Faculty
Donna Bahry
- Professor
(814) 865-1890
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Communist and Post-Communist Politics
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Lee Ann Banaszak
- 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
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
- Social Movements and Protest
- Western Europe, especially German speaking countries
- Gender and Politics
Christopher Beem
- Assistant Research Professor and Managing Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
(814) 863-7630
D. Scott Bennett
- Associate Dean for Research,Distinguished Research Professor
(814) 865-6566- Pond, (814) 865-1439
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Methodology
Michael Berkman
- Professor and Director, McCourtney Institute for Democracy
(814) 863-6120
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- State Politics
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Xun Cao
- Associate Professor
(814) 865-8749
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Elizabeth Carlson
- Assistant Professor of Political Science and African Studies
(814) 863-8812
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
Gretchen Casper
- Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies
(814) 865-8748
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
John Christman
- Professor of Philosophy, Political Science and Women's Studies
(814) 865-1135
Betul Demirkaya
- Lecturer (Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow)
(814) 863-1594
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology
- Formal Theory
- Representation
- Institutions
Bruce Desmarais
- William and Monica DeGrandis-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Political Science
- Associate Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-8859
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
Amir Fairdosi
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-1592
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Congress
Matt Golder
- Professor and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
(814) 867-4323
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology
Sona N. Golder
- Professor
(814) 867-4322
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology
Allison P. Harris
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
Pete Hatemi
- Distinguished Professor
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- International Relations
- Methodology
Erin Heidt-Forsythe
- Assistant Professor
- Departments of Women's Studies and Political Science
(814) 865-1209
Areas of Interest:
- Gender and Politics
Errol Henderson
- Associate Professor
(814) 865-4409
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Marie Hojnacki
- Associate Professor and Associate Department Head
(814) 865-1912
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Representation
- Interest Groups
Zaryab Iqbal
- Associate Professor
(814) 865-1510
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Political Violence
- Human Security
- State Failure
Gregory Kruczek
- Adjunct Lecturer
(814) 863-1592
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Jin H Lee
- Adjunct Lecturer
(814) 808-5416
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
Douglas Lemke
- Associate Professor
(814) 863-0816
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Amy Linch
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
(814) 863-0743
Suzanna Linn
- Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-9402
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
David Lowery
- Distinguished Senior Scholar
(814) 863-0577
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
Roseanne McManus
- Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
(814) 865-4476
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Burt L. Monroe
- Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Social Data Analytics, and Informatics
- Head, Program in Social Data Analytics
- Director, Center for Social Data Analytics
(814) 865-9215
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Methodology
Bumba Mukherjee
- Professor
(814) 865-6575
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
- Methodology
Michael J. Nelson
- Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor in Political Science
- Associate Professor of Political Science
- Affiliate Law Faculty
- Placement Director
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- State Politics
Adam Nye
- Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-1594
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
Robert Packer
- Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science
(814) 863-9403
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Glenn Palmer
- Liberal Arts Professor and Graduate Director
(814) 865-5594
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
James Piazza
- Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science
(814) 867-4429
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Eric Plutzer
- Professor
(814) 865-6576
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology
- Public Opinion and Political Behavior
- Gender and Politics
Andrew Vitek
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science & Director, Counterterrorism Option
(814) 865-5001
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Democratization
- Civil Military Relations
- Political Violence
Susan Welch
- Dean, College of the Liberal Arts
- Professor
(814) 865-7691
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
Joseph Wright
- Associate Professor
(814) 865-3205
Areas of Interest:
-
Comparative Politics
Dictatorships
Comparative Political Economy
Government Oppression
Civil Military Relations - Dictatorships
- Comparative Political Economy
- Government Repression
- Civil Military Relations
Vineeta Yadav
- Associate Professor
(814) 867-3715
Areas of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
Boliang Zhu
- Assistant Professor
(814) 865-6901
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations
Christopher Zorn
- Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science and Sociology
(814) 863-9446
Areas of Interest:
- American Politics
- Methodology