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Core Faculty

Our core faculty bring a wide range of approaches and disciplinary backgrounds to the study of politics, and they are active in our graduate and undergraduate programs.

Elizabeth Beaumont

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- kebeaumo@ucsc.edu

Eva C Bertram

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- ebertram@ucsc.edu

Yasmeen Daifallah

Title
- Assistant Professor
Email
- ydaifall@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Political Theory, Middle East Studies

Kent H Eaton

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Politics
Email
- keaton@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Latin American and Latino Studies, Comparative Politics, Political More...

Jacqueline S Gehring

Title
- Teaching Professor
Email
- jgehring@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Legal Studies, Comparative Politics, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, More...

David J Gordon

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- dagordon@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise International and Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, Urban studies, More...

Mark Fathi Massoud

Title
- Professor and Chair of Politics
Email
- mmassoud@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, International and Global Affairs

Dean P Mathiowetz

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- dpmath@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Political Theory, History of Philosophy, Capitalism, Democracy

Sara J Niedzwiecki

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- sniedzwi@ucsc.edu

Eleonora Pasotti

Title
- Professor
Email
- pasotti@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics, Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, More...

Benjamin Read

Title
- Professor
Email
- bread@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise China, Taiwan

Roger Schoenman

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- rschoenm@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Political Economy of Development

Thomas R Serres

Title
- Assistant Professor
Email
- tserres@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Critical Theory, Middle East More...

Vanita Seth

Pronouns She/her
Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- vseth@ucsc.edu

Matthew B Sparke

Pronouns he, him
Title
- Distinguished Professor of Politics
Email
- msparke@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Capitalism, Globalization, Border Studies, Critical Theory, Health and More...

Melanie J Springer

Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- mjs@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise United States Politics and Government, Politics, Electoral Politics, US More...

Kira Tait

Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- PhD
Email
- kitait@ucsc.edu

Megan C Thomas

Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Associate Professor
Email
- mcthomas@ucsc.edu

Anjuli Verma

Title
- Assistant Professor of Politics
Email
- acverma@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, Politics, Legal Studies, United States Politics and More...

Daniel J Wirls

Title
- Professor
Email
- wirls@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Politics, United States Politics and Government, Political Science

Affiliated Graduate Faculty

While we encourage our graduate students to work with faculty in many disciplines across the campus, graduate courses and independent studies offered by these affiliated graduate faculty count as Politics courses for purposes of our PhD program requirements.

Moreover, affiliated graduate faculty can be considered as Politics members of a QE or thesis committee, excluding the role of chair.

Banu Bargu

Title
- Professor
Email
- bbargu@ucsc.edu
Department
- History of Consciousness Department

Deborah Gould

Title
- Professor and Chair
Email
- dbgould@ucsc.edu
Department
- Sociology Department

Sikina A Jinnah

Title
- Professor of Environmental Studies and Associate Director, Center for More...
Email
- sjinnah@ucsc.edu
Department
- Environmental Studies Department

Robert L Meister

Title
- Professor of Social and Political Thought
Email
- meister@ucsc.edu
Department
- Social Sciences Division

Daniel M Press

Title
- Professor of Environmental Studies
Email
- dpress@ucsc.edu
Department
- Environmental Studies Department

Massimiliano Tomba

Title
- Chair and Professor, History of Consciousness
Email
- mtomba@ucsc.edu
Department
- History of Consciousness Department

Lecturers and Researchers

The Department is fortunate to work with a talented group of lecturers and researchers. Their affiliations allow for a wide-ranging undergraduate curriculum.

Ryan Coonerty

Title
- Lecturer
Email
- coonerty@ucsc.edu

Nathan Coben

Email
- ncoben@ucsc.edu

Ruth Langridge

Title
- Researcher, Continuing Lecturer
Email
- rlangrid@ucsc.edu

Shawn L Nichols

Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Email
- slnichol@ucsc.edu

Eric Snickars

Title
- Lecturer
Email
- esnickar@ucsc.edu