Faculty Directory/ Concentration & Research

• American Politics
  • Ellen Andersen, Associate Professor
    • American Politics and Civil Rights with particular interest in how individuals and social movements use the law to effect social change.
  • Frank Bryan, Professor, John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science
    • American Politics, State and Local Government, and Research Methods. His research has focused on Vermont politics and Vermont democracy
  • Eileen Burgin, Associate Professor
    • American Politics, U.S. Congress, publishing primarily in the area of Congress and foreign policy and health policy.
  • John P. Burke, Professor
    • American Politics, the Presidency, Ethics and Public Affairs. His recent work focuses on presidential transitions to office.
  • Alec Ewald, Associate Professor
    • American Politics and Constitutional Law. Current research is on voting rights and institutions of suffrage.
  • Anthony Gierzynski, Professor
    • American Politics and Comparative State Politics. He has specific interest in elections, political parties and the mass media.
  • Deborah Guber, Associate Professor
    • American Politics, National Elections, Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion with particular focus on public opinion and environmental politics.
  • Lisa Holmes, Associate Professor
    • American Politics, Public Law, Gender and Law. Her research focuses on issues of politics in the appointment of federal/state court judges.
  • Garrison Nelson, Professor
    • American Politics, the U.S. Congress, Vermont Elections with special emphasis on political leadership and political parties.

• International Relations and Comparative Politics
  • Robert V. Bartlett, Professor, Gund Chair of Liberal Arts
    • Environmental Policy and Politics, Green Politics and Political Theory. Current research focus is on democracy, environmental policy and international jurisprudence.
  • Caroline Beer, Associate Professor
    • Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics; research interests include democratization, political economy and women in politics.
  • Matthew Carlson, Associate Professor
    • Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, with emphasis on political participation, parties, electoral systems, public opinion and international political economy.
  • Michele Commercio, Associate Professor
    • Comparative Politics, with focus on regime transition and ethnic politics in post-Soviet states
  • F. Gregory Gause, Professor and Department Chair
    • International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics. Teaching and research interest focus on the Persian Gulf States
  • Martha Thomas , Assistant Professor
    • International Relations
  • Peter VonDoepp, Associate Professor
    • Comparative Politics, focusing on African politics with specific attention to democratization-related issues
  • Melissa Willard-Foster, Assistant Professor
    • International Relations, focusing on the causes of international conflict and cooperation.

• Political Theory
  • Jan Feldman, Professor
    • Political Theory and Political Culture
  • Patrick Neal, Professor
    • Modern Political Thought; Liberalism and its Critics; Theories of Justice. His research has been focused on the relationship between religion and liberal-democracy.
  • Bob Pepperman Taylor, Professor
    • Political Theory, American Political Thought and Democractic Theory
  • Alex Zakaras, Associate Professor
    • Political Theory, Political Philosophy and History of Political Thought. Interests include the philosophy of democracy and democratic citizenship among others.

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