Tenure-Track Faculty
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Joshua Aizenman, Ph.D.
Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations Email: aizenman@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2136 |
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Jonathan Aronson, Ph.D.
Professor of International Relations and Communication Research Areas: International political economy Email: jaronson@annenberg.edu Office: ASC 324G Phone: (213)743-4647 |
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Laurie Brand, Ph.D.
Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations Research Areas: National narrative construction. Migration, citizenship and diaspora. State-expatriate relations. Voting from abroad. International politics & security; Middle East and North African affairs; Email: brand@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-3651 |
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Andrew Coe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Relations Email: acoe@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2139 |
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Robert English, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Relations Research Areas: International foreign policy & defense analysis; Regional studies - Russia, the former USSR & Eastern Europe Email: renglish@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)821-3090 |
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Benjamin A. T. Graham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Relations Email: benjamag@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2136 | |
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Jacques Hymans, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Relations Email: hymans@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-8837 |
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Patrick James, Ph.D.
Dean's Professor of International Relations Research Areas: Foreign Policy Analysis, Ethnopolitics, Security Studies, Canadian Politics, Quantitative Methods, Conflict & Intervention; Regional studies - Canada Email: patrickj@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)821-4114 |
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David Kang, Ph.D.
Professor of International Relations and Business Email: kangdc@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)821-4319 |
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Saori Katada
Associate Professor of International Relations Research Areas: Japanese foreign policy; International political economy; Regional studies - Pacific Rim Email: skatada@usc.edu Office: VKC 309 Phone: (213)740-8542 |
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Steven Lamy
Professor of International Relations Research Areas: International relations theory; Foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Europe Email: lamy@college.usc.edu Office: ADM 304 Phone: (213)740-6104 |
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Daniel Lynch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Relations Research Areas: International relations of East and Southeast Asia; domestic politics and foreign policies of China, Taiwan, and Thailand; state-society relations; democratization; socialization into the international society of states Email: dlynch@usc.edu Office: VKC 326 Phone: (213)740-0773 |
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Gerardo Munck, Ph.D.
Professor of International Relations Research Areas: Democracy, comparative politics, methods, measurement Email: munck@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)821-2720 |
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Brian Rathbun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Relations Research Areas: International relations theory; international organizations; human rights; European politics; European integration; party politics; ideology and foreign policy; American foreign policy; political psychology; negotiation and bargaining Email: brathbun@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-8840 |
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Wayne Sandholtz, Ph.D.
John A. McCone Chair in International Relations and Professor of International Relations and Law Email: wayne.sandholtz@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-9057 |
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Nicholas Weller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations Research Areas: Political Economy, Human Learning and Decision Making, Research Methodology, Experimental Design Email: nweller@usc.edu Office: VKC 327 Phone: (213)740-1688 |
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Carol Wise, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Relations Research Areas: International political economy; institutional reform; international development; Latin American politics and economics; Interdevelopment; China-Latin American relations Email: cwise@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2138 |
Professors of the Practice in International Relations
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Geoffrey Wiseman, Ph.D.
Professor of the Practice of International Relations Research Areas: 1. Diplomatic theory and practice. 2. International security, including U.S. foreign and security policy. 3. Asia-Pacific regional security, including Australia. Email: gwiseman@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2136 |
Teaching Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
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Manuel Castells
University Professor, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Techonology and Society and Professor of Communication, Sociology, Planning, and International Relations Email: castells@usc.edu Office: ASC 332C Phone: (213)821-5386 |
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Nicholas Cull
Professor of Communication and International Relations |
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Michael Parks
Professor of Journalism and International Relations Email: mparks@usc.edu | |
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Philip Seib
Professor of Journalism and International Relations |
Professors Emeritus and Emerita
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Gerald Bender
Associate Professor Emeritus of International Relations Research Areas: U.S. foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Africa Email: bender@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2127 | |
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Peter Berton
Professor Emeritus of International Relations |
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Norman Fertig
Professor Emeritus of International Relations | |
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Michael Fry
Professor Emeritus of International Relations |
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Wayne Glass, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of the Practice of International Relations Research Areas: American National Security, Foreign Policy, and Political Process; International Arms Control and Security; Secruity Affairs; Regional studies: Russia & Asia Email: wglass@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)821-3089 |
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Abe Lowenthal
Professor Emeritus of International Relations Research Areas: U.S. foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Latin America & the Caribbean Email: afl@usc.edu |
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Charles McClelland
Professor Emeritus of International Relations | |
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John Odell, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of International Relations Research Areas: International political economy; International bargaining & negotiating Email: odell@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-4298 |
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Ronald Steel
Professor Emeritus of International Relations Research Areas: International history; U.S. Foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Europe; Public opinion; 20th century U.S. history Office: VKC 304 Phone: (213)740-0774 |
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Rodger Swearingen
Professor Emeritus of International Relations Phone: (213)740-3222 | |
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Judith Tickner, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of International Relations Research Areas: International theory, peace & security studies; international political economy; gender studies Email: tickner@usc.edu Office: VKC 330 Phone: (213)740-2136 |
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