Primary Appointments
 | Brooke A. Ackerly Professor of Political Science Professor of Human and Organizational Development (by courtesy) Professor of Law (by courtesy) Professor of Philosophy (by courtesy) Affiliated Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies Program |
Email Website 615-322-6231 366 Commons Center |
Specializations: Human Rights; Global Justice; Feminism; Climate and Environmental Justice; Methodology; Epistemic Justice; Grounded and Engaged Normatice Theory |
 | Samar S. Ali Research Professor of Political Science and Law |
Specializations: Law and Government; International Legal Studies Program | |
 | Allison Anoll Assistant Professor |
Email Website 365 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Behavior; Race and Ethnic Politics; Political Participation; Mass Incarceration |
 | Larry M. Bartels Professor Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science Office Hours: Monday 2:00p.m.-3:00p.m. and Wednesday 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m. |
Email 615-322-6227 337 Commons Center |
Specializations: Public opinion; Campaigns and elections; Representation; Public policy |
 | Brett V. Benson Associate Professor Affiliated Faculty, Asian Studies Program |
Email Website 615-322-2702 341 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Relations Theory; Political Economy of Conflict; Formal Methods; East Asian Relations |
 | Abhit Bhandari Assistant Professor |
Email Website 615-343-1875 359 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political economy of development; business and politics; African politics; field experiments |
 | Peter Bils Assistant Professor |
Email Website 354 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Economy; American Political Institutions; Formal Theory |
 | James Bisbee Assistant Professor Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Email Website 615-343-8430 353 Commons Center |
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 | Katherine Blue Carroll Associate Professor (non-tenure track) Associate Director of Public Policy Studies |
Email 615-322-6789 360 Commons Center |
Specializations: Middle East Politics; Terrorism; U.S. military |
 | Joshua D. Clinton Professor Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair Co-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Executive Board Member, Data Science Institute |
Email Website 615-936-7984 342 Commons Center |
Specializations: Congressional politics; Campaigns and elections; Public opinion; Statistics |
 | Andrew J. Coe Assistant Professor Director of the ROCCA Lab |
Email Website 615-343-2434 357 Commons Center |
Specializations: Causes and Consequences of War, Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation, Formal Models |
 | John Dearborn Assistant Professor Carolyn T. and Robert M Rogers Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Political Science Office Hours: Thursday 11:00a.m.-1:00p.m. or by appointment |
Email Website 615-343-7486 356 Commons Center |
Specializations: Presidency and Executive Branch, Congress, American Political Development, American Political Thought, Archival Methods |
 | Daniel Diermeier Chancellor University Distinguished Professor of Political Science University Distinguished Professor, Owen Graduate School of Management |
Email Website 615-322-1813 211 Kirkland Hall |
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 | Cassy Dorff Assistant Professor Faculty Affiliate, Data Science Institute |
Email Website 615-343-0732 Commons 358 |
Specializations: Political Violence & Conflict; Collective Action; Data Science; Network Analysis |
 | J Andres Gannon Assistant Professor |
Email 615-343-1768 300 Commons Center |
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 | John G. Geer Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair Distinguished Professor of Political Science Co-Director, Vanderbilt Poll |
Email Website 615-936-6366 327 Commons Center |
Specializations: Public Opinion; Campaigns and Elections; Mass Media |
 | Carolyn Heinrich Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education University Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, LPO Dept. University Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Appointment as Professor of Health Policy |
Email Website (615) 322-1169 Payne Hall 202D |
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 | 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 |
 | Cindy D. Kam Dean of Faculty Affairs, College of Arts & Science Professor William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair Director, Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab Professor of Psychology (by courtesy) Professor of Medicine, Health and Society (by courtesy) Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30p.m.-3:00p.m. and by appointment |
Email 615-322-4946 343 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political psychology; Public opinion; Participation |
 | Brenton Kenkel Associate Professor |
Email Website 615-322-6222 326 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Economy of Conflict, International Relations Theory, Game Theory, Statistics |
 | Jennifer M. Larson Associate Professor |
Email Website 615-322-6240 332 Commons Center |
Specializations: Social Networks, Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation |
 | David E. Lewis Professor Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Peabody College of Education Professor of Law (by courtesy) |
Email Website 615-322-6228 333 Commons Center |
Specializations: Presidency; Public Administration; Bureaucracy |
 | Noam Lupu Associate Professor Associate Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) |
Email Website 615-875-9181 340 Commons Center |
Specializations: Representation; Latin American Politics; Political Behavior; Political Parties |
 | Jorge Mangonnet Assistant Professor |
Email 615-343-1771 345 Commons Center |
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 | Nina McMurry Assistant Professor |
Email 615-343-1770 348 Commons Center |
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 | Jon Meacham Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency |
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 | Eli Merritt Research Assistant Professor |
Email Website |
Specializations: American Revolution; American Politics; Demagogues & Democracy |
 | Emily Hencken Ritter Associate Professor |
Email Website 615-936-9795 338 Commons Center |
Specializations: Human Rights, Repression and Protest, International and Civil Conflict, Comparative Courts, International Organizations, Game Theory |
 | Leah Rosenstiel Assistant Professor |
Email Website 615-343-2147 334 Commons Center |
Specializations: Congress, American Political Institutions, Public Policy |
 | Edward Rubin University Professor University Professor of Law |
Email 615-322-5620 322 Commons Center and 246 Law School |
Specializations: Law; Administrative Governance; Legal Theory |
 | Carrie Archie Russell Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, College of Arts & Sciences Principal Senior Lecturer Director of Pre-Law Advising |
Email 615-322-5023 350 Buttrick Hall |
Specializations: Public Law, Identity Politics, Southern Politics |
 | Peter Schram Assistant Professor |
Email Website 615-875-1723 328 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Relations; Political Economy; Political Violence; Political Economy of Development; Applied Microeconomics |
 | John Sides William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair Professor Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
Email 367 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Behavior; Comparative Politics |
 | Bradley C. Smith Assistant Professor |
Email Website 615-875-1759 324 Commons Center |
Specializations: International Relations Theory, Formal Modeling, Statistics |
 | Georgiy Syunyaev Assistant Professor |
Email 615-343-2010 350 Commons Center |
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 | Roya Talibova Assistant Professor |
Email 615-343-2043 362 Commons Center |
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 | Sharece Thrower Director of Graduate Studies Associate Professor Office Hours: Friday 2:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Email Website 615-322-8024 325 Commons Center |
Specializations: Political Institutions; The Presidency and Executive Branch; Separation of Powers; Inter-Branch Policymaking |
 | Jessica Trounstine Professor |
Email Website 615-343-1996 351 Commons Center |
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 | Alan Wiseman Chair Professor Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Professor of Law (by courtesy) |
Email Website 615-322-6241 336 Commons Center |
Specializations: American Political Institutions; Formal Theory and Quantitative Methods; Positive Political Economy; Legislative Politics; Bureaucracy and Regulatory Politics |
 | Erin York Assistant Professor C Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Political Science Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
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 Director, LAPOP Lab |
Email 615-322-5016 344 Commons Center |
Specializations: Comparative Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Latin American Politics, Survey Methodology, Research Design |