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Political Methodology Faculty

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
Peter Bils
Assistant Professor
Email
Website
354 Commons Center
Specializations: Political Economy; American Political Institutions; Formal Theory
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
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
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
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
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
Bradley C. Smith
Assistant Professor
Email
Website
615-875-1759
324 Commons Center
Specializations: International Relations Theory, Formal Modeling, Statistics
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
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