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Comparative Politics Faculty

Abhit Bhandari
Assistant Professor
Email
Website
615-343-1875
359 Commons Center
Specializations: Political economy of development; business and politics; African politics; field experiments
Katherine Blue Carroll
Associate Professor (non-tenure track)
Associate Director of Public Policy Studies
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00pm-3:00pm
Email
615-322-6789
360 Commons Center
Specializations: Middle East Politics; Terrorism; U.S. military
Cassy Dorff
Associate Professor
Faculty Affiliate, Data Science Institute
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 11:00am-12:00pm (Commons Center 358) and 4:00pm-4:30pm (Rand 308)
Email
Website
615-343-0732
Commons 358
Specializations: Political Violence & Conflict; Collective Action; Data Science; Network Analysis
Jonathan Hiskey
Associate Chair
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor
Professor of Sociology (by courtesy)
Email
615-322-6236
339 Commons Center
Specializations: Democracy; Local development: Migration; Latin America
Jennifer M. Larson
Associate Professor
Email
Website
615-322-6240
332 Commons Center
Specializations: Social Networks, Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation
Noam Lupu
Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for Global Democracy
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By appointment
Email
Website
615-875-9181
340 Commons Center
Specializations: Representation; Latin American Politics; Political Behavior; Political Parties
Nina McMurry
Assistant Professor
Email
615-343-1770
348 Commons Center
Erin York
Assistant Professor
C Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Political Science
Email
Website
615-343-1670
330 Commons Center
Specializations: Authoritarian politics; Politics of the Middle East and North Africa; Political Economy
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science
Associate Provost, Office of Research and Innovation
Senior Advisor, LAPOP Lab
Email
615-322-5016
344 Commons Center
Specializations: Comparative Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Latin American Politics, Survey Methodology, Research Design