Faculty
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Taylor Boas, Associate Chair Office: PLS 311B E-mail: tboas@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.4214 Specialization: Comparative Politics; Latin American Politics; Methodology |
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Rosella Cappella Zielinski Office: PLS 303 E-mail: cappella@bu.edu Specialization: International Security; International Political Economy; Political Economy of National Security; War Finance; Organizational Theory; Bureaucratic Capacity; Qualitative Research Methods |
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Neta Crawford, Department Chair Office: PLS 313B E-mail: crawfor@bu.edu For all department business and issues, please email politicschair@bu.edu. Phone: 617.353.4040 Specialization: International Relations Theory and Security; US Foreign Policy; Economic Sanctions; Humanitarian Intervention; Ethics; and International Organization; South African Foreign and Military Policy; Political Psychology; Critical Theory; Qualitative Research Methods |
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Katherine Levine Einstein, Director of Undergraduate Studies Office: PLS 222-223 E-mail: kleinst@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.6315 Specialization: American Politics; Public Policy; Racial and Ethnic Politics; Urban Politics and Policy |
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Joseph Fewsmith Office: IR 401 E-mail: fewsmith@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.6344 Specialization: Comparative Politics; Chinese Domestic and International Politics |
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David Glick Office: PLS 202 E-mail: dmglick@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.4645 Specialization: Public Law; Judicial Politics; Policy Diffusion |
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Liah Greenfeld Office: UNI 604 E-mail: lvg@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.1772 Specialization: Nationalism; Political Sociology; Political Economy; Cultural Foundations of Modern Politics; Ethnic Conflict; Comparative Modern Politics and Society |
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William Grimes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Pardee School of Global Studies Office: IR 110 E-mail: wgrimes@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.9420 Specialization: Japanese and East Asian Political Economy; Japanese Politics and International Political Economy |
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Timothy P. Longman, Director ad interim, African Studies Center; Director, CURA Office: 121 Bay State Road, Rm. 421 E-mail:longman@bu.edu Phone:617.353.9751 Specialization:African Politics; Religion and Politics; Human Rights; Ethnic Identity and Politics; Gender and Politics |
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Cathie Jo Martin Office: PLS 311A E-mail: cjmartin@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.3798 Specialization: Comparative Politics; Political Economy; Comparative Public Policy |
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Lauren Mattioli Office: PLS 211-212 E-mail: lamattio@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.7449 Specialization: American Politics; Political Institutions; Public Law; Women & Politics; Judicial Politics; the Presidency |
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Lida Maxwell, Director of Graduate Studies Office: PLS 206 E-mail: lmaxwell@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.4643 Specialization: Political Theory; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; Contemporary Democratic Theory; Environmental Political Theory; Law and Politics |
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David Mayers Office: PLS 201 E-mail: dmayers@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.2543 Specialization: International Relations; Diplomatic History; Political Biography |
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Sandra McEvoy Office: 704 Commonwealth Ave, 104 E-mail: smce@bu.edu Specialization: Gender and Politics; Political Violence and Conflict Resolution; LGBT+ Identities and Global Politics |
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Rachel Meade Office: PLS 202 E-mail: rhmeade@bu.edu Specialization: American Politics; Comparative Politics; Latin American Politics; Populism; Social Movements; Identity; Media |
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Maxwell Palmer, Director of Advanced Programs Office: PLS 221 E-mail: mbpalmer@bu.edu Specialization: American Political Institutions; Congress and Legislatures; Redistricting and Election Law; Local Politics and Housing; Formal Theory |
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Sofia Perez Office: PLS 301 E-mail: sperez@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.3876 Specialization: Comparative Politics; European Studies; Politics and Business |
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Spencer Piston Office: PLS 300 E-mail: spiston@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.2756 Specialization: Public Policy; Race; Public Opinion; Political Behavior; Politics of Inequality |
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Steven Rosenzweig Office: PLS 210 E-mail: scrosen@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.6357 Specialization: Political Economy of Development; Electoral Accountability; Political Violence; African Politics; Experimental Methods; Causal Inference |
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James Schmidt Office: STH 612 E-mail: jschmidt@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.4020 Specialization: History of Political Thought |
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Vivien A. Schmidt Office: IR 201 E-mail: vschmidt@bu.edu Phone: 617.358.0192 Specialization: European Political Economy; European Integration; European Politics; France |
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Judith A. Swanson Office: PLS 311C E-mail: jswanson@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.2038 Specialization: Political Philosophy |
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Marcus Walton Office: PLS 304 E-mail: mbwalton@bu.edu Phone: (617) 353-3694 Specialization:African Politics; Comparative Politics; Social Movements; Qualitative Methods |
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Graham Wilson, Director, Initiative on Cities Office: PLS 215 E-mail: gkwilson@bu.edu Phone: 617.353.2545 Specialization: American Politics; Comparative Politics; Business and Government; Interest Groups |