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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 1:30p.m-3:30p.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
James Bisbee
Assistant Professor
Email
Website
615-343-8430
353 Commons Center
Wendy K. Tam Cho
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Law  
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00a.m.-11:00a.m.
Email
Website
615-343-1972
329 Commons Center
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
J Andres Gannon
Assistant Professor
Faculty Affiliate, Data Science Institute
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. via sign up: https://calendly.com/andres-gannon/15min
Email
615-343-1768
300 Commons Center
Specializations: International security, technology of war, military strategy and operations, deterrence, political economy of national security, international cooperation and alliances, foreign policy 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: Monday 11:30a.m.-12:00p.m. and Tuesday 10:30p.m.-12:00p.m.  
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
Roya Talibova
Assistant Professor
Email
615-343-2043
362 Commons Center
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