Faculty
Jonathan Aronson
Professor of International Relations and Communications
Research Specialities: International Political Economy
Email: jaronson@annenberg.edu
Office: ASC 324G
Phone: (213)743-4647
John Barnes
Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Specialities: Public Law,American Politics
Email: barnesj@usc.edu
Office: VKC 310
Phone: (213)740-1689
Laurie Brand
Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: 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
Ann Crigler
Professor of Political Science
Research Specialities: American Politics, Political Communication, Public Opinion, Research Methods, Presidential Elections, Emotions and politics, Civic Engagement
Email: acrigler@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-3168
Mai'a Cross
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: diplomacy, epistemic communities, EU integration, Common Security and Defense Policy, public diplomacy
Email: mkcross@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-8982
Robert English
Associate Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: International foreign policy & defense analysis; Regional studies - Russia, the former USSR & Eastern Europe
Email: renglish@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-3090

Lee Epstein
Provost Professor of Law and Political Science and Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law
Research Specialities:
U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional courts abroad, judicial behavior, and constitutional law
Email: lepstein@law.usc.edu
Office: VKC 312
Phone: (213) 740-1685
Howard Gillman
Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, History and Law
Research Specialities: American Constitutional Development, Judicial Politics, Legal Theory
Email: dean@college.usc.edu
Office: ADM 304
Phone: (213)740-2531
Christian Grose
Associate Professor of Politicial Science
Research Specialities: American Government and Political Institutions (Congress; the Executive Branch; legislatures; governance; representation, race, and voting rights policy; distributive public policy) and Political Methodology
Email: cgrose@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998
Ange-Marie Hancock
Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies
Research Specialities: American Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy Race/Ethnic Politics, Gender Politics, Intersectionality
Email: ahancock@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998
Jacques Hymans
Associate Professor of International Relations
Email: hymans@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-8837
Patrick James
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: 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
Jane Junn
Professor of Political Science
Email: junn@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998
David Kang
Professor of International Relations and Business
Email: kangdc@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-4319
Saori Katada
Associate Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Japanese foreign policy; International political economy; Regional studies - Pacific Rim
Email: skatada@usc.edu
Office: VKC 309
Phone: (213)740-8542
Steven Lamy
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: International relations theory; Foreign policy analysis; Regional studies - Europe
Email: lamy@college.usc.edu
Office: ADM 304
Phone: (213)740-2531
Daniel Lynch
Associate Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: 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
Mathew McCubbins
Provost Professor of Business, Law, and Political Economy
Research Specialties: Legislative Politics, Political Economy, Administrative Agencies, Communication and Networks
Email: mmccubbins@marshall.usc.edu
Office: BRI 308
Work: (213) 740-7538
Gerardo Munck
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Democracy, comparative politics, methods, measurement
Email: munck@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)821-2720
John Odell
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: International political economy; International bargaining & negotiating
Email: odell@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213) 740-4298
Brian Rathbun
Associate Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: 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
Alison Dundes Renteln
Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, and School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Research Specialities: International Law, Human Rights, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Political and Legal Theory
Email: arenteln@usc.edu
Office: VKC 231A
Phone: (213)740-3248
Stanley Rosen
Professor of Political Science
Email: rosen@usc.edu
Office: VKC 232A
Phone: (213)740-1697
Eliz Sanasarian
Professor of Political Science
Research Specialities: Middle East Politics, Women in International Development, Comparative Politics
Email: sanasari@usc.edu
Office: VKC 231
Phone: (213)740-3624
Mary Sarotte
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Please see above and CV
Email: sarotte@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-3480
Jefferey Sellers
Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies
Research Specialities: Multilevel Governance and Federalism, Urban Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics, European Politics, American Politics, Environmental Policy and Politics
Email: sellers@usc.edu
Office: VKC 317
Phone: (213)740-1684
J. Ann Tickner
Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: International theory, peace & security studies; international political economy; gender studies
Email: tickner@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2266
Nicholas Weller
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Research Specialities: Political Economy, Human Learning and Decision Making, Research Methodology, Experimental Design
Email: nweller@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-1688
Carol Wise
Associate Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: 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
Janelle Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity
Research Specialities: Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Political Participation, Public Opinion Research
Email: janellew@usc.edu
Office: VKC 232
Phone: (213)740-1696