
Department Chair

Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political and economic institutions
- Authoritarianism in Africa
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Anders Hardig Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Social movements
- Discursive framing
Core Faculty

Sevde Arpaci Ayhan Postdoctoral Fellow SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Sumitra Badrinathan Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Claire Brunel Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Sarah Cleeland Knight Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Keith Darden Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Austin Davis Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Michelle Egan Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Tamar Gutner Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Anders Hardig Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Austin Hart Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Randall Henning Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Miles Kahler Research Professor-in-Residence SIS | Finance & Personnel Administration

Sarah Khan Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Robert Koopman Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Gina Lambright Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics


Dave Ohls Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Jennifer Poole Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Yerevan Saeed Barzani Scholar-in-Residence SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics


Mike Schroeder Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Stephen Silvia Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics


Krista Tuomi Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Tereza Varejkova Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Affiliated Faculty

Gregory Aftandilian Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Akbar Ahmed Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Boaz Atzili Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Piper Campbell Hurst Sr Prof Lecturer and Chair, Dept of Foreign Policy and Global Security SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Ji-Young Lee Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Garret Martin Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Kwaku Nuamah Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Chris Rudolph Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Tazreena Sajjad Assistant Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

David Simpson Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Environment, Development & Health
