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4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesDepartment Chair
Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political and economic institutions
- Authoritarianism in Africa
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Poole Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Global integration on local labor markets
- Information transfer in trade and investment
- Labor institutions
Core Faculty
Boaz Atzili Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Research interests
- Politics of borders and territorial conflicts
- State weakness and failure
- The Middle East and South and East Asia
Shawn Bates Assistant Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- International law and organizations
- Cross-cultural conflict and mediation
- Anti-Corruption
Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Global economic history
- Market integration in Japan and China
Keith Darden Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of Eurasia
- National loyalties and state-building
- Insurgency
Tamar Gutner Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Effectiveness of International organizations
- Global environmental politics
- Global and regional governance
Randall Henning Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of economic policymaking
- International regime complexity
- Comparative political economy
Sarah Cleeland Knight Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Consequences of globalization
- Foreign economic policy
- Global politics of the Internet
Dave Ohls Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Inter-ethnic powersharing
- Radicalization and counter-terrorism effects
- Game theoretic/formal modeling approaches
Tazreena Sajjad Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Refugees and forced displacement
- Gender and conflict
- South Asia
David Simpson Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Research interests
- Industrial policy
- Economics of biodiversity
- Protection strategies for ecosystems
Research interests
- State capacity and corruption
- Judicial politics
- Latin American political economy
Affiliated Faculty
Gregory Aftandilian Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Samantha Bradshaw Assistant Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Lauren Carruth Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environment, Development & Health SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Jonathan Crock Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Joshua Rovner Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Dan Schneider Assistant Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Joseph Walton Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research
