Politics Faculty
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
- Phone 831-459-2052
Eva C Bertram
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-3764
Yasmeen Daifallah
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone 831-502-7221
Kent Eaton
- Title
- Professor of Politics
- Phone 831-459-4920
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Latin American and Latino Studies, Comparative Politics, Political More...
Jacqueline Susan Gehring
- Title
- Teaching Professor
- Phone 831-459-2029
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Legal Studies, Comparative Politics, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, More...
David Gordon
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone 831-502-7225
- Faculty Areas of Expertise International and Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, Urban studies, More...
Mark Fathi Massoud
- Title
- Professor
- Phone 831-459-2024
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, Human Rights, Islamic Studies, International and Global More...
Dean Mathiowetz
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 415-484-8545
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Democracy, Capitalism, Politics, Activism, History of Philosophy
Sara Niedzwiecki
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone 831-459-5220
Eleonora Pasotti
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-2583
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics, Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, More...
Benjamin L. Read
- Title
- Professor and Department Chair
- Phone 831-459-4469
- Faculty Areas of Expertise China, Taiwan
Roger Schoenman
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-2391
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Political Economy of Development
Vanita Seth
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-4443
Matt Sparke
- Title
- Professor
- Phone 831-459-3153
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Capitalism, Globalization, Border Studies, Critical Theory, Health and More...
Melanie J. Springer
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-2421
- Faculty Areas of Expertise United States Politics and Government, Politics, Electoral Politics, US More...
Megan Thomas
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 8314592026
Anjuli Verma
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Politics
- Phone 831-459-7094 (office)
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, Politics, Legal Studies, United States Politics and More...
Daniel Wirls
- Title
- Professor
- Phone 831-459-2134
- 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
- Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Phone 831-502-7076
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
Deborah Gould
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone 831-459-5720 (office)
- Department
- Sociology Department
Robert Meister
- Title
- Professor of Social and Political Thought
- Phone 831-459-2781
- Department
- Social Sciences Division
Daniel M Press
- Title
- Professor of Environmental Studies
- Phone 831-459-3263
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
Massimiliano Tomba
- Title
- Professor
- Phone 831-502-7059
- 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
Larry Gerston
- Title
- Lecturer
Ruth Langridge
- Title
- Researcher, Continuing Lecturer
Shawn Nichols
- Title
- Lecturer
Thomas Serres
- Title
- Lecturer
Eric Stephen Snickars
- Title
- Lecturer