Faculty and Staff

  • Jason Cons

    Assistant Professor
    B.A.Wesleyan University, PhD. Cornell University

    Scholarly interests: borders, state formation, South Asia (particularly Bangladesh), international development, humanitarianism, ethnography, agrarian change, contemporary and classical social theory.

  • Kim DiRocco

    Academic Assistant

  • David M. Mitchell

    Associate Professor & Co-Chair
    B.A. Michigan; Ph.D. Syracuse

    Scholarly interests: U.S. foreign policy, comparative foreign policy, theories of international relations

  • Alejandra Roncallo

    Assistant Professor
    Ph.D. York University

    Scholarly interests: Interdisciplinary approach to the IPE of the Americas, particularly the transition from the Old to the New Pax Americanas, multi-scalar governance arrangements, policy analysis, natural resources, climate change, gender, indigenous peoples, transnational law, social reproduction and human rights.

  • Emek Uçarer

    Professor & Co-Chair
    B.A. State University of West Georgia; M.A., Ph.D. South Carolina; recipient of 2005 American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship

    Scholarly interests: international organization, nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations, international law, human rights, global migration, the European Union

  • Richard Waller

    Associate Professor of History and International Relations
    B.A. Cambridge; M.A. London; Ph.D. Cambridge

    Scholarly interests: social history of Africa, European imperialism, European diplomatic history

  • Hilbourne Watson

    Professor
    B.A., Ph.D. Howard

    Scholarly interests: international relations theory, international political economy, global restructuring, the Caribbean, political philosophy

  • Zhiqun Zhu

    MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics
    Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science
    B.A. Shanghai International Studies University; M.A. Indiana State University; Ph.D. University of South Carolina

    Scholarly interests: Chinese politics, international relations of East Asia, U.S.-China relations

  • Other Key Faculty
    Key faculty from other departments
  • Stephen Stamos, Professor Emeritus

    B.A. San Diego State; M.S.Wright State; Ph.D. Antioch

    Scholarly interests: international political economy, the global environment, Mexico, Latin America