Department of Political Science

Current Faculty

Brandon Bartels

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006.
Research Interests: Judicial Politics and Decision-making; Constitutional Law; Public Opinion; Congressional Organization and Behavior; Political Methodology.

Scott Basinger

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2001.
Research Interests: Legislative Politics; Game Theory; American Political Development; Political Economy.

Albert Cover

Associate Professor. Ph.D., Yale University, 1976.
Research Interests: American Politics; Congressional Elections.

Stanley Feldman

Professor. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1978.
Research Interests: American Politics; Political Psychology; Public Opinion; Voting Behavior and Participation; Methodology.

Leonie Huddy

Professor. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1988.
Research Interests: Political Attitudes; Groups and Politics; Socio-political Gerontology; Women and Politics; Survey Methodology.

Lee Koppelman

Leading Professor. Ph.D., New York University, 1967.
Research Interests: Comprehensive Regional and Urban Planning; Environmental Planning; Intergovernmental Relations and American Federalism; Coastal Zone Planning and Analysis.

Gallya Lahav

Associate Professor. Ph.D., City University of New York.
Research Interests: Comparative Politics; European Politics; Immigration and Migration Policies, Attitudes, and Behavior; Globalization; Regional Integration.

Howard Lavine

Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; Public Opinion and Political Persuasion; Ambivalence; Authoritarianism; Experimental Methodology.

Matthew Lebo

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1999.
Research Interests: American Politics; Comparative Politics; Political Methodology (with emphasis on Public Opinion, Voting Behavior, and Time-Series Analysis).

Lindsey Levitan

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2007.
Research Interests: Social Networks; Attitudes; Prejudice.

René Lindstädt

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Washington University, 2006.
Research Interests: Political Institutions; Bureaucratic and Legislative Politics; American Political Development; Political Methodology and Formal Theory.

Milton Lodge

Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1967.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; Political Cognition.

Frank Myers

Professor. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1965.
Research Interests: Comparative Politics; Political Theory.

Helmut Norpoth

Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974.
Research Interests: Electoral Behavior; Public Opinion.

Peter Salins

University Professor. Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Research Interests: Public Policy; Urban Planning.

Howard Scarrow

Professor, Emeritus. Ph.D., Duke University, 1954.
Research Interests: Political Parties and Elections; Representation and Legislative Apportionment; New York State Politics and Elections.

Mark Schneider

Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1974.
Research Interests: Urban Public Policy; Education Research.

Jeffrey Segal

Chairman and Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1983.
Research Interests: Judicial Process and Behavior; American Politics; Methodology.

Joel Simmons

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 2008.
Research Interests: Comparative Political Economy; International Political Economy; Political and Economic Development; Political Institutions; Political Parties; Public Goods Provision; International Relations; Methodology.

Oleg Smirnov

Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2005.
Research Interests: Evolutionary Game Theory; Computational and Agent-based Modeling; Experimental Economics; Evolutionary Psychology.

Charles Taber

Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, l991.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; International relations; Foreign policy; Conflict; Computational Modeling (AI).



Adjunct Faculty and Part-Time Instructors

  • Annamarie Donovan Email

    Practicing Attorney, 1994-present. J.D., Touro Law School. Guest Lecturer at The Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, England. March 2004 and March 2005 on Women's Rights and Gender Equity; April 2007 on Women's Rights and Freedoms.
    Interests: Law; Advocacy; Women's Rights and Gender Equity.

  • Robert Ortiz

    Practicing attorney, 1995-present. J.D., St. Johns University.
    Interests: Law; Advocacy.

  • Mitch Pally

  • Theodore M. Roussis

    M.A., Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1997.
    Primerica / Roussis International, National Sales Director
    Interests: American Foreign Policy; International Affairs.

  • Harold Withers

    Deputy Director of Planning for Suffolk County. Ph.D. Fordham University.
    Interests: Public policy; Federalism.