Faculty

Frederick Boehmke

Frederick J. Boehmke

Title/Position
Professor
Marvin and Rose Lee Pomerantz Chair in Political Science
Frederick Boehmke is a Professor of Political Science, Marvin and Rose Lee Pomerantz Chair in Political Science, and Director of the Iowa Social Science Research Center in the Public Policy Center. His research focuses on the effect of direct democracy on interest groups.
Douglas Dion

Douglas Dion

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Douglas Dion is an Associate Professor of Political Science. He is primarily interested in the intersection of formal models, democratic theory and American political history.
David Greenwood-Sanchez

David Greenwood-Sanchez

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
David Greenwood-Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of Iowa, and recently completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Timothy Hagle

Timothy M. Hagle

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Tim Hagle is an Associate Professor of Political Science and political expert. He provides insight into how the caucuses work and how Iowans are responding to candidates and their campaign strategies.
Kelly Kadera

Kelly M. Kadera

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Kelly Kadera is an Associate Professor of Political Science and studies conflict processes and dynamic modeling.
Brian Lai

Brian Lai

Title/Position
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Nicholas Martini

Nicholas Martini

Title/Position
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lecturer
Nicholas Martini is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of international relations and political behavior.
Ronald McMullen

Ronald K. McMullen

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Practice
Ron McMullen is the University of Iowa’s Ambassador in Residence and teaches a variety of courses on comparative politics, diplomacy, and international politics.
Elizabeth Menninga

Elizabeth Menninga

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Sara Mitchell

Sara Mitchell

Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Professor
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Political Science and the College of Law (courtesy appointment) at the University of Iowa.
Tracy Osborn

Tracy Osborn

Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Tracy Osborn is an Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research focuses on women and politics in U.S. state legislatures, Congress, and political behavior.
Julianna Pacheco

Julianna Pacheco

Title/Position
Professor
Julianna Pacheco is a Professor of Political Science. Her research explores political behavior, public opinion, state and local politics, and health policy.
Elise Pizzi

Elise Pizzi

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Elise Pizzi is an Associate Professor of Political Science. Her primary research focuses on public goods provision in developing countries, specifically the local politics of drinking water provision in rural China.
William M. Reisinger

William M. Reisinger

Title/Position
Professor
William M. Reisinger is Professor of Political Science. His research concerns politics in the former communist states, especially Russia.
Tom Rice

Tom W. Rice

Title/Position
Professor
Rene Rocha

Rene Rocha

Title/Position
Professor
Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Chair
Director of Latina/o/x Studies
Rene Rocha is a Professor of Political Science and a leading scholar of race, ethnicity, and politics in the United States. His primary areas of specialization are immigration policy and voting rights.
Frederick Solt

Frederick Solt

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Frederick Solt is an Associate Professor of Political Science. His primary research interests are in comparative politics and focus on the consequences of economic inequality for political attitudes and behavior.
Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Title/Position
Professor
University Distinguished Chair
Caroline Tolbert is a Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Chair. She is the author/coauthor of eight books, as well as dozens of articles in scholarly journals. Her research explores voting, elections, public opinion and representation widely defined.
Marina Zaloznaya

Marina Zaloznaya

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Marina Zaloznaya joined the University of Iowa's Political Science department in 2021, but she has been on the Sociology faculty since 2012. Dr. Zaloznaya’s research explores public sector corruption, political behavior, and gender in non-democratic regimes from a range of methodological perspectives, including ethnography, survey methods, comparative-historical, and network analyses.

Emeritus Faculty

Bob Boynton

G.R. Boynton

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
John Conybeare

John Conybeare

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Alfonso Damico

Alfonso J. Damico

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Vicki Hesli Claypool

Vicki Hesli Claypool

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Vicki Hesli Claypool is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Iowa.

Staff

Tara Atkinson

Tara Atkinson

Title/Position
Graduate Program Coordinator
Martha Kirby portrait

Martha Kirby

Title/Position
Academic Advisor
Martha Kirby advises international relations and political science students who plan to attend law school.
Wendy Sandersfeld

Wendy Sandersfeld

Title/Position
Undergraduate Coordinator
Andy Tinkham photo

Andy Tinkham

Title/Position
Academic Advisor
Andy Tinkham advises political science, international relations, and the online political science B.A. program. Andy has over 20 years’ experience in undergraduate education at the University of Iowa. In addition to his advising role, Andy coordinates the CLAS Interdepartmental Programs majors.
Chuck Wieland

Chuck Wieland

Title/Position
Departmental Administrator

Graduate Students

Danielle Beavers

Danielle Beavers

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Alex Bezahler

Alex Bezahler

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Simal Binici

Simal Binici

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Ahmed Bulbul

Ahmed Bulbul

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Jeongho Choi

Jeongho Choi

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Thomas Dainty

Thomas Dainty

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Brody DeBettignies

Brody DeBettignies

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Sami DeRagon

Sami DeRagon

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Abbie Eastman

Abbie Eastman

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Sam Harper

Sam Harper

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Ji Yeon Hong

Ji Yeon Hong

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Addison Huygens

Addison Huygens

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Teaching Assistant
Brian Janssen

Brian Janssen

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Hyein Ko

Hyein Ko

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Research Assistant
Willow Kreutzer

Willow Kreutzer

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Graduate Instructor
Daria Kuznetsova

Daria Kuznetsova

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Research Assistant
Adam Lappe

Adam Lappe

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Chase LaSpisa

Chase LaSpisa

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Teaching Assistant
Saera Lee

Saera Lee

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Research Assistant
Haofeng Ma

Haofeng Ma

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Graduate Instructor
Sheri Martin Chen

Sheri Martin Chen

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Nathan Micatka

Nathan Micatka

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Research Assistant
Carly Millerd

Carly Millerd

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Hoshik Nam

Hoshik Nam

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Teaching Assistant
Eric Ngo

Eric Ngo

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Cassidy Oberreuter

Cassidy Oberreuter

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Tracee Saunders

Tracee Saunders

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Cody Schmidt

Cody Schmidt

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Teaching Assistant
Stephanie Schmitt

Stephanie Schmitt

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Nathan Timbs

Nathan Timbs

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Graduate Instructor
Taylor Tokos

Taylor Tokos

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Tianhui Wu

Tianhui Wu

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Timothy Yen

Timothy Yen

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant
Dong "Erico" Yu

Dong "Erico" Yu

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Jianjun Yu

Jianjun Yu

Title/Position
Graduate Instructor
Weidong Zhang

Weidong Zhang

Title/Position
Teaching Assistant