Faculty Experts

Karen J. Alter

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Norman Dwight Harris Professor of Political Science and Law

Field: International Law, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Foreign Policy, Globalization, Intellectual Property Rights, International Relations, Trade Policy

Sirus Bouchat

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Authoritarian Politics, Comparative Politics, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Political Economies, Statistics and probability

John Bullock - On leave 2022-23

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Data Science, Economic Inequality, Misinformation and Fake News, Political Reporting, Voter Rights and Behavior

Jaime Dominguez

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction, Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Chicago Politics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Immigration, Latinx Culture and Politics, Race and Ethnicity

Jordan Gans-Morse

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, International Business and Marketing, International Relations, Political Corruption, Russian Culture and Politics

Laurel Harbridge-Yong

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Public Policy, U.S. Political Elections

Ian Hurd

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Foreign Policy, International Relations, United Nations

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Political Science and Religious Studies and Crown Chair in Middle East Studies

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: International Relations, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Religious Rights

Olga Kamenchuk

School of Communication

Associate Research Professor, Institute for Policy Research

Field: Communications, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: International Relations, National Security, Russian Culture and Politics, U.S. Political Elections

Michael Kang, PhD, JD

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

William and Virginia Karnes Research Professor of Law

Field: Constitutional Law, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Campaign Finance, Constitutional Rights, Political Campaigns, Political Corruption, Political Redistricting, U.S. Courts System, U.S. Political Elections, Voter Rights and Behavior

Stephen Nelson

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Comparative Politics, Global Financial Regulation, Globalization, International Relations, Organizational Culture, Political Economies

Elie Rekhess, Ph.D.

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Crown Visiting Professor in Israel Studies

Field: History, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Arabic Culture and Politics, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics

William Reno

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Political Science

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Comparative Politics, Conflict Resolution, International Relations

Jorg Spenkuch

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Field: Economics, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Immigration, Income Mobility, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Campaigns, Political Corruption, Socioeconomics, Voter Rights and Behavior

Lawrence Stuelpnagel

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction and Senior Distinguished Lecturer in Political Science

Field: Journalism, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Broadcast News, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Political Reporting, Social Justice

Alvin B. Tillery Jr.

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of political science and African American studies

Field: Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Affirmative Action, American Culture and Politics, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity