Tenure-Track Faculty

Tenure-Track Faculty

Brian Blankenship

Brian Blankenship

Asst. Professor

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Brian Blankenship is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. He joined the department in the fall of 2019. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of international relations, international security, and international cooperation, with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and the politics of...
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Jennifer Marie Connolly

Jennifer Marie Connolly

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-2401
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Jennifer M. Connolly is a public management scholar with a focus on local governance. Her research is motivated by a desire to understand how local governments can best serve the interests of their residents through their management structure, their policies, and the services they provide. Dr. Connolly’s research centers on three broad...
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Cali A Curley

Cali A Curley

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

(305) 284-6867
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Cali Curley joins the University of Miami as an Assistant Professor from the O'Neill School at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Cali earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Florida State University in 2014. Her primary research emphasis is on local government policy design and adoption, specifically...
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Louise K. Davidson-Schmich

Louise K. Davidson-Schmich

Professor

(305) 284-2143
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Louise K. Davidson-Schmich is Professor of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies/ Associate Chair for Political Science. Her research interests include gender and politics as well as politics in long-term democracies. Davidson-Schmich is the author or editor of five books including the forthcoming Gender, Leadership and Crisis:...
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June Teufel Dreyer

June Teufel Dreyer

Professor

(305) 284-2403
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JUNE TEUFEL DREYER is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, where she teaches courses on China, U.S. defense policy, and international relations. Professor Dreyer has lectured to, and taught a course for, National Security Agency analysts, consults for organizations including the National Geographic...
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Laura Gómez-Mera

Laura Gómez-Mera

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-3116
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Laura Gomez-Mera is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of International Political Economy (IPE) and Political Economy of Development, with a regional focus on Latin America. She holds a doctorate (DPhil) in  International Relations...
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George A Gonzalez

George A Gonzalez

Professor

(305) 284-1738
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George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1997) is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He has been at the University of Miami since 1999. Prof. Gonzalez's area of research specialization is U.S. environmental politics and policy (e.g., energy, pollution, global warming). His books include: Energy...
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Casey A Klofstad

Casey A Klofstad

Professor
Chair, Political Science

(305) 284-8861
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Casey A. Klofstad holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. His teaching and research addresses how society and biology influence human behavior. Through a ten-year panel study of college undergraduates who were randomly assigned to their dormitories, he has shown that everyday casual conversations about politics can cause...
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Gregory Koger

Gregory Koger

Professor
Director, Hanley Democracy Center

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Gregory Koger is a professor of political science at the University of Miami. Koger specializes in legislative politics and political parties. After earning his B.A. at Willamette University, Koger worked as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House for over two years, where he served as a liaison to the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee....
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Matthew David Nelsen

Matthew David Nelsen

Asst. Professor

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Matt Nelsen is an assistant professor within the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. His research examines how local-level institutions, especially schools and neighborhoods, act as microcosms of democracy. He finds that these institutions can simultaneously serve as sites that exacerbate existing racial...
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Raymond Orr

Raymond Orr

Professor

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I am the Elizabeth B. White Endowed Chair and Professor of Political Science. Before joining UM, I was the Mae and John Hueston Distinguished Professor in Native American and Indigenous Studies and Associate Professor at Dartmouth College. My prior appointments include serving as the Department Chair of Native American Studies at...
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Costantino Pischedda

Costantino Pischedda

Associate Professor

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I hold a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and an MA in Strategic Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2015-16 I was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (Princeton University) My research interests cover...
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Stephanie Puello

Stephanie Puello

Asst. Professor

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Dr. Stephanie Puello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Her research agenda seeks to interpret and address how public policy and administration shape the political capital and civic standing and identity of targeted groups. She specializes in issues of voting rights, disenfranchisement, election administration,...
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Ruowen Shen

Ruowen Shen

Assistant Professor

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Michael Touchton

Michael Touchton

Assoc. Professor
Global Health Associate Faculty Lead - UMIA

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Dr. Touchton studies the political economy of development and underdevelopment in a comparative setting. His areas of interest include how countries attract investment and promote economic growth, how they reduce poverty and promote human development, and how they redevelop following the departure of major industries. Much of his research occurs...
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Joseph E Uscinski

Joseph E Uscinski

Professor

(305) 284-3717
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Joseph E. Uscinski received his bachelor’s degree from Plymouth State University, his Master’s from University of New Hampshire, and his Doctorate from University of Arizona. His research has appeared in Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Critical Review among...
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