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tenured and tenure track faculty

John Barnes, Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Public Law,American Politics
Phone: (213)740-1689
Email: barnesj@usc.edu
 
Dennis Chong, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)740-6998
Email: chongd@usc.edu
 
Terry Cooper, Maria B. Crutcher Professor and Professor, School of Planning and Development and Political Science
Research Areas: Citizenship and democratic values
Phone: (213)740-0371
Email: tlcooper@usc.edu
 
Ann Crigler, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: American Politics, Political Communication, Public Opinion, Research Methods, Presidential Elections, Emotions and politics, Civic Engagement
Phone: (213)740-3168
Email: acrigler@usc.edu
 
Richard Dekmejian, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)821-3943
Email: dekmejia@usc.edu
 
Lee Epstein, Provost Professor of Law and Political Science
Research Areas:
Email: lepstein@law.usc.edu
 
Susan Estrich, Robert Kingsley Professor in Law and Professor of Law and Political Science
Research Areas: Law and politics, criminal law and gender discrimination
Phone: (213)740-7578
Email: sestrich@law.usc.edu
 
Philip Ethington, Professor of History
Research Areas: Urban, political, social and cultural history; Global history of cities, digital humanities, visual culture, intellectual history, theory of history.
Phone: (213)740-1669
Email: philipje@usc.edu
 
James Ferris, Emery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Research Areas: Philanthropy and public policy, nonprofit entrepreneurship and the volunteer sector
Phone: (213)740-0388
Email: jferris@usc.edu
 
Elizabeth Garrett, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy
Research Areas: Legislative process, direct democracy, federal budget process, study of democratic institutions, statutory interpretation and tax policy, state, national and presidential politics
Phone: (213)740-0064
Email: egarrett@law.usc.edu
 
Howard Gillman, Professor of Political Science, History and Law
Research Areas: American Constitutional Development, Judicial Politics, Legal Theory
Phone: (213)740-8861
Email: gillman@dornsife.usc.edu
 
Elizabeth Graddy, Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Goverment, Business, and the Economy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Research Areas: Public policy analysis, performance of health care and non-profit organizations, regulatory outcomes and licensing boards
Phone: (213)740-5725
Email: graddy@usc.edu
 
Christian Grose, Associate Professor of Politicial Science
Research Areas: American Government and Political Institutions (first project: legislative representation, race, and voting rights policy; second project: political institutions, specifically legislatures and the executive branch). Political Methodology (IRT models/ideal point estimation, field experiments, elite interviews).
Phone: (213)740-6998
Email: cgrose@usc.edu
 
Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies
Research Areas: American Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy Race/Ethnic Politics, Gender Politics, Intersectionality
Phone: (213)740-6998
Email: ahancock@usc.edu
 
Thomas Hollihan, Professor of Communication and Political Science
Research Areas: Argumentation, political campaign communication, contemporary rhetorical criticism and the impact of globalization on public deliberation.
Phone: (213)740-3947
Email: hollihan@usc.edu
 
Jane Junn, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)740-6998
Email: junn@usc.edu
 
Jack Knott, C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Professor of Policy, Planning and Development and Political Science
Research Areas: Political institutions and public policy, health policy, and public management
Phone: (213)740-0350
Email: jhknott@usc.edu
 
Nancy Lutkehaus, Professor of Anthropology, Gender Studies and Political Science
Research Areas: The art and cultures of Oceania. Gender in Melanesia and East Africa (Kenya in particular). Missionaries in Oceania. Margaret Mead and the history of anthropology.
Phone: (213)740-1917
Email: lutkehau@usc.edu
 
John Matsusaka, Professor of Finance and Business Economics and Political Science
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)740-6495
Email: matsusak@usc.edu
 
Daniel Mazmanian, C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Dean's Chair and Professor of Policy, Planning and Development and Political Science
Research Areas: Environmental policy, policy implementation, sustainable communities
Phone: (213)740-0350
Email: mazmania@usc.edu
 
Edward McCaffery, Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science
Research Areas: Economics and political science
Phone: (213)740-6473
Email: emccaffery@law.usc.edu
 
Mathew McCubbins, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professor of Law and Business, and Provost Professor of Business, Law and Political Economy
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)740-6515
Email: mathew.mccubbins@marshall.usc.edu
 
Glenn Melnick, Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance and Professor of Policy, Planning and Development and Political Science
Research Areas: Health economics, health finance, health care systems, managed care
Phone: (213)821-1408
Email: gmelnick@usc.edu
 
Juliet Musso, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Research Areas: Federalism, urban political economy, fiscal policy, community governance, neighborhood organizations
Phone: (213)740-0636
Email: musso@usc.edu
 
Diana O'Brien, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Comparative Politics, Women and Politics, Political Institutions, Western European Politics, Research Methods, and Quantitative Methodology
Phone: (213)740-6998
Email: dzobrien@usc.edu
 
Robert Rasmussen, Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law and Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Bankruptcy and corporation reorganizations, fundamental changes in corporate reorganization practice
Phone: (213)740-6473
Email: dean@law.usc.edu
 
Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, and School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Research Areas: International Law, Human Rights, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Political and Legal Theory
Phone: (213)740-3248
Email: arenteln@usc.edu
 
Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas:
Phone: (213)740-1697
Email: rosen@usc.edu
 
Eliz Sanasarian, Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Middle East Politics, Women in International Development, Comparative Politics
Phone: (213)740-3624
Email: sanasari@usc.edu
 
Jefferey Sellers, Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies
Research Areas: Multilevel Governance and Federalism, Urban Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics, European Politics, American Politics, Environmental Policy and Politics
Phone: (213)740-1684
Email: sellers@usc.edu
 
Edwin Smith, Leon Benwell Professor of Law and Professor of Law and International Relations
Research Areas: International law, international relations theory, foreign relations law
Phone: (213)740-2563
Email: esmith@law.usc.edu
 
Matthew Spitzer, Carl Mason Franklin Dean's Chair in Law and Professor of Law and Political Science
Research Areas: Law and economics, broadcast regulations, communications and mass media law
Phone: (213)740-6473
Email: mspitzer@law.usc.edu
 
Shui-Yan Tang, Professor of Public Administration and Political Science
Research Areas: Environmental policy, organizational commitments, institutional analysis, microcredit and common-pool resources
Phone: (213)740-0379
Email: stang@usc.edu
 
Nicholas Weller, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Research Areas: Political Economy, Human Learning and Decision Making, Research Methodology, Experimental Design
Phone: (213)740-1688
Email: nweller@usc.edu
 
Ernest Wilson, Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication and Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Global sustainable innovation in high-tech industries, role of politics in diffusion of information and communication technologies
Phone: (213)740-6180
Email: ernestw@ussc.edu
 
Priscilla Wohlstetter, Diane and MacDonald Becket Professor of Educational Governance and Professor of Education and Sociology
Research Areas: Charter schools, educational governance and school reform
Phone: (213)740-3450
Email: wohlstet@usc.edu