Chiara Cordelli
Associate Professor
Pick Hall 515
773 834 8616
On Leave 2021-22
Major Areas of Interest:
- Contemporary political philosophy
- Distributive and social justice
- Egalitarianism
Michael Dawson
John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College
Pick Hall 419
773 702 8932
Major Areas of Interest:
- American politics
- Politics of race and ethnicity
- Democratic theory
Adom Getachew
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science and the College
Pick Hall 513
773 834 8723
Students should book an appointment in advance at calendly.com/agetachew
Major Areas of Interest:
- History of political thought
- International law
- Theories of empire and race
- Black political thought and post-colonial political theory
Demetra Kasimis
Assistant Professor
Pick Hall 511
773 834 8782
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- Classical Greek thought and its contemporary reception
- Democratic theory
- Citizenship and migration
Matthew Landauer
Assistant Professor
Pick Hall 413
773 834 8706
Major Areas of Interest:
- Classical political thought
- Democratic theory
- Rhetoric and political discourse
- Knowledge and politics
John McCormick
Professor
Pick 422B
773 834 4353
Major Areas of Interest:
- Modern political thought
- Renaissance Italy
- 20th century Germany
- Contemporary democratic theory
- European politics
Sankar Muthu
Associate Professor
Pick Hall 514
773 702 8059
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- History of political thought
Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics
1111 East 60th Street, Room 520
773 702 0303
Robert Pape
Professor
Pick 418A
773 834 0770
On leave Fall 2021 and Winter 2022
Major Areas of Interest:
- International relations theory
- National security affairs
- Causes of suicide terrorism
- Politics of unipolarity
Jennifer Pitts
Professor
Associate Chair
Pick Hall 518B
773 702 8868
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- History of political thought
- Empire and international justice
Nathan Tarcov
Karl J. Weintraub Professor in the College and the Division of the Social Sciences
Foster Hall 316
773 702 8064
Major Areas of Interest:
- Ancient political thought (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch)
- Modern political thought (Machiavelle, Locke, the American Founders, Strauss)
- Education and family in political theory
- Principles of US foreign policy
Lisa Wedeen
Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science
Pick Hall 414
773 702 8065
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- Comparative politics
- Middle East
- Feminist theory
- Qualitative methods
James Lindley Wilson
Assistant Professor
Pick Hall 521
773 702 8564
Major Areas of Interest:
- Democratic theory
- Egalitarianism and theories of justice
- Global justice
- History of democratic thought
- Constitutional and election law
Linda Zerilli
Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor
Pick Hall 522A
773 702 0522
On Leave 2021-22
Major Areas of Interest:
- Political theory
- Feminist and gender theory
- Gender and politics