PPPA Faculty

Recent Books by Faculty

Benjamin Meiches, Ph.D.

Charles Williams, Ph.D.

Etga Ugur, Ph.D.

Emily Thuma, Ph.D.

Bidisha Mallik, Ph.D.

Mary Hanneman, Ph.D.

Katie Baird, Ph.D.

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	Name	Title	Areas of Expertise	Courses
	Katie Baird, Ph.D.	Professor of Economics	Education policy, comparative social policy, economics of public policy, public finances and social policy	TECON 410 Economics and Public Policy TECON 316 Current Topics in US Public Policy TECON 420 Economics of Education T PHIL 251 Data and Discourse
	Jane Compson, Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Religious Studies	Applied ethics, Buddhist thought, contemplative practices and pedagogy	TRELIG 321 Comparative Religion TRELIG 350 Philosophy, Religion and the Environment T PHIL 456 Environmental Ethics T PHIL 544 Biomedical Ethics TIAS 504 Values and Action
	Michael Forman, Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Political Theory	Political theory, human rights	T PHIL 355 Mind of Modernity T PHIL 451 The Enlightenment TPOL S 201 Introduction to Political Values and Ideas TPOL S 230 International Human Rights TPOL S 260 American Political Theory TPOL S 310 Modern European Political Theory TPOL S 312 19th Century Revolutions and Revolutionaries TPOL S 453 Political Theory of Human Rights TPOL S 480 Politics, Philosophy, & Public Affairs Seminar (Capstone)
	Durga Gautam, Ph.D.	Part-Time Lecturer in Economics	International factor movements and trade, institutions, economic development
	Mary Hanneman, Ph.D.	Professor of East Asian History	Japanese history, East Asian history, comparative nationalism, national identity	T HIST 251 The Global Twentieth Century T HIST 270 Premodern East Asia T HIST 271 Modern East Asia T HIST 464 Modern China T HIST 465 Modern Japan T HIST 466 Modern Korea T HIST 484 The Pacific War
	Matthew Harvey, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor of Economics		TECON 200 Introduction to Microeconomics TECON 350 Law and Economics TECON 418 Urban Problems and Policies
	Sana Khalil, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor of Economics		T PHIL 251 Data and Discourse
	Lily (Lixin) Li	Part-Time Lecturer		TCHIN 101 First-Year Chinese TCHIN 102 First-Year Chinese
	Anna Lovász, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor of Economics	Labor economics, behavioral economics, gender inequalities, social policies, education	TECON 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics TECON 430 Behavioral Economics TECON 450 Labor Economics and Policy T PHIL 251 Data and Discourse T CORE 103 Introduction to Social Science
	Bidisha Mallik, Ph.D.	Assistant Teaching Professor in Philosophy		T PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy T PHIL 240 Introduction to Ethics T PHIL 250 Practical Reasoning T PHIL 361 Ethics in Society
	Darrah McCracken, Ph.D.	Full-Time Lecturer of International Relations	International relations, international law, political theory, human rights, care ethics	T LAW 215 Introduction to International Organizations T LAW 423 International Law T LAW 424 The Politics and Law of International Human Rights TPOL S 203 Introduction to International Relations
	Ben Meiches, Ph.D.	Associate Professor in Global Politics	Global politics, armed conflict, genocide, international law	TPOL S 203 Introduction to International Relations TPOL S 210 Debate TPOL S 275 Political Rhetoric TPOL S 319 Theories of Political Violence TPOL S 360 Genocide TPOL S 371 The Politics of Security TPOL S 451 Human Rights and the Use of Force T LAW 215 Introduction to International Organizations T PHIL 466 Philosophy of the Future T GH 490 Research Methods Seminar
	Amos Nascimento, Ph.D.	Professor of Philosophy	Discourse theory and discourse ethics, human rights and cosmopolitanism, applied ethics, environmental philosophy
	Emily Thuma, Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Politics and Law	Socio-legal history; feminist and queer politics; prisons and policing; social movements; intersections of race, gender, and violence	T LAW 348 Gender and Law T LAW 363 Law in Society T LAW 452 Race, Ethnicity, and the Law T AMST 260 Introduction to Queer Studies
	Etga Ugur, Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Comparative Politics	Religion and politics in the Middle East, Islamic movements, religion and civil society, comparative politics	TPOL S 204 Introduction to Comparative Politics TPOL S 321 American Foreign Policy TPOL S 340 Middle East Politics TPOL S 341 Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East TPOL S 350 Politics and Film in the Middle East TPOL S 480 Politics, Philosophy, & Public Affairs Seminar (Capstone)
	Charles Williams, Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Politics & PPPA Division Chair	U.S. labor history and politics, alternative economic development	TPOL S 202 Introduction to American Politics TPOL S 260 American Political Theory TPOL S 343 Community and Labor Organizing: A Multicultural Perspective TPOL S 400 The American Presidency TPOL S 480 Politics, Philosophy, & Public Affairs Seminar (Capstone)

PPPA Emeritus Faculty

	Name	Title	Areas of Expertise	Courses
	Rob Crawford, Ph.D.	Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies	Health, human rights
	David Morris, Ph.D.	Emeritus Professor of American Literature

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