Politics Faculty
Department chair: Megan Goldberg | Contact info
Faculty
Megan Goldberg
Assistant Professor of American Politics
Teaches introductory and advanced American politics courses, as well as courses in research methods. She studies the dynamics of state and local politics in an increasingly nationalized political environment, and in particular how local and state-level candidates can overcome unfriendly electoral districts. She employs machine learning methods to make use of text and social media data to answer these questions, as well as public opinion data and survey experiments. Ph.D., political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Aparna Thomas
Professor of Politics and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Teaches courses in international relations, comparative government, and gender, sexuality and women’s studies. She teaches advanced courses related to women in politics, strategies to alleviate poverty, and comparative health care systems. She currently serves as Cornell's faculty advisor to the India studies program sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. She also leads a women in politics course in India every other year. Ph.D., political science, Western Michigan University.
David Yamanishi
Professor of Politics
Teaches courses in international relations and comparative politics. Within international relations he focuses on state power vis-à-vis other states, the international system of states, and international political economy. His comparative politics courses deal with the themes of democratization, development, and human rights both globally and with special emphasis on Latin America and Europe. Ph.D., political science, University of California, Los Angeles.
Emeriti Faculty
David Loebsack
Professor Emeritus of Politics
B.S., M.A., Iowa State University; Ph.D., University of California at Davis.
Craig Allin
Professor of Politics Emeritus 1972-2017
B.A. Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University
Robert Sutherland
Professor of Politics Emeritus 1968-2017
B.A. University of Texas; M.A., Ph.D. Duke University