College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty

Peter VonDoepp

Department Chair (2022) • Professor (2005)

Peter.VonDoepp@uvm.edu (802) 656-4451
Expertise

Michele Commercio

Professor (2006) • Director of Undergraduate Studies and Transfer Affairs

Michele.Commercio@uvm.edu (802) 656-0620
Expertise

Comparative Politics, Russian and Central Asian Politics; research interests include regime transition, ethnic politics, Islam, and gender.

Alex Zakaras

Elliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor of Law, Politics, and Political Behavior

Alex.Zakaras@uvm.edu (802) 656-8229
Expertise

Political theory and the history of political thought. Specific research areas include American individualism; liberalism and its history; democracy and democratic citizenship; and the political ideas of the nineteenth century.

Staff