Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Political Science Faculty


Chair 

Damore, David 

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  

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

Graduate Faculty 

Bowers, Michael 

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

Bowling, Jeremy

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

Fott, David S.

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

Gill, Rebecca 

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

Howard, Tiffiany

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

Kopalyan, Nerses 

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

Kuenzi, Michele 

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

Landis, Steven 

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

Lee, Daniel J.

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

Lugg, Andrew 

Assistant Professor; BA Lewis and Clark; MS Oklahoma State; PhD University of Maryland; Rebel since 2022

Lutz, Mark

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

Maltby, Elizabeth 

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

Miller, Kenneth

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

Oestman, Jared

Assistant Professor; BS, Kansas State University; MS Kansas State University; MA Rice University; PhD Rice University;  Rebel Since 2022

Phelps, Martha

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

Tamadonfar, Mehran

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

Tuman, John 

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

Wang, Austin

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.

Simich, Jerry L.

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

Strand, Jonathan

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

Titus, Dina

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