Nov 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Political Science


Chair 

Damore, David - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Rebel since 2000.

Graduate Coordinator 

Jensen, Christian  - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., American University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 2012.

Graduate Faculty 

Bowers, Michael - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Cameron University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona. Rebel since 1984.

Bowling, Jeremy –Graduate Instructor 1

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.A., M.A. Eastern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia. Rebel since 2018.

Fott, David S. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Vanderbilt University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University. Rebel since 1992.

Gill, Rebecca - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., James Madison College at Michigan State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Rebel since 2008.

Howard, Tiffiany - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Florida A&M University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Rebel since 2008.

Kopalyan, Nerses - Graduate Instructor 1

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2016.

Kuenzi, Michele - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Grinnell College; M.P.A., Wayne State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. Rebel since 2004.

Landis, Steven - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Eastern Michigan University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.  Rebel since 2017.

Lee, Daniel J. - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University. Rebel since 2015.

Lutz, Mark - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto. Rebel since 2006.

Maltby, Elizabeth - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa. Rebel since 2017.

Miller, Kenneth – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A.P., University of Akron; PhD, University of Texas Austin.  Rebel since 2019

Phelps, Martha – Graduate Instructor 1

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.A., University of California Santa Cruz; M.A., Norwich University; PhD University of Miami.  Rebel since 2019.  

Strand, Jonathan - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Platteville; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Rebel since 2001.

Tamadonfar, Mehran - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., M.A., University of Tehran; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Rebel since 1987.

Tuman, John - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 2001.

Wang, Austin – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.S., M.A., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., Duke University. Rebel since 2018.

Professors Emeriti 

Jones, Gary L.

Emeritus Associate Professor; A.A., Long Beach City College; B.A., Long Beach State College; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School. UNLV Emeritus 1969-2002.

Parker, Steven 

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., Assumption College; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany. UNLV Emeritus 1979-2017.

Pirages, Dennis

Emeritus Professor; B.A., State University of Iowa; Ph.D., Stanford University. UNLV Emeritus 2009-2016.

Simich, Jerry L.

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. UNLV Emeritus 1973-2008.

Titus, Dina

Emeritus Professor; B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., Florida State University. UNLV 1977-2011.