Political Science Faculty

Faculty and staff in Saint Louis University’s Department of Political Science have expertise across a broad range of topics.

Their areas of expertise include: the presidency, U.S. state and local politics, Asian politics, Middle East politics, international security and terrorism, polling, administrative law, democratization, revolution and ethnic conflict, political leadership, public policy, civil liberties, race and gender, feminist theory, disability theory, the history of political thought, post-Communist systems, and African and Latin American development.

• J.D. Bowen, Ph.D., department chair
  Latin American politics, political economy of development, race and ethnicity, U.S. foreign policy
• Ellen Carnaghan, Ph.D.
  Russian and post-Soviet politics, opposition in autocratic regimes, mass politics and political change
• Nathaniel Carrington, Ph.D.
  Judicial politics, American politics, freedom of expression, public opinion, political psychology
• Christopher M. Duncan, Ph.D.
  Religion and politics, American political thought
• Ali Fisunoglu, Ph.D.
  International political economy, political science research methods, international organization and the management of world problems
• Ruth Groff, Ph.D.
  History of Western social and political thought and critical theory
• Morgan Hazelton, J.D., Ph.D., associate chair
  American and judicial politics
• Doug Jones, S.J.
  Politics of the Middle East, political institutions, migrants and refugees
• Nori Katagiri, Ph.D., coordinator of the international studies program
  Asian politics, international relations, security policy
• Steven Rogers, Ph.D., coordinator of undergraduate studies
  American political institutions, electoral politics
• Ness Sandoval, Ph.D., director of the Ph.D. in public and social policy
• Robin Saywitz, Ph.D.
  American politics, public administration, and methods
• Emmanuel Uwalaka, Ph.D.
  African politics, international law, comparative and international politics

Professors Emeriti

• Eloise Buker, Ph.D.
• Robert Cropf, Ph.D.
• James Gilsinan, Ph.D.
• Timothy Lomperis, Ph.D.
• Wynne Moskop, Ph.D.
• Steven Puro, Ph.D.
• Kenneth Warren, Ph.D.