Our Faculty
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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
DANIEL DE KADT
Comparative politics
> Voting behavior, developing democracies, Southern Africa
Email: ddekadt@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
HAIFENG HUANG
Comparative politics and political economy
> Authoritarian politics, news media, public opinion and game theory
Email: hhuang24@ucmerced.edu
BRAD LEVECK
Political behavior and behavioral game theory
> Strategic choice and development of collective wisdom in democracies
Email: bleveck@ucmerced.edu
NATHAN MONROE
American politics > Legislative institutions and Congress
Email: nmonroe@ucmerced.edu
Tesalia Rizzo
> Political behavior, citizen-state relations, social policy, bureaucracy and machine politics in Latin America
Email: trizzo@ucmerced.edu
MELISSA SANDS
American politics
> Political behavior, inequality, field experiments, geo-spatial analysis
Email: msands2@ucmerced.edu
andrew shaver
International relations and comparative politics
> Civil war, insurgency, terrorism, and forcible displacement
Email: ashaver@ucmerced.edu
JESSICA TROUNSTINE
American politics
> Local politics and political representation
Email: jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu