POIR Faculty

Joshua Aizenman
Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations, USC
Research Associate, NBER
Co-editor, JIMF
Email: aizenman@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213) 740-2136

Jonathan Aronson
Professor of International Relations and Communications
Research Specialities: International Political Economy
Email: jaronson@annenberg.edu
Office: ASC 324G
Phone: (213)743-4647

Jeb 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

Dennis Chong
Chair in the deparment of Political Science and Professor of Political Science
Research Specialities: American National Politics
Email: chongd@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213)740-6998

Andrew James Coe
Assistant Professor of International Relations
E-mail: acoe@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213) 740-2139

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

Ben Graham
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Foreign investment in fragile states focusing particularly on the role of diaspora investors, federalism, powersharing, and unrecognized states.
Email: benjamin.a.graham@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (858) 699-6306

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 Sepcialties: Legislative Politics, Political Economy, Admistrative 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

Diana O'Brien
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Women and politics, representation, political institutions, European politics, research methods, and quantitative methodology
Email: dzobrien@usc.edu
Office: VKC 327
Phone: (213) 740-6998

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

Wayne Sandholtz
Professor of Law and John A. McCone Professor of International Relations
Research Specialities: Please see above and CV
Email: wayne.sandholtz@usc.edu
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213) 740-2139

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

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