Political Science Faculty & Staff

Tabitha Benney

International Relations
Associate Professor

Email: tabitha.benney@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: International currency markets, environmental policy, esp. environmental markets in emerging economies, and varieties of capitalism

Matthew Burbank

American Politics
Interim Department Chair & Professor

Email: mburbank@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Mega-events, public opinion, and urban politics

Juliet Carlisle

American Politics 
Professor

Email: juliet.carlisle@utah.edu 

Areas of Expertise: American Politics, energy and environmental politics, public opinion, and political socialization

David Carter

      Public Policy & Administration
      Associate Professor 

      Email:david.carter@mpa.utah.edu

       Areas of Expertise:  Regulatory program design and administration, special districts, collective action

                                      institutions, self-governance among climbers

Eunbin Chung

International Relations, Political Psychology
Assistant Professor

Email: eunbinc@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise: International security, conflict resolution, political psychology, and survey and field experiments

Christina Cottiero

International Relations
Assistant Professor

Email: c.cottiero@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: International organizations, esp. regional organizations, international relations in Africa, foreign policy and security politics in autocracies

James Curry

American Politics
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies

Email: james.curry@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Congress, leadership, and political parties

David De Micheli

Comparative Politics                                                                                                                                                                                            Assistant  Professor

  Email: david.demicheli@utah.edu

  Areas of Expertise: Ethnic and identity politics, inequality, citizenship, Brazil, Latin America

Michael Dichio

American Politics
Assistant Professor

Email: michael.dichio@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: American political and constitutional development, public law and courts, & politics of the U.S. Supreme Court

Edmund Fong

American Politics, Ethnic Studies 
Associate Professor & Director of Ethnic Studies

Email: edmund.fong@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Race, ethnicity, and American politics

Laura Gamboa

Comparative Politics                                                                                                                                                                               Assistant Professor

 Email: laura.gamboa@utah.edu

 Areas of Expertise: Transitions from and to democracy, political parties, voting behavior, and mixed                    methods, Latin American politics (in particular Colombia and Venezuela)

Claudio Holzner

Comparative Politics
Professor & Director of CLAS

Email: claudio.holzner@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: CTIHB, Room 210

Areas of Expertise: Immigration, political participation, and social movements

Steven Johnston

Political Theory
Professor & Maxwell Endowed Presidential Chair

Email: steven.johnston@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Democratic theory, contemporary political theory, modern political theory, politics and film, patriotism, tragedy, monuments and memorials

Baodong Liu

American Politics
Professor

Email: bblpo@yahoo.com

Areas of Expertise: Urban and racial politics, voting, and elections

Steven Lobell

International Relations
Professor

Email: steven.lobell@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: International security, foreign policy, political economy, and the Middle East

Josh McCrain

American Politics
Assistant Professor

Email: josh.mccrain@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Computational social science, econometrics, lobbying, Congress, media and politics, and political economy

Ella Myers

Political Theory
Associate Professor
Gender Studies
Associate Professor

Email: ella.myers@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Citizen participation, economic inequality, race, and gender and politics

Chris Simon

Public Administration, American Politics
Professor

Email: simon@cppa.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Alternative energy policy, energy security, education policy, and criminal justice

Phillip Singer

Health Policy
Assistant Professor& Director of Undergraduate Studies

Email: Phillip.Singer@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: American Politics, health politics and policy, public health, and Medicaid

Brent Steele

International Relations
Professor & Wormuth Presidential Chair

Email: brent.steele@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Security, international relations, ethics, and just war

Lina Svedin

Public Administration
Professor 

Email: lina.svedin@poli-sci.utah.edu 
Office: Gardner Commons, Suite 3050

Areas of Expertise: Governmental responses to crises and risk management

Jesus Valero

Public Administration
Assistant Professor

Email: jesus.valero@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Nonprofit organizations & management, public-nonprofit collaboration, and leadership

M. Hakan Yavuz

Comparative Politics
Professor

Email: hakan.yavuz@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Transnational Islamic networks, ethnic/religious conflict, Turkey, and the Middle East

Geoff Allen

       Comparative Electoral Studies, Minority Politics
       Assistant Professor

       Email: geoff.allen@utah.edu

       Teaching Interests: Political institutions, nationalism and ethnic politics, and political parties and elections

Marjorie Castle

International Relations, Comparative Politics
Professor Lecturer

Email: marjorie.castle@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Regime change, political parties, comparative institutions, qualitative methods including process-tracing

Luke Garrott

Political Theory
Associate Professor Lecturer

Email: luke.garrott@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Urban politics and neighborhood democracy

Stephen Nelson

American Politics
Associate Professor Lecturer

Email: steve.nelson@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Law and public policy, American politics

Mark Button

Political Theory
Research Professor 

Email:  mark.button@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Deliberative democracy, civic education, political ethics, and suicide

John Francis

Comparative Politics
Research Professor

Email: john.francis@utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Public lands, public health, Western Europe, and North America

Sharon Mastracci

Public Administration
Research Professor

Email: sharon.mastracci@poli-sci.utah.edu

Areas of Expertise: Public management, emotional labor, workplace diversity, and public service

Dave Buhler

       American Politics, Public Administration
       Regents Professor 

       Email: dave.buhler@utah.edu

       Teaching Interests: American politics and public administration

Tyler Pack

       International Relations
       Assistant Professor 

       Email: tyler.pack@utah.edu

       Teaching Interests: Civil wars, American foreign policy, international security, international intervention