Faculty

Amel Ahmed

Associate Professor of Political Science

aahmed@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 404

Office Hours: Fall 2017 TBD

Roberto Alejandro

Professor of Political Science

ralejand@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 226

Office Hours: Fall 2017 TBD

413-545-6177

Sonia E. Alvarez

Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics

Director, Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies

soniaa@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 424

Office Hours: Fall 2017 TBD

413-545-4648

Armen Baibourtian

Professor of Practice of Political Science

Senior Adviser, United Nations, Armenia

abaibourtian@polsci.umass.edu

Maryann Barakso

Associate Professor of Political Science

Former Co-PI UMASS Poll

barakso@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 332

Office Hours: Fall 2016 Tue 2:30-4:00 & by appointment

Jim Ben-Aaron

jbenaaro@acad.umass.edu

Thompson 202

Angelica Bernal

Assistant Professor of Political Science

abernal@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 334

Office Hours: Fall 2016 On Leave

413-545-2761

Scott Blinder

Assistant Professor of Political Science

scottblinder@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 410

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Thursday 2:30- 4:30 PM

Brenda K. Bushouse

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

bushouse@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 302

Office Hours: Fall 2016: Tuesday 12:20-2:00PM & by appointment

413-545-1453

Judd Carhart

Professor of Practice of Legal Studies

Associate Justice, MA Appeals Court

judgecarhart@yahoo.com

Thompson 202

Charli Carpenter

Professor of Political Science

charli@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 432

413-545-6245

Paul M. Collins, Jr.

Professor of Legal Studies and Director of Legal Studies

pmcollins@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 328

Office Hours: Fall 2016 Tueday/Thursday 12:30-2:00PM and by appointment

(413) 545-4079

Barbara Cruikshank

Associate Professor of Political Science

cruiksha@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 336

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Thursday 9:30-12:30PM

413-545-6180

Diane Curtis

Senior Lecturer of Political Science

Director of Pre-Law Advising

dcurtis@umass.edu

210 Thompson

Office Hours: Fall 2016: TuWTh 9am - 2:30pm

413-577-0396

Adam Dahl

Assistant Professor of Political Science

adahl@umass.edu

Thompson 536

Office Hours: Spring 2017: TBD

Yasmeen Daifallah

Assistant Professor of Political Science

ydaifallah@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 304

Office Hours: Fall 2016 by appointment

413-545-4478

Carlene J. Edie

Professor of Political Science

cjedie@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 206

Office Hours: Fall 2015: TBA

413-545-6172

Vincent Ferraro

Five College Affiliated Faculty

Ruth C. Lawson Professor of International Politics, Mount Holyoke College

vferraro@mtholyoke.edu

Thompson 240

Office Hours: Before & after class

Jane E. Fountain

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Department Chair; Director, National Center for Digital Government

fountain@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 316

Office Hours: Spring 2017: by appt.

413-545-1007

Alan Gaitenby

Senior Lecturer of Legal Studies

gaitenby@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 234

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Tuesday & Thursday 11:30-12:30

413-577-1394

Sheldon Goldman

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

sheldon.goldman@polsci.umass.edu

Thomspon 236

Office Hours: Fall 2016: Mon 11:15-12:45PM and by appointments

413-545-6179

Justin H. Gross

Assistant Professor of Political Science

jhgross@umass.edu

Thompson 420

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Tuesday 12:30-2:00PM

Peter M. Haas

Professor of Political Science

haas@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 216

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Tuesday & Thursday 11:00-12:00PM

413-545-6174

Rebecca Hamlin

Assistant Professor of Legal Studies

rhamlin@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 502

Office Hours: Parental leave, Spring 2017

Michael Hannahan

Lecturer of Political Science

Director, Civic Initiative, Donahue Institute

mhannahan@donahue.umassp.edu

Thompson 240

413-627 2605

John A. Hird

Professor of Political Science

Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

jhird@sbs.umass.edu

Draper 230

413-545-7187

Leila Kawar

Assistant Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies

lkawar@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 308

Michael Klare

Five College Affiliated Professor

Professor of Peace and World Security Studies

mklare@hampshire.edu

Rm. G-8, FranklinPatterson Hall, Hampshire College

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Wednesday 1:00- 4:00PM and by appointments at UMass

Ray La Raja

Professor of Political Science

laraja@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 330

Office Hours: Fall 2016 Wednesday 12:30-2:00pm & Thursday 4:00-5:30pm

413-545-6182

Lauren McCarthy

Assistant Professor of Legal Studies

mccarthy@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 438

Office Hours: Fall 2016: Tuesday 1:30-3:30PM

413-545-1991

Alex Morse

Professor of Practice of Political Science

Mayor, Holyoke, MA

alexmorse@umass.edu

Robert Paul Musgrave

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Jointly appointed to Commonwealth Honors College

musgrave@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 504

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Wednesday and Thursday 2:45-3:45 or by appointment at meetme.so/paulmusgrave

Tatishe M. Nteta

Associate Professor of Political Science

nteta@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 408

Office Hours: Fall 2015: TBA

413-545-3546

Timothy Pachirat

Assistant Professor of Political Science

pachirat@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 406

Office Hours: On sabbatical for Spring 2016

413-577-0614

MJ Peterson

Professor of Political Science

mjp@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 326

Office Hours: T 1:30-5 pm; W 9-11 am or by arrangement; if you want an appointment in the T or W hours go to https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/34lq588m/

413-545-6171

Laura Reed

Visiting Lecturer

lreed@polsci.umass.edu

238

Jesse Rhodes

Associate Professor of Political Science

jrhodes@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 310

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Tu/Th 2:30-3:45 & by appointment

413-545-6185

Doug Rice

Assistant Professor of Legal Studies

drrice@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 418

Office Hours: Fall 2016 - Tuesday 2:00-5:00pm

Alasdair S. Roberts

Director, School of Public Policy

Professor, Department of Political Science

asroberts@umass.edu

Thompson 602

Office Hours: By appointment

Dean E. Robinson

Associate Professor of Political Science

deanr@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 506

Office Hours: Fall 2015: TBA

413-545-0406

Meredith Rolfe

Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliated faculty, Computational Social Science Initaitive

mrolfe@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 428

Office Hours: Spring 2017: Thursday 3:45- 5:00 PM

Jamie Rowen

Assistant Professor of Legal Studies

jrowen@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 422

Office Hours: Spring 2017: Wednesday 12:30-2:30pm

Frederic C. Schaffer

Professor of Political Science

schaffer@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 340

Office Hours: Spring 2017: by appointment only

413-545-0725

Brian F. Schaffner

Professor of Political Science (On leave during 2016-17 Academic Year)

Director, UMass Poll

schaffne@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 414

Office Hours: On Sabbatical During 2016-17 Academic Year

413-545-0416

Elizabeth A. Sharrow

Assistant Professor of Political Science and History

sharrow@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 436

Office Hours: Spring 2017: Wednesday 4-5:15pm

Lisa Solowiej

lsolowiej@umass.edu

Regine A. Spector

Assistant Professor of Political Science

rspector@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 416

Office Hours: Fall 2016: Mondays 10-11 am and 1-2 pm and by appointment

413-545-6175

Leah Wing

Senior Lecturer of Legal Studies

lwing@legal.umass.edu

Thompson 430

Office Hours: Spring 2017: Tuesdays 12:30-2:00pm

413-545-5882

Nicholas Xenos

Professor of Political Science

Director, The Amherst Program in Critical Theory

xenos@polsci.umass.edu

Office Hours: Spring 2016: Monday 2:30-5:00PM

413-545-6183

Kevin Young

Associate Professor of Political Science

kevinlyoung@polsci.umass.edu

Thompson 538

Office Hours: Spring 2017: Wednesdays 3pm-5pm

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