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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
Email
- kebeaumo@ucsc.edu

Eva C Bertram

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-3764
Email
- ebertram@ucsc.edu

Yasmeen Daifallah

Title
- Assistant Professor
Phone
831-502-7221
Email
- ydaifall@ucsc.edu

Kent Eaton

Title
- Professor of Politics
Phone
831-459-4920
Email
- keaton@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Latin American and Latino Studies, Comparative Politics, Political More...

Jacqueline Susan Gehring

Title
- Teaching Professor
Phone
831-459-2029
Email
- jgehring@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Legal Studies, Comparative Politics, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, More...

David Gordon

Title
- Assistant Professor
Phone
831-502-7225
Email
- dagordon@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise International and Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, Urban studies, More...

Mark Fathi Massoud

Title
- Professor
Phone
831-459-2024
Email
- mmassoud@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, International and Global Affairs

Dean Mathiowetz

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-704-6163
Email
- dpmath@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Democracy, Capitalism, Politics, Activism, History of Philosophy

Sara Niedzwiecki

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-5220
Email
- sniedzwi@ucsc.edu

Eleonora Pasotti

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-2583
Email
- pasotti@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics, Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, More...

Benjamin L. Read

Title
- Professor and Department Chair
Phone
831-459-4469
Email
- bread@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise China, Taiwan

Roger Schoenman

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-2391
Email
- rschoenm@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Political Economy of Development

Thomas Serres

Title
- Assistant Professor
Phone
831-459-1062
Email
- tserres@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Critical Theory, Middle East More...

Vanita Seth

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-4443
Email
- vseth@ucsc.edu

Matt Sparke

Title
- Professor
Phone
831-459-3153
Email
- msparke@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Capitalism, Globalization, Border Studies, Critical Theory, Health and More...

Melanie J. Springer

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-2421
Email
- mjs@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise United States Politics and Government, Politics, Electoral Politics, US More...

Megan Thomas

Title
- Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phone
8314592026
Email
- mcthomas@ucsc.edu

Anjuli Verma

Title
- Assistant Professor of Politics
Phone
831-459-7094 (office)
Email
- acverma@ucsc.edu
Faculty Areas of Expertise Law and Policy, Politics, Legal Studies, United States Politics and More...

Daniel Wirls

Title
- Professor
Phone
831-459-2134
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
- Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Phone
831-502-7076
Email
- bbargu@ucsc.edu
Department
- History of Consciousness Department

Deborah Gould

Title
- Associate Professor
Phone
831-459-5720 (office)
Email
- dbgould@ucsc.edu
Department
- Sociology Department

Robert Meister

Title
- Professor of Social and Political Thought
Phone
831-459-2781
Email
- meister@ucsc.edu
Department
- Social Sciences Division

Daniel M Press

Title
- Professor of Environmental Studies
Phone
831-459-3263
Email
- dpress@ucsc.edu
Department
- Environmental Studies Department

Massimiliano Tomba

Title
- Professor
Phone
831-502-7059
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

Larry Gerston

Title
- Lecturer
Email
- lgerston@ucsc.edu

Ruth Langridge

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

Shawn Nichols

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Email
- slnichol@ucsc.edu

Thomas Serres

Title
- Assistant Professor
Email
- tserres@ucsc.edu

Eric Stephen Snickars

Title
- Lecturer
Email
- esnickar@ucsc.edu