Faculty and Staff

An Accomplished and Accessible Faculty

The Department’s stature in political science is reflected in the quality and reputation of its faculty. The Department's faculty have extensive records of producing high impact, theoretically and methodologically rigorous research. Faculty have published nearly 40 books, more than 100 book chapters, and over 200 articles in scholarly journals. More than a third of the articles are in journals ranked among the top 25 in Political Science.

 

Faculty

Philip Arena
Assistant Professor. International Politics
PhD, Penn State University
parena@buffalo.edu
716-645-8444

 

James Coleman Battista
Assistant Professor. American Politics.

Ph.D., Duke University

jbattist@buffalo.edu
716-645-8445

 

Michelle A. Benson

Assistant Professor. International Politics.

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

mbenson2@buffalo.edu

716-645-8448                               

 

Christina L. Boyd

Assistant Professor. Public Law.

Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis

cLboyd@buffalo.edu

716-645-8439

 

James E. Campbell
Professor. American Politics.

Department Chair
Ph.D., Syracuse University

jcampbel@buffalo.edu
716-645-8452

 

Vesna Danilovic

Associate Professor. International Politics.
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY
vesna@buffalo.edu
716-645-8443

 

Dinissa S. Duvanova
Assistant Professor. Comparative Politics.
Ph.D., Ohio State University
duvanova@buffalo.edu

716-645-8437

 

Joshua J. Dyck
Assistant Professor. American Politics.
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., University of Maryland
jdyck@buffalo.edu

716-645-8435

      

D. Munroe Eagles

Professor. Comparative Politics.

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
eagles@buffalo.edu
716-645-2711

 

Stephen Halpern
Professor. Public Law.
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
shalpern@buffalo.edu
716-645-8446

 

Gregg B. Johnson
Assistant Professor. Comparative Politics.
Ph.D., Arizona University
gbj2@buffalo.edu
716-645-8438

 

Charles M. Lamb
Professor. Public Law.
Ph.D., University of Alabama
clamb@buffalo.edu
716-645-8441

 

Lynn Mather

Research Professor and Professor of Law.
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

lmather@buffalo.edu
716-645-5541

 

Franco Mattei
Associate Professor. American Politics.
Ph.D., Florence
mattei@buffalo.edu
716-645-8451

 

Harvey D. Palmer
Associate Professor. American and Comparative Politics.

Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D., University of Rochester

hpalmer@buffalo.edu

716-645-8449

 

Jason Sorens
Assistant Professor. Comparative and International Politics.
Ph.D., Yale University

jsorens@buffalo.edu
716-645-8436

 

Claude E. Welch, Jr.
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor. Comparative Politics.
Ph.D., Oxford University
cwelch@buffalo.edu

716-645-8434

 

Frank C. Zagare
UB Distinguished Professor. International Politics.
Ph.D., New York University
fczagare@buffalo.edu

716-645-8442

 

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Instructors

Kristin L. Campbell

Voluntary Adjunct
kcampbel@buffalo.edu
716-645-8447

Bryan Dettrey

bdettrey@buffalo.edu

716-645-8430

Tasha Lavey

tplavey@buffalo.edu

716-645-8450

Fait Muedini

fmuedini@buffalo.edu

716-645-8431

Diane Oyler

doyler7481@roadrunner.com

716-645-8447

Lisa K. Parshall

Voluntary Adjunct

lkp@buffalo.edu
lparshal@daemen.edu
716-645-8447

 

Visiting Scholar

Mark J. Chadsey

Spring 2010

Associate Professor, SUNY College at Brockport

 

 

Emeritus Faculty

Richard H. Cox

Professor Emeritus
Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy, the relationship of Political Philosophy to poetry and history, American Constitutionalism.
Ph.D., University of Chicago

cox@buffalo.edu

Paul R. Diesing

Professor Emeritus
Political Philosophy, Social Science Research Methodology, Empirical Political Processes, Hegel's Political Philosophy, Marxism since 1920.
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Frederic J. Fleron, Jr.
Professor Emeritus

Comparative Politics, Politics of the USSR and Russia, Political Culture and the Politics of Technology.
Ph.D., Indiana
ffleron@buffalo.edu

John C. Lane

Professor Emeritus
Western European Politics, Comparative Political Institutions, Comparative Constitutional Law, Maltese Elections.
Ph.D., Columbia University

psclane@buffalo.edu

Donald B. Rosenthal

Professor Emeritus
American Politics, Urban Politics, Public Policy, Federalism.
Ph.D., University of Chicago

dbr@buffalo.edu

Jerome Slater

Professor Emeritus
International politics, American Foreign Policy, and International Security.
Ph.D., Princeton University
jnslater@buffalo.edu

Robert H. Stern

Professor Emeritus
Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, American Political Thought.
Ph.D., Harvard University

 

 

Staff

Ann McLellan

Senior Staff Assistant

mclellan@buffalo.edu

 

 

For a roster of the Department's faculty since its creation in 1962, see the Department's history page.

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