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Hilary Appel,

Ph.D.

Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A., Williams College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

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Phone: (909) 607-1491
William Ascher,

Ph.D.

Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics

B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

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Phone: (909) 607-3071
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Mark Blitz,

Ph.D.

Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy

A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University

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Phone: (909) 607-3232
Hicham Bou Nassif,

Ph.D.

Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow
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Jordan Branch,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government

B.A., Stanford University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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Phone: 909-607-0490
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Nicholas Buccola,

Ph.D.

Professor of Government, Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern California

M.A., Political Science, University of Southern California

B.A., Philosophy, Santa Clara University

B.S., Political Science, Santa Clara University

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Ioannis Evrigenis,

Ph.D.

Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics

B.A., Grinnell College; M.Sc., London School of Economics & Political Science; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University

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Phone: (909) 607-2110
Michael Fortner,

Ph.D.

Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A., Emory University; M.A. and Ph.D, Harvard University

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Phone: 909-607-3868
Charles R. Kesler, Ph.D.
Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
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Phone: (909) 607-3984
Lisa Koch,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government

B.A. from Boston College; Master of Public Policy from University of Michigan; Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Michigan

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Phone: (909) 607-3798
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Susan McWilliams,
William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow in Government

Ph.D., Princeton University (Politics, 2006); M.A., Princeton University (Politics, 2002); B.A., Amherst College (Political Science and Russian, 1998)

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Ken Miller,

J.D., Ph.D.

Rose Professor of State and Local Government & Director of the Rose Institute

B.A., Pomona College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D, University of California at Berkeley

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Phone: (909) 607-7575
Jean-Pierre Murray,

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Government

Ph.D., Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts Boston

M.S., International Studies, Sciences Po Bordeaux

B.S./M.S., Politics and International Cooperation, University of the West Indies

B.S., Political Science, Université des Antilles

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Christopher Nadon,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government

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.

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Phone: (909) 607-1950
Emily Pears,

Ph.D

Associate Professor of Government

B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

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Minxin Pei,

BA, MFA, MA, Ph.D.

Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A., Shanghai International Studies University; MFA, University of Pittsburgh, M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University

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Phone: (909) 607-4225
John Pitney,

Ph.D.

Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics

B.A., Union College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

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Phone: (909) 607-4224
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Shanna Rose,

Ph.D.

Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Management and Government

B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University

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Phone: (909) 607-3387
Jon Shields,

Ph.D.

Professor of Government

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia

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Phone: (909) 607-7070
Andrew Sinclair,

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Government
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Aseema Sinha,

Ph.D.

Wagener Family Professor of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow

B.A. Lady Shri Ram College (New Delhi, India), M.A. JNU (New Delhi, India), M.Phil. JNU, (New Delhi, India); Ph.D Cornell University, USA.

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Phone: (909) 607-3856
Jennifer Taw,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government and International Relations

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

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Calvin TerBeek,
Assistant Professor
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Phone: (909) 607-3286
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George Thomas,

Ph.D.

Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions

B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Assistant Professor, Williams College.

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Phone: (909) 607-2911
Peter Uvin,

Ph.D.

Professor of Government

Ph.D. in Political Science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Course certificate, International Graduate School, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Licence in Political Science, University of Ghent, Belgium; Licence in Diplomatic Science, University of Ghent, Belgium

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Phone: (909) 607-8031
Cesar Daniel Vargas Nunez,

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Government

B.A. Pitzer College; MA Stanford University; Ph.D. Stanford University

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Jessica Zarkin,

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Government
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Visiting Faculty

Zachary Courser,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of the Practice

M.A., Ph.D. Government, University of Virginia, 2008 B.A. Government, Claremont McKenna College, 1999

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Phone: (909) 607-6724
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Marcie Gardner,
Lecturer of Government
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Terril Jones,
Visiting Lecturer of Government

B.A., Pomona College; Knight-Wallace Fellow, University of Michigan (one year); Kiplinger Fellow in Digital Media and Public Policy, Ohio State University (six months)

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Stephanie Muravchik,

Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government

PhD, Department of History, University of Virginia, 2007 

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Phone: 909-607-3184
Levi Watts,

Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government

Ph.D., Northeastern University

M.A., B.A., A.A.

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Phone: (909) 607-3239

Emeritus Faculty

Joseph M. Bessette,

Ph.D.

Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethics

B.S., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

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Roderic Camp,

Ph.D.

Philip M. McKenna Professor Emeritus of the Pacific Rim

B.A., M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Arizona

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Pamela B. Gann, J.D.
CMC President Emerita and Trustee Professor of Legal Studies Emerita
A.B., Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., Duke University, LL.D., Claremont McKenna College
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P. Edward Haley,
W. M. Keck Foundation Professor Emeritus of International Strategic Studies

A.B., A.M. Stanford University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

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Chae-Jin Lee, Ph.D.
Bank of America Professor Emeritus of Pacific Basin Studies and Professor of Government
B.A., Seoul National University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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Charles A. Lofgren, Ph.D.
Roy P. Crocker Professor Emeritus of American History and Politics
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
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Phone: (909) 607-2931
Frederick Lynch,

Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Government

B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

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Phone: (909) 607-3799
Jay Martin,

Ph.D.

Edward S. Gould Professor Emeritus of Humanities

A.B., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute

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Phone: (909) 607-3184
James Nichols,

Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Government, Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Emeritus Professor of Humanism and Ethics

B.A., Yale College, 1966; study in Paris, 1969-1970; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971. Andrew Dickson White Fellow; Earhart Fellow; Danforth Fellow.

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Ralph A. Rossum,

Ph.D.

Salvatori Professor Emeritus of American Constitutionalism

B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

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