Department of Political Science Faculty

Purdue Political Science has welcomed 17 new faculty in the last six years: (2025) Lisa Argyle, Matt Ellis, Jenn Kim, Alexandra Wood, (2024) Brian Kogelmann, Eddie Yang, (2023) Andy Baker, Mollie Cohen, Shan Zhou, (2022) Miriam Barnum, Jesse Crosson, Bryce Dietrich, Tyler Girard, Liana Eustacia Reyes, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel Schiff, (2020) Joan Timoneda. Check out the interesting work they and all our faculty are doing!

Front row: Logan Strother, Shan Zhou, Rosie Clawson, Jay McCann, Miriam Barnum, Andy Baker, Melissa Will.
Back row: Keith Shimko, Robert Browning, Bryce Dietrich, Daniel Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson-Schiff, Mollie Cohen, Liana Reyes, Molly Scudder, Jesse Crosson, Cherie Maestas

Faculty Information
Name	Position
Lisa Argyle	Associate Professor Generative AI and Political Psychology
Andy Baker	Associate Head Director of Graduate Studies Professor of Political Science Comparative Politics, Development, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Political Behavior, Elections, Quantitative Methods, Surveys
Miriam Barnum	Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Conflict and Bargaining, Technology and Security, Political Economy, Computational Methods, Measurement
Robert X. Browning	Professor of Political Science; Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication Director, C-SPAN Archives Director, Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement American Politics, Political Institutions, Political Communication
Darrell Carter	Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Political Economy, East Asian Politics, Conflict and Bargaining, American Politics
Ann Marie Clark	Professor Emerita of Political Science International Relations, Human Rights, International Norms
Rosalee A. Clawson	Professor of Political Science American Politics, Political Communication, Political Behavior, Group Politics, Environmental Policy
Mollie Cohen	Associate Professor of Political Science Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Elections, Political Behavior, Democratic Backsliding, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Causal Inference, Experiments, Surveys
Jesse Crosson	Associate Professor of Political Science American Politics, Political Institutions, Law and Governance Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement
Bryce Dietrich	Associate Professor of Political Science American Politics, Political Behavior, Group Politics, Technology and Governance, Computational Social Science, Video and Audio Analytics Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement
William Dory	Lecturer of Political Science
Matt Ellis	Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Comparative Politics
Tyler Girard	Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Political Economy, Technology and Governance, AI, Group Politics, Foreign Policy, Qualitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement
Tara Grillos	Associate Professor of Political Science Public Policy, Policy Process, Collective Decision-making, Environmental Politics, Development, Comparative Politics, Program Evaluation, Causal Inference, Lab and Field Experiments
Kyle Haynes	Associate Professor of Political Science International Relations, Political Violence, Conflict and Bargaining, Security, Political Economy, Formal Theory
David Johnson	Associate Professor of Political Science and Industrial Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Complex Models, Risk and Uncertainty, Flood Risk Modeling
Seoyeon (Jenn) Kim	Assistant Professor of Political Science American Political Institutions
Brian Kogelmann	Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy Political Economy, Political Institutions, Political Theory
Reed Kurtz	Senior Lecturer of Political Science
Cherie Maestas	Professor and Department Head American Politics, Political Behavior, Political Institutions, Elections, Public Policy, Technology and Governance, Quantitative Methods
James A. McCann	Professor of Political Science Associate Director of Graduate Studies Co-Director, Methodology Center at Purdue American Politics, Comparative Politics, Group Politics, Elections, Latin American Politics
Liana Eustacia Reyes	Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Law and Governance, Political Violence, Conflict and Bargaining, Political Institutions, Development, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Daniel Schiff	Assistant Professor of Political Science Public Policy, Policy Process, Political Institutions and Behavior, Political Communication, AI Ethics, Technology and Governance, Social Policy, Experiments, Causal Inference
Kaylyn Jackson Schiff	Assistant Professor of Political Science Public Policy, American Politics, AI, Technology and Governance, Social Policy, Policy Process, Political Institutions and Behavior, Political Communication, Causal Inference, Experiments
Mary (Molly) Scudder	Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of Political Science Political Theory, Political Communication, Public Policy, Collective Decision-making, Group Politics, Political Behavior
Keith L. Shimko	Professor of Political Science International Relations, Technology and Security, Foreign Policy, Conflict and Bargaining
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman	Professor of Political Science American Politics, Group Politics, Political Institutions, Political Behavior
Swati Srivastava	Associate Professor of Political Science International Relations, Global Technology and Governance, Law and Governance, AI, Political Economy, Qualitative Methods
Logan Strother	Associate Professor of Political Science American Politics, Political Economy, Law and Governance, Political Institutions and Behavior, Collective Decision-making, Quantitative Methods, Experiments, Causal Inference
Joan Timoneda	Assistant Professor of Political Science Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, Authoritarian Regimes, Democratic Backsliding, AI, Technology and Governance, Political Economy, Quantitative and Computational Methods
Eric N. Waltenburg	Professor of Political Science American Politics, Law and Governance, Political Institutions, Policy Process, Political Behavior, Quantitative and Computational Methods,
Melissa Will	Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of Practice International Relations, Foreign Policy, Security, Human Rights, Conflict and Bargaining, Political Institutions
Alexandra Wood	Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Dwayne Woods	Professor Emeritus of Political Science Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Authoritarian Regimes, Democratic Backsliding, Development, Foreign Policy, Collective Decision-making, Technology and Governance, Formal Theory
Eddie Yang	Assistant Professor of Political Science Comparative Politics, Authoritarian Regimes, AI, Technology and Governance, Science and Technology Policy, Quantitative and Computational Methods.
David Yu	Associate Professor of Political Science Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Socio-ecological Systems, Complex Models, Disasters
Shan Zhou	Assistant Professor of Political Science Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Energy Policy, Program Evaluation, Causal Inference, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods