Department Chair
Research interests
- Politics of Eurasia
- Insurgency
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Poole Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- International trade
- Labor economics
- Development economics
Core Faculty
Elizabeth F. Thompson Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, SIS SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Islamic studies
Adam Auerbach Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political economy of development
- Local governance in South Asia
Claudia Hofmann Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Non-traditional security threats
- Community resilience
- Transitional organized crime
- Violent conflicts
Michelle Egan Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Comparative political economy
- Comparative European politics
Research interests
- Democracy and politics in Latin America
Anders C. Hardig Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Social movements
- Grassroots networks in the Middle East
Pek Koon Heng-Blackburn Assistant Prof Emerita
Research interests
- International relations
- Political economy of Asia
Gina Lambright Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Quality and functioning of political institutions
- Decentralization
- Politics of development in Africa
Ji-Young Lee Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- East Asian security and foreign policy
- International institutions
Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political institutions and economic development
- Authoritarianism in Africa
Alexandria Wilson-McDonald Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Comparative politics, public policy & administration, European studies
- The politics of gender in Central Eastern Europe.
- Gender equality activists
Cathy Lisa Schneider Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Social movements
- Race, ethnicity, and immigration
Andrew Spath Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Politics of the Middle East
- Authoriarianism, protest and repression
- Research methods
- Simulations
Yang Zhang Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Comparative historical sociology
- Contentious politics
- Political networks
Quansheng Zhao Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- International relations
- Foreign policy of East Asia
Affiliated Faculty
Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor SIS - School of International Service
Louis Goodman Professor and Dean Emeritus, SIS SIS - School of International Service
