Faculty Listing

Listed below are tenure-track and multi-year faculty members of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences by department affiliation. Links on an individual’s name will bring you to a recent profile or news item. Also, see the faculty archives, for additional stories, or use the search function built into this site, above.

Anthropology

Anthropology

Thomas L. Leatherman, Professor and Chair of the Department
B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A. Arkansas 1978; PhD, UMass Amherst 1987

Jane E. Anderson, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Sydney 1997; M.A., 1998; PhD, University of New South Wales, 2004

Sonya Atalay, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991; MA, University of California, Berkeley 1998; Ph.D., 2003

Felicity Aulino, Post-Doc/Lecturer
B.A., Harvard, 2000; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004; Ph.D, Harvard 2012

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Assistant Professor
B.A., Virginia State, 1994; M.A., William and Mary, 2001; Ph.D., Texas Austin, 2004

Elizabeth S. Chilton, Professor
B.A., SUNY Albany, 1985; M.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; Ph.D., 1996

Emiliana Cruz, Assistant Professor
B.A., Evergreen State College, 2001; M.A., Texas Austin, 2004; PhD., Texas Austin, 2011

Seamus A Decker, Assistant Professor
B.A., Missouri, 1991; M.A., 1993; Ph.D., Emory, 2001

Jean S. Forward, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1971; M.A.T., 1974; Ph.D., 1986

Laurie R. Godfrey, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Tufts, 1967; M.A., Harvard, 1969; Ph.D., 1977

Rae Gould, Visiting Lecturer and Repatriation Coordinator
B.A., Connecticut College, 1995; M.A., UConn, 2005; PhD, 2010

Krista M. Harper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1992; M.A., UC Santa Cruz, 1994; Ph.D., 1999

Julie Hemment, Associate Professor
B.A., Cambridge, England, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000

Brigitte Holt, Associate Professor
B.A., Southern Illinois Carbondale, 1984; M.A., 1987; PhD, Missouri Columbia, 1999

Amanda Walker Johnson, Assistant Professor
B.A., Grinnell, 1998, M.A. Texas Austin, 2000; Ph.D., 2004

Arthur S. Keene, Terrance Murray Commonwealth College Honors Professor
B.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1973; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., 1979

Stephen J. King, Visiting Lecturer
B.A., George Washington University, 1969; M.A., UMass Amherst 1995; Ph.D., 2003

Elizabeth Krause, Professor
B.J., Missouri Columbia, 1984; M.A., Oregon State, 1992; Ph.D., Arizona, 1999

Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Professor
B.S.N., Bloomsburg, 1983; M.A., SUNY Albany, 1987; Ph.D., 1991

Robert W. Paynter, Professor
B.A., Brown, 1971; M.A., UMass Amherst, 1975; Ph.D., 1981

Ventura Perez, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Iowa, 1997; M.A., UMass Amherst, 2000; Ph.D., 2005

Jonathan Rosa, Assistant Professor
B.A., Swarthmore College, 2003; M.A., Chicago, 2006; Ph.D., 2010

Jennifer Sandler, Visiting Lecturer and Director of the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation(UACT)
B.A., Grinnell College 1998, M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison 2004; Ph.D., 2008

Michael O. Sugerman, Lecturer
B.A., Brown, 1987; Ph.D., Harvard, 2000

Jacqueline Urla, Professor
B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1980; Ph.D., 1987

Richard Wikander, Lecturer and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising
B.A., CUNY Queens, 1978; B.A., UMass Amherst, 1982; M.A., 1984; Ph.D., 1991

Communication

Lisa Henderson, Professor and Chair of the Department
B.A., Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1980; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1983; Ph.D., 1990

Carolyn Anderson, Professor Emerita
B.A., Kansas State, 1961; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1979; Ph.D., 1984

Kevin T. Anderson, Lecturer
B.A., Portland State University, 1995; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1995; Ph.D., 2007

Benamin H. Bailey, Associate Professor
B.A., Brown, 1987; M.A., UCLA, 1996; Ph.D., 1999

Donal Carbaugh, Professor
B.S., Manchester, 1977; M.A., Montana, 1980; Ph.D., Washington, 1984

Mari Castañeda, Associate Professor and SBS Director of Diversity Advancement
B.A., UCLA, 1993; Ph.D., UC San Diego, 2000

Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor
B.A., McGill, 1991; M.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1995; Ph.D., 1999

Briankle G. Chang, Associate Professor
B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University, 1976; M.A., Alabama, 1978; M.A., Illinois, 1981; Ph.D., 1990

Anne T. Ciecko, Associate Professor
B.A., LaSalle, 1986; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1997

Leda M. Cooks, Professor
B.S., Miami, 1986; M.A., Ohio, 1990; Ph.D., 1993

Vernon E. Cronen, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Ripon, 1963; M.A., Illinois, 1968; Ph.D., 1970

Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Assistant Professor
B.A., Sapir College, 1996; M.A., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, 2000; M.A., UCLA, 2003; Ph.D., University of Haifa, 2009

Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor of Communication and Public Policy
B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1992; M.A., SUNY-Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas, 2007

Henry Geddes, Associate Professor
B.A., Oberlin, 1978; Ph.D., Texas Austin, 1989

Bruce Geisler, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Pomona, 1978; M.F.A., USC, 1983

Jarice Hanson, Professor
B.A., Northeastern, 1976; M.A., Northwestern, 1977; Ph.D., 1979

Sut Jhally, Professor
B.A., York, 1977; M.A., 1978; M.A., Victoria, 1980; Ph.D., Simon Fraser, 1984

Claudio Moreira, Assistant Professor
B.S., Universidade Estadual de Campinas-Brazil, 1999; M.S., Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., 2007

Michael J. Morgan, Professor
B.A., New College, 1974; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1977; Ph.D., 1980

Martin F. Norden, Professor
B.J., Missouri, 1973; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977

Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Associate Professor
B.A., Providence, 1993; M.A., Tufts, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana, 2003

Lynn Phillips, Lecturer
B.S., Trinity College, 1984; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995

Erica L. Scharrer, Professor
B.A., SUNY Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998

Jan Servaes, Professor
B.A., Louvain, Belgium, 1973; M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1987

Demetria Shabazz, Assistant Professor
B.A., Houston, 1995; M.A., Alabama, 2000; Ph.D., 2005

Shawn C. Shimpach, Assistant Professor
B.A., Brandeis, 1993; M.A., NYU, 1996; Ph.D., 2004

Emily West, Associate Professor
B.A.Sc., McMaster, 1997; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004

Economics

Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Chair of the Department
A.B., Princeton, 1991; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1999

M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor and Director of Center for Public Policy and Administration
B.A., Chicago, 1982; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1990

Deepankar Basu, Assistant Professor
B.Tech, The Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, India), 1994; M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), 1997; M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), 1999; M.A., Ohio State University, 2003; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2008

Randall S. Bausor, Professor
B.A., Centre College of Kentucky, 1972; M.A., Duke, 1975; Ph.D., 1978

Samuel Bowles, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Yale, 1960; Ph.D., Harvard, 1965

James K. Boyce, Professor
B.A., Yale, 1973; Ph.D., Oxford, 1985

Andrew F. Brimmer, Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Economics
B.A., Washington, 1950; M.A., 1951; Ph.D., Harvard, 1957

J. Kevin Crocker, Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director, and Chief Academic Advisor
B.A., UMass Amherst, 1979; M.A., 2007

James R. Crotty, Professor Emeritus
B.S., Fordham, 1961; M.S., Carnegie-Mellon, 1963; Ph.D., 1973

Arindrajit Dube, Assistant Professor
B.A., Stanford, 1996; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2003

Gerald Epstein, Professor and Co-Director, Politcal Economy Research Institute
B.A., Swarthmore, 1973; M.P.P., Princeton: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1975; Ph.D., Princeton, 1981

Diane P. Flaherty, Professor
B.A., Barnard, 1968; M.A., New York, 1974; Ph.D., 1978

Nancy Folbre, Professor
B.A., Texas, 1971; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst, 1979

Gerald Friedman, Professor
B.A., Columbia, 1977; M.A., Harvard, 1983; Ph.D., 1985

Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, Assistant Professor
B.A., City College of New York, 1989; M.A., UC Riverside, 1991; Ph.D., 1997

Carol E. Heim, Professor
B.A., Yale, 1976; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1982

Russell Janis, Senior Lecturer II
A.B., Princeton, 1975; M.A., Northwestern, 1977; J.D., 1982; Ph.D., 1983

Donald W. Katzner, Professor
B.A., Oberlin, 1959; M.A., Minnesota, 1962; Ph.D., 1965

David M. Kotz, Professor and Graduate Program Director
A.B., Harvard, 1965; M.A., Yale, 1966; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1975

Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Assistant Professor
A.B., Chicago, 2000; Ph.D., Cornell, 2008

Johan Mathew, Assistant Professor of History and Economics
B.A., Princeton University, 2004; Diploma in Communicative Arabic, University of London, 2006; M.A., Harvard, 2008; Ph.D., 2012

Marta Murray-Close, Assistant Professor
B.A., Smith, 1999; M.P.P., Minnesota, 2004; M.A., Michigan, 2008; PhD., 2011

Léonce Ndikumana, Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Burundi, 1986; M.A., Washington University, 1992; Ph.D., 1996

Robert Pollin, Professor and Co-Director, Politcal Economy Research Institute
B.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1972; M.A., New School for Social Research, 1979; Ph.D., 1982

J. Mohan Rao, Professor
B.Com., Bombay, 1972; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, 1974; Ph.D., Harvard, 1982

Arslan Razmi, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, 1995; M.S., Texas Austin, 1997; Ph.D., American, 2004

Stephen A. Resnick, Professor Emeritus and Sheridan Scholar
B.S., Pennsylvania, 1960; Ph.D., MIT, 1964

Lisa Saunders, Associate Professor
B.S., Old Dominion, 1979; Ph.D., California Berkeley, 1987

Peter Skott, Professor
Aarhus, Denmark, Cand. Scient. Oecon, 1981

Ceren Soylu, Assistant Professor
B.A., Bogazici University, Turkey, 2004; Ph.D, University of Siena, Italy, 2010

Priyanka Srivastava, Assistant Professor of History and Economics
B.A., Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh (India), 1990; M.A., 1994; M.Phil, Center for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India), 1997; Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Cincinnati, 2010; Ph.D., 2012

John Stifler, Senior Lecturer II
B.A., Amherst, 1968; M.A., Manchester University [England], 1973; M.F.A, UMass Amherst, 1992

Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor
B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 2002; M.A., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2003; M.A., Columbia , 2008; Ph.D., 2011

Valerie Voorheis, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Albion, 1986; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; ABD

Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Harvard, 1963; M.A., Stanford, 1964; M.A., Yale, 1967; Ph.D., 1969

Journalism

Karen K. List, Professor and Program Director
B.A., Missouri, 1970; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1973, 1974; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1980

Madeleine H. Blais, Professor
B.A., New Rochelle, 1969; M.S., Columbia, 1970

Stephen J. Fox, Lecturer
B.A., Arizona State; M.A., American University, 1998

Nicholas McBride, Associate Professor
B.A., UMass Amherst, 1976; M.S., Columbia, 1986; M.A., Harvard, 1989

Brian McDermott, Lecturer
B.A., UMass Amherst, 2001; M.A., University of Montana, 2007.

David Perkins, Lecturer
B.A., Yale University, 1977; M.A., Cambridge University, 1979

Barbara J. Roche, Senior Lecturer
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1978

Razvan Sibii, Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
B.A., University of Bulgaria, 2001; M.A., UMass Amherst, 2007

Ralph W. Whitehead, Jr., Professor
B.A., Lawrence, 1965; M.A., Wisconsin, 1967

Labor Studies

Eve S. Weinbaum, Associate Professor and Director
B.A., Yale, 1985; M.P.A., Princeton, 1988; M.A., Yale, 1990; M.Phil., 1992; Ph.D., 1997

Tom Juravich, Professor
B.A., SUNY Albany, 1975; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., UMass Amherst 1984

Dale A. Melcher, Labor Extension Coordinator
B. A. University of Michigan, 1968; M.S., UMass Amherst, 1982

Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning

Elizabeth Brabec, Professor and Head of the Department
B.S., University of Guelph, 1981, MLA, 1984; JD, Maryland, 1992

John F. Ahern, FASLA, Professor and Vice Provost for International Programs
B.S., UMass Amherst, 1974; MLA, University of Pennsylvania, 1980; PhD, Wageningen Agricultural University, 2002

Annaliese Bischoff, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the University Writing Program
B.A., Brown University, 1975; M.L.A. SUNY Syracuse and Syracuse University, 1979

Ethan Carr, Associate Professor
B.A., Columbia , 1981; M.A., 1983; M.L.A., Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1991; Ph.D., Edinburgh College of Art, 2006

Carey Clouse, Assistant Professor
BArch, University of Oregon, 2003; SMArchS, MIT, 2007

Michael Davidsohn, Senior Lecturer II and Director of the Stockbridge Landscape Contracting Program
A.S., UMass Amherst, 1986; B.S., 1988; MLA, 1992.

Elisabeth M. Hamin, Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program
B.B.A., Cleveland State, 1984; M.M., Northwestern, 1986; Ph.D., UPenn, 1997

Mark Hamin, Senior Lecturer , Assistant Department Head, and Director of Master's in Regional Planning Program
B.A., Brown University, 1984; Ph.D. , University of Pennsylvania, 1999

Peter Kumble, Lecturer and Director of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program
B.A., Antioch, 1980; M.A., University of Arizona,1988; PhD, Czech University of Life Sciences, 2009

Mark S. Lindhult, FASLA, Professor and Director of the Master's in Landscape Architecture Program
B.S., Penn State, 1977; MBA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980

Patricia L. McGirr, Associate Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Environmental Design Program
B.S., University of Michigan, 1984; M.L.A., 1994

Flavia Montenegro-Menezes, Assistant Professor
B.A., IMIH-BH, Brazil, 1995; M. DAIT UNESCO/University of Toulouse III, France, 2001; Ph.D., Agroparistech, France, 2009

John R. Mullin, Professor, Director of the Center for Economic Development
B.A. UMass Amherst, 1967; M.R.P., Rhode Island, 1969; M.S.B.A., Boston University, 1972; Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Ontario, 1975

Ellen-J. Pader, Associate Professor and Director of the Dual Degree JD/MRP Program
B.A., Kenyon College, 1972; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1981.

Henry Renski, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Southern Maine, 1995; Ph.D, UNC Chapel Hill, 2006; MRP, 1998

Robert Ryan, Professor and Director of the Dual Degree MRP/MLA Program
B.S.L.A., CalPoly State University San Luis Obispo, 1985; M.L.A. and M.U.P., University of Michigan, 1995; Ph.D., 1997

Frank Sleegers, Assistant Professor
M.L.A., UMass Amherst, 1995; Dipl–Ing, Hannover, Germany, 1996

Elizabeth M. Thompson, Lecturer
B.S., Boston University, 1970; M.L.A., UMass Amherst, 1992

Jane Thurber, Lecturer
B.A., Hamilton College, 1980; M.L.A,, Harvard, 1985

Joseph S.R. Volpe, Professor
B.S., UCLA, 1958; B.L.A., UC Berkeley, 1961; M.L.A., Harvard, 1964

Legal Studies

Daniel Burland, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Western Washington, 1990; M.A., Chicago, 1998; Ph.D., Chicago, 1998; Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2011

Alan C. Gaitenby, Senior Lecturer
B.S., Massachusetts Amherst, 1987; M.B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 2000

Judith Holmes, Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director
B.A., Chicago, 1972; J.D., Catholic, 1976; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst, 1996

Daniel LaChance, Assistant Professor
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Minnesota, 2011

Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor
B.A., Wesleyan, 2001; Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Diana Yoon, Assistant Professor
B.A. UC Berkeley, 1999; Ph.D., NYU, 2010

Leah Wing, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Oberlin, 1984; M.Ed., Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; Ed.D., 2002

Political Science

Brian Schaffner, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department
B.A., University of Georgia, 1997; Ph.D., Indiana, 2002

Amel Ahmed, Assistant Professor
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1996; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Roberto Alejandro, Professor
B.A., Puerto Rico, 1977; M.A., Princeton, 1986; Ph.D., 1989

Sonia E. Alvarez, Leonard J. Horowitz Professor and Director of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
A.B., Smith, 1978; M.Phil., Yale, 1980; M.A., Yale, 1979; Ph.D., Yale, 1986

Maryann Barakso, Associate Professor
B.A., Barnard, 1990; Ph.D., MIT, 2001

Angelica Bernal, Assistant Professor
B.A., Wellesley, 1998; Ph.D., Yale University, 2008

John Brigham, Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1967; M.A., Wisconsin, 1970; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 1974

Brenda K. Bushouse, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
B.A., Kalamazoo, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998

Charli Carpenter, Associate Professor
B.A., New Mexico State, 1996, M.A., 1998; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2003

Barbara R. Cruikshank, Associate Professor
B.S., UC Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1993

Diane Curtis, Lecturer and Director of Pre-Law Advising
B.A., NYU, 1988; J.D., NYU School of Law, 1994

Bruce A. Desmarais, Assistant Professor
B.A., Eastern Connecticut State, 2005; M.A., UNC Chapel Hill, 2008; PhD, 2010

Carlene J. Edie, Professor
B.A., UCLA, 1977; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1984

Samir Fayyaz, Lecturer
B.A., U Wisconsin, Madison, 2003; M.A., University of Maryland, 2008

Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
BMus, Boston Conservatory of Music; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986, 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., 1990

Sheldon Goldman, Distinguished Professor
B.A., NYU, 1961; M.A., Harvard, 1964; Ph.D., 1965

Peter M. Haas, Professor
B.A., Michigan, 1977; Ph.D., MIT, 1986

John A. Hird, Professor and Associate Dean
B.A., Dickinson, 1980; M.A., Virginia, 1982; M.P.P., 1986; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1988

Raymond J. La Raja, Associate Professor and SBS Director of Program Innovation
A.B., Harvard, 1987; M.P.P., 1992; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2001

Rahsaan Maxwell, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1998; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2002; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2008

Tatishe Nteta, Assistant Professor
B.A., Maryland, 1998; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2000; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2007

M.J. Peterson, Professor
B.A., Upsala, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1973; Ph.D., 1976

Jesse Rhodes, Assistant Professor
B.A., Juniata, 2003; M.A., UVA, 2005, Ph.D., 2008

Dean Robinson, Associate Professor
A.B., Stanford, 1988; M.A., M. Phil., Yale, 1991; Ph.D., 1995

Frederic Schaffer, Professor
B.A., Bucknell University, 1984; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., 1994

Jillian Schwedler, Associate Professor
B.A., NYU, 1988; M.A., 1992; Ph.D., 2000

Stuart Shulman, Assistant Professor
B.A., Boston University, 1989; Ph.D., Oregon, 1999

Regine Spector, Assistant Professor
B.A., Stanford, 1999; M.A., Stanford, 1999 ; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2003; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2009

Kevin Young, Assistant Professor
B.A. (Honours), Trent University, 2003; M.A., Carleton University, 2005; MRes, London School of Economics, 2006; Ph.D., London School of Economics, 2010

Nicholas Xenos, Professor
B.A., NYU, 1972; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., Princeton, 1984

Public Policy and Administration

M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics and Program Director

CPPA has a set of core faculty who are joint hires with other departments and teach MPPA courses and electives, participate in the Center's research and outreach activities, and advise CPPA students. In addition to its core faculty, CPPA has faculty associates from across the UMass campus. Associates teach policy-related classes and/ or are available for research and collaboration. Joint appointments are listed below. For a full listing of all CPPA faculty, click here.

Joint appointments

Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Public Policy
A.B., Princeton, 1991; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1999

Steven A. Boutcher, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Ohio State, 2002; M.A., UC Irvine, 2005; PhD, 2010

Sylvia Brandt, Associate Professor of Resource Economics and Public Policy
Ph.D, UC Berkeley, 2001

Brenda K. Bushouse, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
B.A., Kalamazoo, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1999

Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
BMus, Boston Conservatory of Music, 1977; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986, 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., 1990

Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor of Communication and Public Policy
B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1992; M.A., SUNY Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas, 2007

Krista M. Harper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1992; M.A., UC Santa Cruz, 1994; Ph.D., 1999

Kathryn McDermott, Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy
B.A., Lehigh, 1990; M.A., Yale, 1991; M. Phil., 1993; Ph.D., 1997

David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor in CPPA
A.B., Princeton, 1982; A.M., Harvard, 1988; J.D., 1989; Ph.D., 2007

Joya Misra, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Centenary, 1988; M.A., Emory, 1991; Ph.D., 1994

Marta Murray-Close, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
B.A., Smith, 1999; M.P.P., Minnesota, 2004; Ph.D., Michigan, 2011

Frederic Rose, Lecturer in CPPA
B.A., Yale, 1982; Ph.D., Cornell, 1993

Charles Schweik, Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation and Public Policy
B.A., SUNY Potsdam, 1984; M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1991; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998

Social Thought and Political Economy

Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Acting Program Director
B.A., DePauw, 1965; MA, Wisconsin, Madison, 1966; PhD, 1973

Sigrid Schmalzer, Associate Professor of History and Acting Associate Director
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1996; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2004

The interdisciplinary faculty for STPEC, which varies from semester to semester, is drawn mostly from the Five Colleges.

Sociology

Janice M. Irvine, Professor and Chair of the Department
B.A., Pennsylvania State; M.Ed., 1975; M.A., Brandeis, 1981; Ph.D., 1984; M.P.H., Boston University, 1992

Ryan M. Acton, Assistant Professor
B.A , Penn State, 2003; M.A., California, Irvine, 2006; Ph.D., 2010

Douglas L. Anderton, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
B.S., Utah, 1973; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1983

Steven A. Boutcher, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Ohio State, 2002; M.A., California Irvine, 2005; PhD, 2010

Enobong H. Branch, Assistant Professor
B.S., Howard, 2002; Ph.D, SUNY Albany, 2007

Michelle J. Budig, Associate Professor
B.A., Augsburg, 1993; M.A., Arizona, 1996; Ph.D., 2001

Al Chevan, Professor Emeritus

Roland J. Chilton, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Monmouth, 1951; M.S., Wisconsin, 1958; Ph.D., Indiana, 1962

Dan Clawson, Professor
B.A., Washington, 1970; M.A., SUNY Stony Brook, 1975; Ph.D., 1978

David. A. Cort, Assistant Professor
B.S., Oakwood, 1999; M.A., George Washington, 2001; Ph.D., UCLA , 2007

N.J. Demerath, Professor Emeritus

Edwin Driver, Professor Emeritus

Robert R. Faulkner, Professor
B.A., UCLA, 1963; M.A., 1965; Ph.D., 1968

Gene Fisher, Professor Emeritus

Naomi Gerstel, Professor
B.A., NYU, 1970; M.A., Columbia, 1975; Ph.D., 1978

Christin Glodek, Visiting Professor and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana, 1996; MPP University of Chicago, 2005

Hilda Golden, Professor Emeritus

Milton Gordon, Professor Emeritus

Sanjiv Gupta, Associate Professor
B.A., Brandeis, 1989; M.S., Michigan Ann Arbor, 1992; Ph.D., 1999

Anthony Harris, Professor Emeritus

John Hewitt, Professor Emeritus

Christopher Hurn, Professor Emeritus

Jasmine Kerrissey, Assistant Professor
B.S., Cornell University, 2000; M.A., University of California Irvine, 2006; PhD, 2012;
Certificate in Spanish and Latin American History 1996

Agustin Lao-Montes, Associate Professor
B.A., Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1976; M.A., SUNY Binghamton, 1997; Ph.D., 2002

Cuong Nguyen (C.N.) Le, Senior Lecturer
B.A., University of California Irvine, 1993; Ph.D., SUNY Albany, 2004

Michael Lewis, Professor Emeritus

Jennifer Lundquist, Associate Professor, Acting Director of the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), and SBS Director of Research Initiatives
B.A., Washington and Lee, 1995; A.M., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004

Surinder Mehta, Professor Emeritus

Joya Misra, Professor and Public Policy
B.A., Centenary, 1988; M.A., Emory, 1991; Ph.D., 1994

Z. Fareen Parvez, Assistant Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1996; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., 2011

Suzanne Model, Professor Emeritus

Peter Park, Professor Emeritus

Gerald M. Platt, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Brooklyn, 1955; M.A., 1957; Ph.D., UCLA, 1964

Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Assistant Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1996; MA, Chicago, 1999; Ph.D., Northwestern, 2007

Amy Schalet, Assistant Professor
B.A., Harvard University, 1992; UC Berkeley , Ph.D., 2003

Jon Simpson, Professor Emeritus

Randall G. Stokes, Professor Emeritus
B.A., California State San Diego, 1965; M.A., Duke, 1967; Ph.D., 1971

Gordon Sutton, Professor Emeritus

Curt Tauskey, Professor Emeritus

Richard C. Tessler, Professor
B.A., Wisconsin, 1968; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., 1972

Millicent S. Thayer, Associate Professor
M.A.T., Reed, 1978; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1993; Ph.D., 2004

Barbara Tomaskovic-Devey, Honors Coordinator and Lecturer
B.A., Manhattanville College, 1979; Ph.D., Boston University, 1989

Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor
B.A., Fordham, 1979; Ph.D., Boston, 1984

Melissa Wooten, Assistant Professor
B.S., Kettering, 1999; Ph.D, Michigan, 2006

Jonathan Wynn, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., SUNY Buffalo, 1995; M.A., UNLV, 1998; Ph.D., CUNY, 2006

David Yaukey, Professor Emeritus

Robert Zussman, Professor
B.A., Columbia, 1970; M.Phil., 1974; Ph.D., 1982