Michael Albertus
Associate Professor
Pick Hall 417
773 702 8056
On Leave 2019-20
Major Areas of Interest:
- Politics of redistribution
- Democracy and dictatorship
- Clientelism
- Latin America
Christopher Blattman
Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies
1155 East 60th Street, Room 303C
Oeindrila Dube
Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies
1155 East 60th Street, Room 303A
773 702 8400
Scott Gehlbach
Professor
On leave 2019-20
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political economy
- Comparative politics
- Formal theory
Tom Ginsburg
Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar
1111 East 60th Street, Room 525
773 834 3087
Gary Herrigel
Paul Klapper Professor in the College and Division of Social Sciences
Pick Hall 516
773 702 8067
Major Areas of Interest:
- Comparative political economy
- Social theory
- Economic sociology
- Organizations
- Governance
- Europe, North America, Asia
Benjamin Lessing
Assistant Professor
Pick Hall 517
773 702 3404
Winter Quarter Office Hours: by appointment
Major Areas of Interest:
- Comparative politics
- Latin America
- Methodology
Zhaotian Luo
Assistant Professor
Pick Hall 528
773 702 2941
Winter Quarter Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political economy of institutions
- Information manipulation
- Formal theory
Monika Nalepa
Associate Professor
Pick Hall 324A
773 702 0234
Winter Quarter Office Hours: by appointment
Major Areas of Interest:
- Post-Communist politics
- Comparative political institutions
- Positive political theory
- Transitional justice
John Padgett
Professor
Pick Hall 512
773 702 8077
Major Areas of Interest:
- American politics
- Organizational theory
- Mathematical models
- Co-evolution of states and markets
James Robinson
Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor and University Professor, Faculty Director of the Pearson Institute
1155 East 60th Street, Suite 176
773 702 6364
Paul Staniland
Associate Professor
Pick Hall 418B
773 702 2370
Major Areas of Interest:
- Civil war
- Ethnic politics
- South Asia
Susan Stokes
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor
Pick 322A
773 702 7664
On Leave 2019-20
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political development
- Political parties and democracy
- Comparative political behavior
- Distributive politics
Lisa Wedeen
Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science
Pick Hall 414
773 702 8065
Winter Quarter Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00-5:00 pm or by appointment in Foster 106
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- Comparative politics
- Middle East
- Feminist theory
- Qualitative methods
Dali Yang
William Claude Reavis Professor
Pick Hall 422A
773 702 8054
Winter Quarter Office Hours: Fridays 3:30-5:30 pm
Major Areas of Interest:
- Comparative politics
- Chinese politics
- Political economy