MA Faculty

MA Program Faculty

Mary Caputi. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1988.  Major areas of interest: Political theory, feminist theory, post- colonialism, critical theory, psychoanalysis.

Anand Commissiong. Ph.D, Rutgers University, 2005.  Major areas of interest: Political theory.

Darin DeWitt. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2013. Major Areas of Interest: American politics, political parties, legislative politics, elections, political development.

Matthew Mendez Garcia. Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles. Major areas of interest: American Institutions, Political Parties, State Politics.

Larry N. George. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987.  Major areas of interest: International politics, political theory, religion and political violence.

Cora Sol Goldstein. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2002. Major Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, military occupations, democratization by force, politics and culture.

Liesl Haas. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2000. Major Areas of Interest: Latin American politics, gender and politics, religion and politics.

Richard Haesly. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. Major areas of interest: Comparative politics, nationalism, national identities, human rights, religion.  

Matt Lesenyie. Ph.D, University of California, Davis. Major areas of interest: American politics, political psychology, interest groups, race politics, and California politics.

Charles W. Mahoney. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011. Major Areas of Interest: International security, terrorism, insurgency, private military and security corporations.

Kathryn Perkins. Ph.D, University of North Texas, 2016. Major Areas of Interest: American Politics; Law and Courts; Interest Groups; LGBTQ Politics; Environmental Law and Policy.

Amy Cabrera Rasmussen. Ph.D., Yale University, 2005. Major areas of interest: American politics and public policy, health care, reproductive and sexual health, intersectionality, interpretive methods.

Kevin Wallsten. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2008. Major Areas of Interest: American politics, political behavior, mass media and Internet.

Jason E. Whitehead. Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2007; J.D., Willamette University, 1997. Major Areas of Interest: Law and courts, judicial politics, judicial decision making, constitutional law, legal theory, religion and law.

Teresa Wright. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996. Major Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, China/Taiwan, social movements, capitalism and democracy.

Ezgi Yildiz. Ph.D, Geneva Graduate Institute. Major areas of interest: Global Governance, International Law, International Courts and Organizations, Human Rights, and Ocean Governance.