Faculty

The faculty of the Tulane Political Science Department pursue distinction in scholarship, which enhances the academic experience for the department's students.

The following list of our current regular faculty provides an "at-a-glance" look at their scholarly and teaching interests. Please use the menu at left to access more extensive profiles of individual faculty members (including visiting and adjunct faculty and instructors), featuring their office hours/contact info, curriculum vitae and more.

Professors:

Thomas S. Langston
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
U.S. presidency and Congress

Raymond Taras
Ph.D., Warsaw, 1982
Comparative politics, East European politics, comparative nationalisms

Nancy Maveety
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1987
Constitutional law, judicial process

Anthony Pereira
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1991
Latin American politics, political development, social movements, Brazilian politics

Associate Professors:

Mary A. Clark
Ph.D., Wisconsin, Madison, 1993
Latin American politics, comparative health policy

Gary Remer
Ph.D., California, Los Angeles, 1989
Political theory, ancient to Renaissance political thought, Jewish studies

Martyn B. Thompson
Ph.D., London, 1974; Dr.phil.habil., Tübingen, 1985
History of political thought, political philosophy, literature and politics

Assistant Professors:

Brian J. Brox
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2005
American Politics, Political Behavior, Campaigns & Elections, Political Parties

Dana Zartner Falstrom
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
American Foreign Policy, International Law, and Comparative Human Right

Aaron Schneider
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics and Methodology
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Jeffrey A. Stacey
Ph.D., Columbia, 2004
International relations and international political economy

Mark I. Vail
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2005
Comparative Politics, Western European politics, political economy, and social policy

Professor of Practice:

Casey Kane Love
Ph.D., Tulane University

Visiting Associate Professors:

Jill Locke

Gary Brooks
Ph.D., The University of Kansas

Visiting Assistant Professors:

Khaled Helmy
Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University

Chris Lawrence
Ph.D., The University of Mississippi

Alexander Vuving
Ph.D., University of Mainz

Adjunct Instructors:

Michael Sherman
J.D., Georgetown University

Phuong Pham
Ph.D., Tulane University

Heidi Unter
Ph.D., University of New Orleans

Rosalind Blanco-Cook
Ph.D., University of New Orleans

Emeritus Professors: James Davidson Jean Danielson Roland Ebel William Gwyn Paul Lewis Robert Robins