Kelly M Askew
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Kelly Askew is the Niara Sudarkasa Collegiate Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies. She has worked…
Deborah Beim
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Deborah Beim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. She…
Ted Brader
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Brader currently serves as Associate Principal Investigator for Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences. He has formerly served as…
Ceren Budak
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Professor Budak’s research interests lie in the area of computational social science– and particularly in the use of…
Nancy E Burns
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Burns studies gender, race, political participation, public opinion, and intergovernmental relations in the American context.
Roberto Felix Carlos
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Roberto F. Carlos is a scholar of race, ethnicity, and politics, with a particular interest in Latinx politics,…
Charlotte Cavaille
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Charlotte Cavaillé is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of…
Jowei Chen
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Jowei Chen’s research interests include distributive politics, executive agencies, and legislatures. He has studied how legislators’ pork-barreling strategies…
Cesi Cruz
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Cesi Cruz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics (by…
Christian Davenport
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Davenport’s primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war…
Marc Davignon
TRAVEL AND EXPENSE PROCESSING INTERMEDIATE ASSOCIATE
Justine Maisha Davis
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Justine Maisha Davis is an assistant professor jointly appointed in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)…
Mark Dincecco
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Mark Dincecco is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His research examines the process of…
Christopher Jennings Fariss
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Christopher Fariss’ core research interest is in the politics of human rights, violence, and repression. He uses computational…
Cameron Faulkner
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR
Christian James Fong
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Christian Fong specializes in the study of the United States Congress. He also does research in statistical methodology…
Edgar Franco
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Edgar’s research examines how colonial institutions and contemporary criminal violence contribute to economic underperformance and inequality in Latin…
Rob Franzese
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Franzese’s research interests center on the comparative and international political economy (C&IPE) of developed democracies and related…
Sabrina Garber
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR SR
Sabrina Garber is a Research Administrator serving the centers of the Administrative Core: the Research Center for Group…
Alexander Foster Gazmararian
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Alexander F. Gazmararian researches the intersection of international political economy and political behavior, with applications to climate change. He has written two books…
Lauren Guggenheim
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Lauren Guggenheim is the Research Associate Director for the Center of Political Studies. In that role, she oversees…
Heonuk Ha
RESEARCH FELLOW, CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Mary Clare Hagen
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INTER
Mary Hagen is an administrative assistant serving as general administrator for the Center of Political Studies.
Connie Hallom
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR INTER
Connie Hallom is a Research Administrator Associate with the Administrative Core serving The Population Studies Center, the Center…
Rachael Renee' Hamilton
ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST
Rachael Hamilton specializes in administrative support related to University procurement and event planning. She has worked with the…
Sang-Jung Han
SENIOR APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER
Sang-Jung is the data analyst/application developer for the American National Election Studies. He creates various data products for…
Ariel Hasell
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Ariel Hasell is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Broadly, her research…
Allen D Hicken
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Hicken studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries. His primary focus has been on political…
Vincent L Hutchings
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Hutchings’ general interests include public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African American politics. Professor Hutchings has also…
Pauline Jones
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Pauline Jones is the Director of the Center for Political Studies. She will assume to role after completing…
Robert Kaikati
DESKTOP SUPPORT SPECIALIST SR
Bob handles the IT/Facilities aspects of Admin Core and its associated Centers. He enjoys making computers and their…
Ken Kollman
RESEARCH PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Ken Kollman is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. …
Barbara Koremenos
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Barbara Koremenos is a Political Science Professor at the University of Michigan. She received an MPP and a Ph.D. from…
Yanna Krupnikov
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Yanna Krupnikov is a Professor of Communication Media at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on political communication. In…
Julia Lippman
SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST
Julia Lippman is a Senior Research Specialist at the Center for Political Studies. She received her Ph.D. in…
Esmeralda Anahi Lopez
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR
Kenneth Scott Lowande
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Kenneth Lowande is an associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan, with a courtesy appointment…
Francy Luna
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Arthur Lupia
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Arthur Lupia is the Gerald R Ford Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan. His research clarifies how people…
Walter R Mebane Jr
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Walter Richard Mebane, Jr. is a University of Michigan professor of political science and statistics and an expert on detecting…
Rob Mickey
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Professor Mickey’s research focuses on U.S. politics in historical perspective. He is interested in American political development, political…
Jon Miller
RESEARCH SCIENTIST EMERITUS, CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH SCIENTIST EMERITUS, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Jon Miller is the Director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy (ICASL) in the…
Brian K Min
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Brian Min studies the political economy of development, with a focus on the politics of energy, ethnic politics,…
James D Morrow
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Morrow’s research addresses theories of international politics, both the logical development and empirical testing of such theories. He…
Irene Sophia Morse
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR
Ragnhild Nordaas
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Ragnhild Nordås’s main research interests are political violence, religion and war, and dynamics of conflict-related sexual violence.
Mara Cecilia Ostfeld
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Dr. Mara Cecilia Ostfeld is an associate research professor in the Ford School of Public Policy, a research associate professor…
Josh Pasek
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Josh Pasek is Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science, Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, Institute…
Laurie L H Pierson
WEB DESIGNER ASSOCIATE
Anne Pitcher
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Anne Pitcher is the Joel Samoff Collegiate Professor of Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies at the…
Tevah Platt
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Tevah Platt is a communications manager serving three centers at the Institute for Social Research– the Center for…
Miriam Rahl
PROGRAM MANAGER
Miriam Rahl is a member of the ISR Administrative Core, specifically supporting the PSC Training Programs and Primary…
Matthew Redding
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INTER
Matt Redding is an administrative assistant in the Admin Core focusing on supporting RCGD. He handles logistics for…
John Barry Ryan
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
John Barry Ryan’s research agenda is centered on political communication with a focus on campaign communication, social influence,…
Christian Sandvig
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Christian Sandvig is the H. Marshall McLuhan Collegiate Professor of Digital Media and the Director of the Center…
Catherine A Seay-Ostrowski
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND CENTER ADMINISTRATOR
In her dual role as Director of Administration for the Administrative Core and Center Administrator for each of…
Michael Edward Shepherd
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Michael E. Shepherd is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, Health Management & Policy Department, and…
Yuki Shiraito
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Yuki Shiraito works primarily in the field of political methodology. His research interests center on the development and…
Tyler Simko
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Tyler Simko specializes in US state and local politics, political geography, and computational social science.Simko is Co-PI of the Algorithm-Assisted…
Dan Slater
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Dan Slater specializes in the politics and history of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus…
Kyle Stamper
RESEARCH LAB SPECIALIST INTER
Megan Stewart
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Megan A. Stewart is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School…
Shea Streeter
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Shea Streeter is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. Her research examines how race and gender shape the…
Mark A Tessler
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Tessler specializes in Comparative Politics, Public Opinion, and Middle Eastern and North African Studies. He received his…
Sabina Tomkins
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Sabina Tomkins joined UMSI as assistant professor in Fall 2021. Her research applies computational methods to advance understanding…
Michael W Traugott
INTERIM DIRECTOR, RESEARCH PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Michael Traugott is serving as Interim Director of the Center for Political Studies for the year 2025-2026. Professor…
Nicholas A Valentino
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Professor Valentino is the Donald R. Kinder Collegiate Professor of Political Science and currently serves as a PI…
Jaime Pedro Ventura
SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST
Jaime Ventura is a Research Area Specialist working for the American National Election Studies (ANES). He has been…
Mario Villegas
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR
Melissa Wallace
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION SR MGR
Melissa Wallace is the Research Administrator Lead of the Administrative Core serving the Population Studies Center (PSC), the Center…
Brian Weeks
FACULTY ASSOCIATE
Brian Weeks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media and a Faculty Associate in…
Xinyan West
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR LD
Xinyan West is a Research Administrator serving the ISR Administrative Core: the Research Center for Group Dynamics, the…
Brianna Zichettella
GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR