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Hilary Appel, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Teaching: Comparative Politics , International Political Economy, ...
Research: Post-communist Economic Reform , Democratic Institution Building , ...
hilary.appel@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-1491, Center CourtE-9

 

William Ascher, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics
B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Teaching: Public Policy, Political Science, ...
william.ascher@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3071, Center CourtE-2

 

Joseph M. Bessette, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Govt. and Ethics
B.S., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
joseph.bessette@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3989, Center CourtD-9

 

Mark Blitz, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy
A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University
mark.blitz@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3232, Pitzer Hall 209

 

Andrew Busch, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor
BA, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA and Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching: Introduction to American politics, national public policy, elections, national political institutions
Research: American elections and public policy, the Reagan presidency
andrew.busch@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3382, Center CourtB-2

 

Roderic Camp, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim
B.A., M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Arizona
Teaching: Mexican Politics, Religion and Politics in Latin America, ...
Research: Survey Research in Democracy in Mexico and the United States, Civil-Military Relations in Mexico, ...
roderic.camp@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-4138, Center CourtE-1

 

Ward E.Y. Elliott, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Burnet C Wohlford Professor Of American Political Inst
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; LL.B., University of Virginia
Teaching: Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution
Research: Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution
ward.elliott@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3649, Center CourtD-2

 

Jerome Garris, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Senior Lecturer
B.A., San Francisco State College; M.S.Sc., Stockholms Universitet; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
jerome.garris@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 621-8195, Center CourtB-14

 

P. Edward Haley, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


W.M. Keck Fnd. Chair of Intl. Strategic Studies
B.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
edward.haley@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3803, Mills 104

 

John Haskell, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Assistant Professor

john.haskell@claremontmckenna.edu , (202) 833-4946, None

 

Myung-koo Kang, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Seoul National University, Korea; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
Teaching: East Asian political economy (Japan, China, and Korea); International Relations; International Political Economy; comparative politics; Korea-US relations
Research: Financial reforms in Japan, Korea and the U.S.; Regional economic integration and political conflicts in East Asia
mkang@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7040, Center CourtE-3

 

Charles R. Kesler, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor of Government and Director of the Salvatori Center
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
charles.kesler@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3984, Center CourtD-13

 

Chae-Jin Lee, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


BankAmerica Professor of Pacific Basin Studies, Prof of Government, Dir of the Keck Center
B.A., Seoul National University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
cjlee@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 621-8213, Pitzer Hall 102

 

Charles A. Lofgren, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Crocker Professor of Politics
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
charles.lofgren@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-2931, Center CourtD-1

 

Frederick R. Lynch, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Teaching: Organization of Health Care, Inequality and Public Policy, Political and Social Movements, Juvenile Delinquency and Public Policy
fred.lynch@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3799, Center CourtD-17

 

Jay Martin, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Edward S. Gould Professor of Humanities
A.B., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
Teaching: Politics in America, Crises in Presidential Leadership, ...
Research: Biography, Literature, ...
jay.martin@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3184, Center CourtD-18

 

Thomas McHenry, J.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Associate Professor
B.A., Yale College; M.F.S., Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; J.D., University School of Law
thomas.mchenry@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-8025, None

 

Jack Meek, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Professor
B.A., University of La Verne; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University; Assistant Professor, Manchester College; Assistant, Associate Professor, University of La Verne.
jmeek@cmc.edu , ( ) - , None

 

Judith A. Merkle, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
judith.merkle@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-2996, CMC Courts Center D4

 

Kenneth P. Miller, J.D., Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., Pomona College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D, University of California at Berkeley
Teaching: American politics; California politics; Constitutional law
Research: Direct democracy (initiative, referendum, recall); courts
ken.miller@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-2811, Center CourtD-10

 

Christopher Nadon, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Assistant, Associate Professor, Trinity College; Research Fellow, La Fondation Saint-Simon, Paris, France; Visiting Professor, University of Kiev-Mohyla, Ukraine. (On leave, AY.)
christopher.nadon@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-1950, Center CourtE-10

 

James H. Nichols, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor
B.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Political Science, McMaster University; Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research; Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University; Associate Director, Division of General Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities; Earhart Fellow; Danforth Fellow; Avery Fellow; Claremont Graduate University Faculty.
james.nichols@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3453, Center CourtD-3

 

John J. Pitney, Jr., Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Crocker Professor of Politics
B.A., Union College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Teaching: American politics: Congress, presidency, parties, public policy, media politics, political leadership (Nixon).
Research: Congress, political organizations and parties, political language, popular culture and mass media.
jpitney@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-4224, Center CourtD-6

 

Ralph A. Rossum, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Salvatori Prof. of Political Phil. & Amer. Const.
B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., Univerity of Chicago
ralph.rossum@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607-3392, Center CourtD-15

 

Jon Shields, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia; Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University.
jon.shields@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607- , Center CourtE-18

 

Elizabeth Spalding, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., Hillsdale College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Virginia
Teaching: U.S. foreign policy, International relations, ...
Research: U.S. presidents and foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War, ...
elizabeth.spalding@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 621-8267, Washington, DC

 

Jennifer Taw, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
jtaw@claremontmckenna.edu , (909) 607- , Center CourtE-4

 

George Thomas, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Assistant Professor, Williams College.
gthomas@cmc.edu , (909) 607- , Center CourtE-16

 

Adam Wolfson, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Assistant Professor
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Chicago; Editor, The Public Interest; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, DePaul University; Lecturer, University of Chicago.
adam.wolfson@claremontmckenna.edu , ( ) - , Washington, DC