security with Individual Freedom • American Political Thought


William M. Rose, Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

William M. Rose

Professor Emeritus of Government and International Relations

International politics, especially issues of war and peace • Terrorism and insurgencies: causes, consequences and policy implications • Ethnic conflict, the security dilemma, and prospects for civil war and peace • Post-Cold War and post-9/11 challenges for U.S. foreign policy


In Memoriam

Marion E. Doro

Lucy Marsh Haskell '19 Professor Emeritus of Government