FACULTY

Distinguished Professor George C. Edwards, III is a leading scholar of the American presidency. He also specializes in American politics and public policy.

Distinguished Professor Kenneth J. Meier is a leading scholar of public bureaucracy and public policy. He employs institutional theories of politics to study a wide range of issues.

Professor Kim Quaille Hill is principally concerned with the functioning of the democratic process, the roles of elites and the mass public in that process, and government policy making in democratic political systems.

Professor Patricia Hurley focuses on the linkages between mass and elite opinion and behavior, with primary emphasis on the process of democratic representation.

Professor Charles A. Johnson is a specialist in judicial behavior and the judicial process.

Professor B. Dan Wood is a scholar of the American presidency, but has also made contributions toward understanding executive relations with the bureaucracy, Congress, and courts.

Professor Jon R. Bond specializes in the interactions between American political institutions, especially with respect to Congress and the presidency.

Professor Harvey J. Tucker studies state and local politics, with special emphasis on legislatures, public finance, and education policy.

Professor Mitchell Rice is a specialist in race and ethnic politics, as well as public administration.

Professor Judith Baer is a specialist in public law and feminist jurisprudence.

Associate Professor Paul Kellstedt focuses on American political behavior, especially at the mass level as it pertains to economic evaluations and public mood.

Associate Professor James R. Rogers considers how institutions interact in separation-of-power systems with a major focus on the role of courts in those systems.

Assistant Professor Sarah A. Fulton specializes in American political behavior, campaigns and elections, with emphasis on the role of women in politics.

Assistant Professor Erik Godwin focuses on policy design and implementation, with an emphasis on interest groups, environmental policymaking, and the federal bureaucracy.

Assistant Professor Evan Parker-Stephen studies the motivational foundations of political perception, the role of campaigns in shaping citizen learning and inference, and the link between individual- and aggregate-level public opinion.

Assistant Professor Francisco Pedraza studies how members of marginalized groups, particularly ethnic/racial minority groups and immigrants, integrate politically in the United States.

Assistant Professor Joseph Ura’s research encompasses American politics and public law, with a focus on the intersections between institutional politics and mass political behavior.