Faculty By Subfield

DePalo-Gould, Kathryn A. Teaching Professor — State and Local Politics, Women in Politics
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-403  | Phone: 305-348-2859 | Email: depalok@fiu.edu

Evans, Kevin Associate Professor — Presidency, Congress and Inter-branch Relations
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-413 | Phone: 305-348-2073 | Email: keaevan@fiu.edu

Fatovic, Clement Professor — American Political Thought
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1 - 529 | Phone: 305-348-6428 | Email: fatovic@fiu.edu

Furnal, Sara Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor — American Political Thought, U.S. Government
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-410 | Phone: 305-348-3295 | Email: sfurnal@fiu.edu

Garcia-Perez, Amarillys Assistant Teaching Professor — The Judicial Process, United States Supreme Court and the Constitution
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-428 | Phone: 305-348-3301 | Email: aeugarci@fiu.edu

Makse, ToddProfessor — State Politics, Political Behavior, Legislative Politics
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-405 | Phone: 305-348-8451 | Email: tmakse@fiu.edu

Mattes, Kyle Associate Professor — Campaigns/Elections, Political Psychology
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-432 | Phone: 305-348-8450 | Email: kmattes@fiu.edu

Moats, Sara Associate Teaching Professor — American political institutions, Organized interest
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-529 | Phone: 305-348-4279 | Email: smoats@fiu.edu

Arrarás, Astrid Teaching Professor — Democratization, Political Development
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-408 | Phone: 305-348-1692 | Email: arrarasa@fiu.edu

Clark, John F. Professor — Democratization, State-Society Relations
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-430 | Email: clarkj@fiu.edu

Gamarra, Eduardo Professor — Campaigns/Elections, Public Opinion, Democratization, Populism
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-525 | Phone: 305-348-1718 | Email: gamarrae@fiu.edu

Kostadinova, Tatiana Professor — Democratization, Electoral Systems, Institutions
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-419 | Phone: 305-348-4066 | Email: kostadin@fiu.edu

Levitt, Barry Associate Professor and Department Chair — Institutions, Public Opinion
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-429 | Phone: 305-348-2227 | Email: levittb@fiu.edu

Lob,Eric Associate Professor — Comparative Politics
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-401 | Phone: 305-348-7923 | Email: elob@fiu.edu

Mora, Frank Professor — Democratization, State-Society Relations
Office: MMC Campus | Phone:                         | Email: moraf@fiu.edu

Moreno, Dario Associate Professor — Elections, Institutions
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-433 | Phone: 305-348-3854 | Email: morenod@fiu.edu

Olson, Richard S. Distinguished University Professor — Genocide, Politics of Disaster, Political Development
Office: MMC Campus, AHC 5-251 | Phone: 305-348-6398 | Email: olsonr@fiu.edu

Rosenberg, Mark B. Professor — Politics of Development, Higher Education Policy & Management
Office: MMC Campus | Phone:                      | Email: rosenber@fiu.edu

Sarduy, Naisy  Associate Teaching Professor — Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Development Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-435 | Phone: 305-348-7927 | Email: nsarduy@fiu.edu

Thiel, Markus Professor — Institutions, Nationalism and Identity
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-412 | Phone: 305-348-2323 | Email: thielm@fiu.edu

Washington, Marcie. Associate Teaching Professor — Collective Action, Development, and Migration Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-411 | Phone: 305-348-3754 | Email: mrwashin@fiu.edu

Akhtar, Iqbal Associate Professor — Islam and International Relations, International Relations Thought, Postcolonial Thought, and Islamic studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 2-506 | Phone: 305-348-7098 | Email: iakhtar@fiu.edu

Barder, Alexander D.  Professor — International Relations Theory, International Historical Sociology, Postcolonial Theory
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-427 | Phone: 305-348-7925 | Email: abarder@fiu.edu

Breslin, Thomas A. Professor — Diplomatic History, Ethnicity and Religion in Foreign Policy
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-428 | Phone: 305-348-2304 | Email: breslint@fiu.edu

Clark, John F. Professor — Conflict and Peacemaking, Foreign Policy
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-430 | Phone: 305-348-2227 | Email: clarkj@fiu.edu

Cox, Ronald W. Professor — Foreign Policy, International Political Economy
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-431 | Phone: 305-348-6429 | Email: coxr@fiu.edu

Dinar, Shlomi Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Innovation, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs — Environmental Politics, Conflict Resolution and International Negotiation, Security Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 2-538 | Phone: 305-348-6958 | Email: dinars@fiu.edu

Gamarra, Eduardo Professor — National/Citizen Security, Democratization, Populism
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-525 | Phone: 305-348-1718 | Email: gamarrae@fiu.edu

Gould, Harry D. Associate Professor — Contemporary IR Theory, Ethics, International Law
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-528 | Phone: 305-348-2071 | Email: gouldh@fiu.edu

Lob,Eric Associate Professor — Middle East and Development Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-401 | Phone: 305-348-7923 | Email: elob@fiu.edu

Martín, Felix Associate Professor — Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, International Political Economy, Security Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-426 | Phone: 305-348-1858 | Email: martinf@fiu.edu

Mesbahi, Mohiaddin Associate Professor — Foreign Policy, Islam and Politics, Security Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 2-528  | Phone: 305-348-1857 | Email: mesbahim@fiu.edu

Mora, Frank Professor — Foreign Policy, Democratization
Office: MMC Campus | Phone:                       | Email: moraf@fiu.edu

Oates, John G. Associate Professor — International law and Organization, IR theory, Social theory, and Normative International Theory
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-407 | Phone: 305-348-7924 | Email: jooates@fiu.edu

Olson, Richard S. Professor — International Sanctions, First World-Third World Relations
Office: MMC Campus, AHC 5-251 | Phone: 305-348-6398 | Email: olsonr@fiu.edu

Sarduy, Naisy  Associate Teaching Professor — International Relations of the Middle East, Contemporary Problems in International Relations
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-435 | Phone: 305-348-7927 | Email: nsarduy@fiu.edu

Thiel, Markus Professor — International Organizations, Political Sociology of Europe
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-412 | Phone: 305-348-2323 | Email: thielm@fiu.edu

Verna, Chantalle F. Associate Professor — Economic History, Immigration and Ethnicity
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 2-314 | Phone: 305-348-3561 | Email: verna@fiu.edu

Washington, Marcie. Associate Teaching Professor — Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Civil War, International Migration, and Security Studies
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-411 | Phone: 305-348-3754 | Email: mrwashin@fiu.edu

Zeng, Jin (Julie) Associate Professor — Political Economy of Development, Chinese Politics, Politics of Economic Reform, 
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-418 | Tel: 305-348-0395 | Email: jzeng@fiu.edu

Zwingel, SusanneProfessor — Gender in International Relations, Global Governance and Gender, Women's Rights, Gender and Armed Conflict
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-420 | Phone: 305-348-2248 | Email: szwingel@fiu.edu

Akhtar, Iqbal Associate Professor — Islamic Political Thought, Postcolonial Thought, and International Relations Theory
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 2-506 | Phone: 305-348-7098 | Email: iakhtar@fiu.edu

Barder, Alexander D.Professor — International Relations Theory, International Historical Sociology, Postcolonial Theory
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-427 | Phone: 305-348-7925 | Email: abarder@fiu.edu

Fatovic, Clement Professor — Ancient and Medieval Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, Democracy
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-424 | Phone: 305-348-6428 | Email: fatovic@fiu.edu

Furnal, Sara Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor — Ancient and Modern Political Thought
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-410 | Phone: 305-348-3295 | Email: sfurnal@fiu.edu

Gould, Harry D. Associate Professor — Contemporary Political Theory, International Legal Theory
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-528 | Phone: 305-348-2071 | Email: gouldh@fiu.edu

Pedroso, Joaquin A.  Associate Teaching Professor — Political Theory, Anarchism, Anti-Foundationalism, Contemporary Political Theory
Office: MMC, SIPA 1-423 | Phone: 305-348-8454 | Email: jpedroso@fiu.edu

Shafer, Matthew Assistant Professor — Contemporary Political Theory, Transnational Intellectual History, Violence and Nonviolence
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-424 | Phone: 305-347-3297 | Email: mshafer@fiu.edu

Steinmetz, Alicia Assistant Professor — Early Modern Political Theory, Ancient Political Theory, Contemporary Liberalism
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-527 | Email: asteinme@fiu.edu

Zwingel, Susanne Associate Professor — Postcolonial IR Theory, International Relations Theory, Contemporary IR Theory, Feminism and IR
Office: MMC Campus, SIPA 1-420 | Phone: 305-348-2248 | Email: szwingel@fiu.edu