Administrative Assignments

Vice Chair for Graduate Studies
Joshua Dienstag

Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Brian Walker

Department Parliamentarian
Thomas Schwartz

Placement Coordinator
Mike Thies

Comparative Politics Workshop
Dan Posner

Information Technology Coordinator
Jeff Lewis

Department Speakers’ Coordinator
Robert Trager

Committees

Faculty Executive Committee
Jeff Lewis, Chair
Joshua Dienstag
Ed Keller
Brian Walker
Miriam Golden
Michael Chwe
Graduate Student Representative: Matt Spence or Sarah Leary

Merit Review Committee
Deborah Larson, Chair
Joshua Dienstag
Deborah Larson
Scott James
James Tong
Thomas Schwartz
Marc Trachtenberg
Miriam Golden

Graduate Studies Committee
Joshua Dienstag, Chair
Mike Thies (Comparative Politics)
Ed Keller (Race, Ethnicity and Politics)
Scott James (American Politics)
Kirstie McClure (Political Theory)
Art Stein (International Relations)
Jim DeNardo (Methods)
Graduate Student Representatives: Alex Schulman

Undergraduate Studies Committee

Brian Walker, Chair
Lynn Vavreck
Marc Trachtenberg
Michael Chwe
Michael Ross

Graduate Admissions Committee
Scott James, Chair
Political Theory: Victor Wolfenstein and Giulia Sissa
American Politics: Kathleen Bawn and Scott James
Comparative Politics: Mike Thies and Dan Treisman
International Relations: Barry O’Neill and Rob Trager
Race and Politics: Michael Chwe and Lorrie Frasure
Methods: Tim Groseclose and Jeff Lewis
Graduate Student Representative: Mac Bunyanunda

Graduate Recruitment Committee
Lynn Vavreck, Chair

Faculty Recruitment Committee

Art Stein and Marc Trachtenberg, Co-Chairs
Debbie Larson
Rob Trager
Graduate Student Representative: Mark Kaswan

Recruitment Committee for Race and Politics
David Sears, Chair
Ray Rocco
Mark Sawyer

Committee on Political Economy
Daniel Posner, Chair
Michael Chwe
Thomas Schwartz
Michael Ross
Daniel Treisman
Miriam Golden