Political Science Faculty

Education:
Research areas: Intersection of republicanism and liberalism in American founding thought
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Intersection of republicanism and liberalism in American founding thought
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Indiana University
Research areas: political conflict, political economy, political processes
Program: Political Science
Research areas: political conflict, political economy, political processes
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Research areas: Elections, representation
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Elections, representation
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Illinois
Research areas: Judicial politics, Congressional history
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Judicial politics, Congressional history
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: Political economy of public support, survey research methodology, time series analysis
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political economy of public support, survey research methodology, time series analysis
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Michigan State University
Research areas: American Politics, Congress, Political Geography
Program: Political Science
Research areas: American Politics, Congress, Political Geography
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Research areas: Public law, legal theory and history, American politics
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Public law, legal theory and history, American politics
Program: Political Science

Euel W. Elliott
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: U.S. public policy, political institutions
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science
Research areas: U.S. public policy, political institutions
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science

Edward J. Harpham
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Director, UTD's Collegium V Honors Program
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Director, UTD's Collegium V Honors Program
Education: PhD, Government, Cornell University
Research areas: Political Theory, American Politics, Texas Politics.
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political Theory, American Politics, Texas Politics.
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas
Research areas: Comparative politics, democratization and peace process, elections and politics in East Asia
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Comparative politics, democratization and peace process, elections and politics in East Asia
Program: Political Science

Jennifer S. Holmes
Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science
Department Head of Public Policy and Political Economy
Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science
Department Head of Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Minnesota
Research areas: Political violence, terrorism, political development
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science
Research areas: Political violence, terrorism, political development
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas
Research areas: International Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Public Law: Comparative (Cross-National) and U.S.
Program: Political Science
Research areas: International Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Public Law: Comparative (Cross-National) and U.S.
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Yale University
Research areas: International conflict, social networks
Program: Political Science
Research areas: International conflict, social networks
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
Research areas: Political institutions, political and civic organizations, fiscal policy, political economy of higher education
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political institutions, political and civic organizations, fiscal policy, political economy of higher education
Program: Political Science

Education: PhD, American Politics, Ohio State University
Research areas: Judicial behavior, specialized courts, state supreme courts, political methodology
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Judicial behavior, specialized courts, state supreme courts, political methodology
Program: Political Science

Clint W. Peinhardt
Assistant Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy & Political Economy
Assistant Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy & Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Michigan
Research areas: Politics of trade and investment
Programs: Political Science, Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Politics of trade and investment
Programs: Political Science, Public Policy & Political Economy

Todd Sandler
Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy
Director, Center for Global Collective Action
Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy
Director, Center for Global Collective Action
Education: PhD, Economics, University of New York at Binghamton
Research areas: Public economics, defense economics, game theory, environmental issues, terrorism
Programs: Economics, Political Science
Research areas: Public economics, defense economics, game theory, environmental issues, terrorism
Programs: Economics, Political Science

Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: Electoral politics, political behavior, research methodology
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Electoral politics, political behavior, research methodology
Program: Political Science

Gregory S. Thielemann
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for the Study of Texas Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for the Study of Texas Politics
Education: PhD, Political Science, Rice University
Research areas: Texas politics, Southern politics, public policy
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Texas politics, Southern politics, public policy
Program: Political Science


