UMass Boston :: College of Liberal Arts :: Political Science Faculty

Political Science › faculty

		Jalal Alamgir, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Brown University Democratization, economic globalization, international relations, South Asian politics, constructivism.

		Elizabeth Bussiere, Associate Professor and Department Chair M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Brandeis University American politics, law and the courts, welfare policy, and the jury system

		Charles Cnudde, Professor of Political Science B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of North Carolina American politics, research methods

		Maurice (Mo) Cunningham, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Boston College; J.D., New England School of Law American national politics, Massachusetts politics, survey research and public policy

		Leila Farsakh, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of London; M.Phil, Cambridge University, UK Middle East politics, comparative politics, and politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

		Thomas Ferguson, Professor Ph.D., Princeton University U.S. and global politics and economics

		Erin E. O’Brien, Assistant Professor Ph.D., American University Public policy; politics of poverty and U.S. social welfare policy; stratification, politics, and policy; political behavior; urban politics; research methods and epistemology; American politics

		Diane Paul, Professor Emerita Ph.D., Brandeis University Science and public policy; issues in evolution, genetics, biotechnology

		Heike Schotten, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Western political thought, Friedrich Nietzsche, and feminist and queer theory

		Jack Spence, Associate Professor LL.B. Harvard Law School, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Latin America, War and Post-War Conflict Resolution, Political Economy of International Agriculture and Environment

		Primo Vannicelli, Associate Professor Ph.D., Harvard University International/Third-World development, European Union, and world politics/international political economy.

		Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science Ph.D., Harvard University American foreign policy, American political behavior, ethnic group politics, and Asian Americans

		Robert Weiner, Professor Ph.D., New York University Eastern Europe, Theories of International Relations, and International Organization

		Zhang Wu, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Cornell University China, East Asia, Comparative Politics

ADJUNCT FACULTY:

		Caroline Coscia, ABD W-5-074
		Alan Jenko, Ph.D. W-5-073
		Anny Rivera-Ottenberger, Ph.D. W-5-093
		Rita Peters, Ph.D. W-5-072
		Hormoz Shahdadi, Ph.D. W-5-073
		Ursula Tafe, Ph.D. W-5-072