People
Faculty

Head, Department of Political Science and
Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(814) 863-1449
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
- Social Movements and Protest
- Western Europe, especially German speaking countries
- Gender and Politics

Associate Research Professor and
Managing Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
(814) 863-7630

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-1439
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Methodology

Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy and
Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-6120
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- State Politics
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion

Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
(814) 863-7660
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
- Gender and Politics
- Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Assistant Teaching Professor
Areas of Interest:
- Gender and Politics

Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
(814) 865-8749
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Climate change and the environment

Director of Humanities Institute and Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(814) 865-4190

Assistant Teaching Professor
814-863-1594
Areas of Interest:
- Institutions
- Public Policy
- Social Movements and Protest
- State Politics

Professor of Political Science,
Social Data Analytics, Head, Program in Social Data Analytics Director, Center for Social Data Analytics
William and Monica DeGrandis-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Political Science
Social Data Analytics, Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology

Professor of Political Science
(814) 867-4323
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology

Professor of Political Science
(814) 867-4322
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology

Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- International Relations
- Methodology

Sherwin Early Career Professor, Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, and Associate Director of the Rock Ethics Institute
(814) 865-1209
Areas of Interest:
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
- Social Movements and Protest
- Gender and Politics
- Interest Groups
- Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Associate Head and Director of World Campus Programs, Department of Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-1912
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Representation
- Interest Groups
- Public Policy

Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College
Associate Professor of Political Science and Jewish Studies
(814) 865-1510
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Political Violence
- Human Security
- State Failure

Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-0816
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Teaching Professor of Political Science and
Director of Undergraduate Studies
(814) 863-0743

Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-9402
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
(814) 863-1040
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- International Relations
- Government Repression
- Human Security

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
(814) 865-4476
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-6575
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Methodology
- Domestic Politics and War
- Comparative Political Economy
- Institutions
- Political Violence

Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor of Political Science
and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics
(814) 863-0577
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion

Professor of Political Science and
Director of Graduate Studies
Affiliate Law Faculty
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- State Politics
- Federal and State Courts, and Judicial Behavior
- Judicial Politics

Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-1594
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics

Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-9403

Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-5594
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
(814) 867-4429
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Terrorism
- Political Violence

Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-6576
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
- Gender and Politics

Assistant Professor of Political Science
8148638812
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Dictatorships
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
- Representation

Assistant Professor of Political Science
814-865-1844
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology

Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science and
Director, Counterterrorism Option
(814) 865-5001
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Political Violence
- Extremism and Radicalization
- Terrorism

Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-3205
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Dictatorships
- Comparative Political Economy
- Government Repression
- Civil Military Relations

Associate Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-2395
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics

Associate Professor of Political Science
(814) 865-6901
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science and Sociology
Affiliate Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology
Affiliate Professor of Law
(814) 863-9446
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
- Federal and State Courts, and Judicial Behavior
Staff




World Campus Administrative Assistant
(814) 863-8110






Graduate Students

814-863-1595
Areas of Interest:
- Public Policy
- Federalism
- Economic Inequality
- Ideology
- Far Right Movements

Research Assistant
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
- Public Policy
- State Politics

(814) 863-1595
Areas of Interest:
- Democratization
- Formal Theory
- Human Security
- Political Violence
- Peacebuilding


Areas of Interest:
- Corruption
- gender politics
- rebel groups
- acts of violence towards civilians

Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Gender and Politics
- Institutions
- Interest Groups
- Political Behavior
- Political Opinion
- State Politics
- Public Policy

Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Social Movements and Protest
- Government Repression

Areas of Interest:
- Political human behavior
- Coalition building
- Regime/Institutional dynamics and durability
- Methodologies

Areas of Interest:
- Institutions
- Representation
- Public Policy
- Elite Political Behavior
- Public Opinion Methodology

Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Dictatorships
- Democratization
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior

Areas of Interest:
- Methodology
- American Politics
- Social Media
- Political Economy
- Institutions


Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Gender Politics
- Political Representation of Women
- Violence and Harassment against Women in Politics

Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Gender and Politics
- Representation

Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- International Political Economy
- Political Methodology

Areas of Interest:
- International conflicts
- International political economy
- Public opinion

Areas of Interest:
- Ethnic Conflict
- Rebel Governance
- Environmental Politics
Affiliated Faculty

Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, and Political Science.
(814) 865-0745

Professor Emerita of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Communist and Post-Communist Politics
- Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion

Douglas S. and Joyce L. Sherwin Professor in the
College of the Liberal Arts Honoring Frank Whitmore and
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Comparative Political Economy

Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization

Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Public Policy and Political Science

Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Assistant Professor of Law
(814) 867-2803
Areas of Interest:
- Federal and State Courts, and Judicial Behavior

Distinguished Senior Scholar of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics

Professor of Law and Political Science
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn State Law
8148654285
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Judicial Politics
- Western Europe, especially German speaking countries

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology
(814) 863-8260

Professor of African Studies and Political Science
(814) 863-5815

Assistant Teaching Professor of Global and International Studies and Political Science
8148654598
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations

Affiliate Professor of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology


Director, School of Public Policy
Professor of Public Policy

Visiting Associate Teaching Professor of Law and Political Science.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science
Areas of Interest:
- Methodology
- Gender and Politics
- Public Policy
- Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Assistant Professor of Law
(815) 543-6266
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Presidency
- Congress
- Institutions
- Interest Groups
- Public Policy
- Federal and State Courts, and Judicial Behavior
- Judicial Politics

Associate Director, School of Public Policy
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
(814) 865-3747