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Jonathan Aronson
Professor of International Relations and Communication

Research Specialities: International political economy
Email: jaronson@annenberg.edu
Office: ASC 324G
Phone: (213)743-4647
John Barnes
Associate Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: Public Law,American Politics
Email: barnesj@usc.edu
Office: VKC 310
Phone: (213)740-1689
Gerald Bender
Associate Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: U.S. foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Africa
Email: bender@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2127
Laurie Brand
Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: Migration, citizenship and diaspora. State-expatriate relations. Voting from abroad. National narratives. International politics & security; Middle East and North African affairs;
Email: brand@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-3651
Ann Crigler
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: American Politics, Political Communication, Public Opinion, Research Methods, Presidential Elections, Emotions and politics, Civic Engagement
Email: acrigler@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-3168
Mai'a Cross
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: diplomacy, epistemic communities, EU integration, European Security and Defense Policy, public diplomacy
Email: mkcross@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-8982
Richard Dekmejian
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: Multinational Corporations, Political Elites, Third World Political Economy
Email: dekmejia@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-3619
Robert English
Associate Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International foreign policy & defense analysis; Regional studies - Russia, the former USSR & Eastern Europe
Email: renglish@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-3090
Howard Gillman
Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, History and Law

Research Specialities: American Constitutional Development, Judicial Politics, Legal Theory
Email: dean@college.usc.edu
Office: ADM 302
Phone: (213)740-2531
Nora Hamilton
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: Immigration, Political Development, Political Economy
Email: nhamil@usc.edu
Office: VKC 230A
Phone: (213)740-3622
Ange-Marie Hancock
Associate Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: American Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy Race/Ethnic Politics, Gender Politics, Intersectionality
Email: ahancock@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998
Jacques Hymans
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Email: hymans@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2139
Patrick James
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: Foreign Policy Analysis, Ethnopolitics, Security Studies, Canadian Politics, Quantitative Methods, Conflict & Intervention; Regional studies - Canada
Email: patrickj@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-4114
David Kang
Professor of International Relations and Business

Email: kangdc@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-4319
Mark Kann
USC Associates Chair in Social Science and Professor of Political Science and History

Research Specialities: American Political Thought, History of Political Theory, Gender Studies
Email: mkann@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-5702
Saori Katada
Associate Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: Japanese foreign policy; International political economy; Regional studies - Pacific Rim
Email: skatada@usc.edu
Office: VKC 309
Phone: (213)740-8542
Steven Lamy
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International relations theory; Foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Europe
Email: lamy@college.usc.edu
Office: ADM 304
Phone: (213)740-8555
Abe Lowenthal
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: U.S. foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Latin Ameria & the Caribbean
Email: afl@usc.edu
Office: SOS B3
Phone: (213)740-0793
Nancy Lutkehaus
Professor of Anthropology, Gender Studies and Political Science

Research Specialities: The art and cultures of Oceania. Gender in Melanesia and East Africa (Kenya in particular). Missionaries in Oceania. Margaret Mead and the history of anthropology.
Email: lutkehau@usc.edu
Office: GFS 126
Phone: (213)740-1917
Daniel Lynch
Associate Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International relations of East and Southeast Asia; domestic politics and foreign policies of China, Taiwan, and Thailand; state-society relations; democratization; socialization into the international society of states
Email: dlynch@usc.edu
Office: VKC 326
Phone: (213)740-0773
Gerardo Munck
Professor of International Relations

Email: munck@email.usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-2720
John Odell
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International political economy; International bargaining & negotiating
Email: odell@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-4298
Michael Preston
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: American Politics, Urban Politics, Black Politics
Email: mbprest@usc.edu
Office: VKC 363
Phone: (213)740-8501
Ricardo Ramirez
Assistant Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity

Research Specialities: Political Behavior, State and Local Politics, Race and Ethnicity
Email: ricardo.ramirez@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-1683
Brian Rathbun
Assistant Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International relations theory; international organizations; human rights; European politics; European integration; party politics; ideology and foreign policy; American foreign policy
Email: brathbun@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-8840
Alison Dundes Renteln
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: International Law, Human Rights, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Political and Legal Theory
Email: arenteln@usc.edu
Office: VKC 231A
Phone: (213)740-3248
Stanley Rosen
Professor of Political Science

Email: rosen@usc.edu
Office: VKC 232A
Phone: (213)740-1697
Eliz Sanasarian
Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: Middle East Politics, Women in International Development, Comparative Politics
Email: sanasari@usc.edu
Office: VKC 231
Phone: (213)740-3624
Mary Sarotte
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: Please see above and CV
Email: sarotte@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-3480
Jefferey Sellers
Associate Professor of Political Science

Research Specialities: Multilevel Governance and Federalism, Urban Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics, European Politics, American Politics, Environmental Policy and Politics
Email: sellers@usc.edu
Office: VKC 317
Phone: (213)740-1684
Apichai Shipper
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

Research Specialities: Japanese Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, International Migration, Field Research Methods, Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional Studies - Asia
Email: shipper@usc.edu
Office: VKC 318
Phone: (213)740-3567
J. Ann Tickner
Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International theory, peace & security studies; international political economy; gender studies
Email: tickner@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2266
Nicholas Weller
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations

Research Specialities: Political Economy, Human Learning and Decision Making, Research Methodology, Experimental Design
Email: nweller@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998
Carol Wise
Associate Professor of International Relations

Research Specialities: International political economy; institutional reform; international development; Latin American politics and economics; Interdevelopment; China-Latin American relations
Email: cwise@email.usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2138
Janelle Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity

Research Specialities: Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Political Participation, Public Opinion Research
Email: janellew@usc.edu
Office: VKC 263
Phone: (213)740-1696