Active Faculty
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International Relations
Assistant Professor
Email: tabitha.benney@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73 RM 225
Areas of Expertise:
- International currency markets
- Environmental policy, esp. environmental markets in emerging economies
- Varieties of capitalism
American Politics
Associate Professor
Email: mburbank@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73 RM 232
Areas of Expertise:
- Mega-events
- Public opinion
- Urban politics
Political Theory
Professor & Department Chair
Email: mark.button@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 220
Areas of Expertise:
- Deliberative democracy
- Civic education
- Political ethics
- Suicide
Public Administration
Assistant Professor
Email: david.carter@mpa.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 221
Areas of Expertise:
- Public policy theory
- Policy analysis
- Organic food regulation
International Relations, Political Psychology
Assistant Professor
Email: eunbinc@gmail.com
Office: Bldg 73, Rm 209
Areas of Expertise:
- International security
- Conflict resolution
- Political psychology
- Survey and field experiments
American Politics
Assistant Professor
Email: james.curry@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 225
Areas of Expertise:
- Congress
- Leadership
- Political parties
American Politics, Ethnic Studies
Associate Professor
Email: edmund.fong@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 228
Areas of Expertise:
- Race
- Ethnicity
- American politics
Comparative Politics
Research Professor
Email: john.francis@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 231
Areas of Expertise:
- Public lands
- Public health
- Western Europe
- North America
Public Administration, Professor
MPA, Interim Director
Email: rick.green@mpa.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 211
Areas of Expertise:
- Administrative practices
- Public Service
- Ethics
Comparative Politics
Assistant Professor
Email: samhandlin@gmail.com
Office: Bldg 73, RM 210
Areas of Expertise:
- Politics of developing countries
- Elections
- Political economy of development
International Relations, Comparative Politics
Assistant Professor
Email: tobias.hofmann@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 230
Areas of Expertise:
- International trade agreements
- European integration
Comparative Politics, Associate Professor
CLAS, Director
Email: claudio.holzner@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: CTIHB, RM 210
Areas of Expertise:
- Immigration
- Political participation
- Social movements
Political Theory
Professor; Maxwell Endowed Presidential Chair
Email: steven.johnston@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 226
Areas of Expertise:
- Patriotism
- Public space
- Memorial practices
International Relations, Professor
IR Certificate Program, Director
Email: lehman@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 233
Areas of Expertise:
- Globalization
- Foreign aid
- African politics
American Politics, Political Theory
Associate Professor
Email: daniel.levin@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 231
Areas of Expertise:
- Civil rights and liberties
- Administrative law
American Politics, Professor
Ethnic Studies, Department Associate Chair
Email: bblpo@yahoo.com
Office: Bldg 73, RM 227
Areas of Expertise:
- Urban and racial politics
- Voting
- Elections
International Relations
Professor
Email: steven.lobell@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 227
Areas of Expertise:
- International security
- Foreign policy
- Political economy
- Middle East
Public Administration, Associate Professor
Political Science, Department Associate Chair
Email: sharon.mastracci@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 229
Areas of Expertise:
- Public management
- Emotional labor
- Workplace diversity
- Public service
Political Theory, Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Gender Studies, Associate Professor
Email: ella.myers@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 228
Areas of Expertise:
- Citizen participation
- Economic inequality
- Race
- Gender and politics
Public Administration, Professor
MIAGE, Director
Email: jsott@cppa.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 237
Areas of Expertise:
- Non-Profit sector
- Public administration
- Organizational theory and behavior
American Politics, Public Administration
Professor
Email: psshea@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 232
Areas of Expertise:
- Research methods
- Institutional review boards
Public Administration, American Politics
Professor
MPP, Interim Director
Email: simon@cppa.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 211
Areas of Expertise:
- Alternative energy policy
- Energy security
- Education policy
- Criminal justice
International Relations, Professor
Graduate Studies, Worthmuth Presidential Chair and Director
Email: brent.steele@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 226
Areas of Expertise:
- Security
- International relations
- Ethics
- Just war
Public Administration, Associate Professor
Public Policy, Public Administration, Director
Email: lina.svedin@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 229
*On Sabbatical*
Areas of Expertise:
- Governmental responses to crises
- Risk management
Comparative Politics
Professor
Email: y.tong@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 209
Areas of Expertise:
- Politics of China
- Environmental politics in China
- Political culture and governance
Public Administration
Assistant Professor
Email: jesus.valero@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 221
Areas of Expertise:
- Nonprofit Organizations & Management
- Public-Nonprofit Collaboration
- Leadership
Comparative Politics
Professor
Email: hakan.yavuz@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 210
Areas of Expertise:
- Transnational Islamic Networks
- Ethnic/Religious conflict
- Turkey
- Middle East
Career-Line Faculty
International Relations, Comparative Politics
Associate Professor Lecturer
Email: marjorie.castle@utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 233
Areas of Expertise:
- Foreign policy
- International security
- Post-Soviet countries
Political Theory
Associate Professor Lecturer
Email: luke.garrott@poli-sci.utah.edu
Office: Bldg 73, RM 212
Areas of Expertise:
- Urban politics
- Neighborhood democracy
Auxiliary Faculty
| Abdul M. Baksh | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Larry L. Bench | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Troy Booher | Adjunct Instructor |
| Jill Etterlein Carter | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Marjorie Castle | Associate Professor Lecturer |
| Tim Chambless | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Mike Christensen | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Leslie Francis | Adjunct Professor |
| Luke Garrott | Associate Professor Lecturer |
| Kenneth A. Hansen | Adjunct Instructor |
| Mickey Ibarra | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Rebecca Larsen | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Courtney McBeth | Clinical Instructor |
| M. Scott Mietchen | Adjunct Instructor |
| Paul T. Morris | Assistant Professor (Lecturer) |
| Gary Nakao | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Steve Nelson | Adjunct Associate Instructor |
| William David Patton | Adjunct Professor |
| Sandra J Pershing | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Bryan K. Ritchie | Adjunct Professor |
| Robert T. Rolfs | Adjunct Professor |
| Steven Shaha | Adjunct Professor |
| Robert Mower Spendlove | Adjunct Instructor |
| Richard J Sperry MD | Adjunct Professor |
| Kirk Torgensen | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Constance B White | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Michael Bernard Zuhl | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Associate Instructors
| Samantha Ball | Associate Instructor |
| Doug Foxley | Associate Instructor |
| Heidi Franco | Associate Instructor |
| Tracy Graham | Associate Instructor |
| Jerry Howe | Adjunct Instructor |
| Frank Pignanelli | Associate Instructor |
| Renee Tanner | Graduate Instructor |
| Nora Wood | Associate Instructor |
Emeritus Faculty
| Edward Epstein (deceased) | Professor Emeritus |
| Jim Gosling | Professor Emeritus |
| Lauren Holland | Professor Emeritus |
| Ronald Hrebenar | Professor Emeritus |
| Robert Huefner | Professor Emeritus |
| Dan Jones | Professor (Lecturer) Emeritus |
| James B. Mayfield | Professor Emeritus |
| Dan McCool | Professor Emeritus |
| Susan Olson | Professor Emeritus |