Department of Political Science
Current Faculty
Albert Cover
Associate Professor. Ph.D., Yale University, 1976.
Research Interests: American Politics; Congressional Elections.
Stanley Feldman
Professor. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1978.
Research Interests: American Politics; Political Psychology; Public Opinion; Voting
Behavior and Participation; Methodology.
Leonie Huddy
Professor. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1988.
Research Interests: Political Attitudes; Groups and Politics; Socio-political Gerontology;
Women and Politics; Survey Methodology.
Lee Koppelman
Leading Professor. Ph.D., New York University, 1967.
Research Interests: Comprehensive Regional and Urban Planning;
Environmental Planning; Intergovernmental Relations and American Federalism;
Coastal Zone Planning and Analysis.
Gallya Lahav
Associate Professor. Ph.D., City University of New York.
Research Interests: Comparative Politics; European Politics;
Immigration and Migration Policies, Attitudes, and
Behavior; Globalization; Regional Integration.
Howard Lavine
Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; Public Opinion and Political Persuasion;
Ambivalence; Authoritarianism; Experimental Methodology.
Matthew Lebo
Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1999.
Research Interests: American Politics; Comparative Politics;
Political Methodology (with emphasis on Public Opinion,
Voting Behavior, and Time-Series Analysis).
Lindsey Levitan
Assistant Professor. Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2007.
Research Interests: Social Networks; Attitudes; Prejudice.
Milton Lodge
Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1967.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; Political Cognition.
Frank Myers
Distinguished Teaching Professor. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1965.
Research Interests: Comparative Politics; Political Theory.
Helmut Norpoth
Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974.
Research Interests: Electoral Behavior; Public Opinion.
Peter Salins
Professor. Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Research Interests: Public Policy; Urban Planning.
Jeffrey Segal
Chairman and Distinguished University Professor. Ph.D., Michigan State
University, 1983.
Research Interests: Judicial Process and Behavior; American Politics; Methodology.
Joel Simmons
Assistant Professor. Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 2008.
Research Interests: Comparative Political Economy; International Political Economy;
Political and Economic Development; Political Institutions; Political Parties;
Public Goods Provision; International Relations; Methodology.
Oleg Smirnov
Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2005.
Research Interests: Evolutionary Game Theory; Computational and Agent-based Modeling;
Experimental Economics; Evolutionary Psychology.
Charles Taber
Professor. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, l991.
Research Interests: Political Psychology; International relations;
Foreign policy; Conflict; Computational Modeling (AI).
