Our Faculty
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Marco Alcocer
Politics of violence and crime in Latin America, with a particular focus on organized crime
> Criminal governance, Criminal violence, Organized crime, State capture, Political violence, Policing, Mexico and Latin America
Email: marcoalcocer@ucmerced.edu
Leonardo Arriola
Professor & Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
> Inter-ethnic political cooperation, party competition under identity polarization, and political violence in divided societies.
Email: leonardoarriola@ucmerced.edu
COURTENAY CONRAD
International relations and comparative politics
> Political violence, human rights and international institutions
Email: cconrad2@ucmerced.edu
ADI DASGUPTA
Comparative politics
> Political economy of development, democratization, political organizations
Email: adasgupta3@ucmerced.edu
ELAINe DENNY
Comparative politics
> Political behavior, political psychology, economic insecurity, and social norms
Email: edenny@ucmerced.edu
THOMAS HANSFORD
American politics
> Judicial politics, public opinion, elections and voting behavior
Email: thansford@ucmerced.edu
MATTHEW HIBBING
American politics
> Political psychology, political behavior, biology and politics
Email: mhibbing@ucmerced.edu
BRAD LEVECK
Political behavior and behavioral game theory
> Strategic choice and development of collective wisdom in democracies
Email: bleveck@ucmerced.edu
Anil Menon
Legacies of political violence and political responses to conditions of vulnerability > Political Behavior, Migration & Diaspora, Historical Political Economy, Political Rhetoric & Persuasion
Email: armenon@ucmerced.edu
NATHAN MONROE
American politics > Legislative institutions and Congress
Email: nmonroe@ucmerced.edu
Christopher Ojeda
> Political behavior, public opinion, poverty, and mental health
Email: cojeda5@ucmerced.edu
Tesalia Rizzo
> Political behavior, citizen-state relations, social policy, bureaucracy and machine politics in Latin America
Email: trizzo@ucmerced.edu
andrew shaver
International relations and comparative politics
> Civil war, insurgency, terrorism, and forcible displacement
Email: ashaver@ucmerced.edu