Department of Political Science Faculty

Purdue Political Science has welcomed 15 new faculty in the last five years: In 2024, Ben Broman, Brian Kogelmann, Eddie Yang; In 2023, Andy Baker, Mollie Cohen, Shan Zhou; In 2022, Miriam Barnum, Jesse Crosson, Bryce Dietrich, Tyler Girard, Liana Eustacia Reyes, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel Schiff, Minh Trinh, and in 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, Minh Trinh, 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
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
Benjamin Broman	Assistant Professor of Political Science Political Economy, Political Institutions, Delegation, Formal Theory
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 Emeritus of Political Science International Relations, Human Rights, International Norms
Rosalee A. Clawson	Professor of Political Science American Politics, Political Communication, Political Behavior, Group and Identity 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 and Identity Politics, Technology and Governance, Computational Social Science, Video and Audio Analytics Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement
William Dory	Lecturer of Political Science
Tyler Girard	Assistant Professor of Political Science International Relations, Political Economy, Technology and Governance, AI, Group and Identity 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
Brian Kogelmann	Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy Political Economy, Political Institutions, Political Theory
Reed Kurtz	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 and Identity 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 and Identity 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 (On leave AY24-25) Director, Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion American Politics, Group and Identity 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
Minh Trinh	Assistant Professor of Political Science Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, Authoritarian Regimes, Elections, Development, Political Economy, Democratic Backsliding, Quantitative and Computational Methods, Causal Inference
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
Dwayne Woods	Professor 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