Zekeria Ahmed Salem
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847.467.2143
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3132
zekeria.salem@northwestern.edu
Core Faculty
Karen J. Alter
Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations
Program Area(s):
International Organizations and International Law
Phone number:
847-491-4842
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3124
kalter@northwestern.edu
Ana Arjona
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
Law and Politics
Phone number:
847-467-4064
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3168
ana.arjona@northwestern.edu
Isabella Bellezza
Assistant Professor; College Fellow 2025-2026
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3215
isabella.bellezza@northwestern.edu
Tabitha Bonilla
Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Political Science
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Road, 3437
tabitha.bonilla@northwestern.edu
Traci Burch
Professor of Political Science; Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Phone number:
847-491-4848
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3184
t-burch@northwestern.edu
Anthony S. Chen
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847-467-0515
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Road, 6115
Anthony-chen@northwestern.edu
Alexander Coppock
Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Program Area(s):
Experimental Methods
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3154
alex.coppock@northwestern.edu
Gustavo Diaz
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Program Area(s):
Experimental Methods
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3152
gustavo.diaz@northwestern.edu
Iza Ding
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3136
Jaime Dominguez
Associate Professor of Instruction
Program Area(s):
Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Phone number:
847-491-8916
Office location:
1908 Sheridan Rd.
j-dominguez@northwestern.edu
Daniel J. Galvin
Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research; Director, Workplace Justice Lab@NU
Program Area(s):
American Political Development
Phone number:
847-491-2641
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3174
galvin@northwestern.edu
Jordan Gans-Morse
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
Program Area(s):
Law and Politics
Phone number:
847-467-1154
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3166
jordan.gans-morse@northwestern.edu
Edward L. Gibson
Kenneth Burgess Professor of Political Science
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847-467-7505
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3134
egibson@northwestern.edu
Danielle Gilbert
Assistant Professor; Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
Program Area(s):
Conflict Studies
Phone number:
847-467-4071
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3178
danielle.gilbert@northwestern.edu
Laurel Harbridge-Yong
Professor
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Phone number:
847-467-1147
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3180
l-harbridge@northwestern.edu
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Professor of Political Science; Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
Program Area(s):
Law and Politics
Phone number:
847-467-5412
Office location:
Crowe 4-143
eshurd@northwestern.edu
Ian Hurd
Professor
Program Area(s):
International Organizations and International Law
Phone number:
847-491-4847
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3140
ianhurd@northwestern.edu
Daniel Krcmaric
Professor of Political Science and Law
Phone number:
847-491-4845
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3176
daniel.krcmaric@northwestern.edu
Brian Libgober
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law
Program Area(s):
Law and Politics
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3130
brian.libgober@northwestern.edu
Michael Loriaux
Professor
Program Area(s):
Critical Theory
Phone number:
847-491-2632
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3164
m-loriaux@northwestern.edu
James Mahoney
Gordon Fulcher Professor of Decision-Making; Professor of Political Science and Sociology
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847-491-2626
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3144
JAMES-MAHONEY@NORTHWESTERN.EDU
Mary McGrath
Assistant Professor
Program Area(s):
Experimental Methods
Phone number:
847-467-6414
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3225
mary.mcgrath@northwestern.edu
S. Sara Monoson
Professor
Phone number:
847-467-2647
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3128
s-monoson@northwestern.edu
Martin Naunov
Assistant Professor; Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3138
mnaunov@northwestern.edu
Stephen C. Nelson
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
American Political Economy
Phone number:
847-491-2589
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3170
stephen-nelson@northwestern.edu
Shmulik Nili
Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Philosophy; Associate Editor, Perspectives on Politics
Phone number:
847-467-6986
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3227
shmuel.nili@northwestern.edu
Wendy Pearlman
Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Political Science
Program Area(s):
Conflict Studies
Phone number:
847-491-2259
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3201
pearlman@northwestern.edu
William Reno
Professor & Chair of the Department
Program Area(s):
Conflict Studies
Phone number:
847-491-5794
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3142; 2001 Sheridan Rd., 3211 (Chair's Office)
reno@northwestern.edu
Andrew Roberts
Professor
Program Area(s):
Political Parties
Phone number:
847-491-2636
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3172
aroberts@northwestern.edu
Reuel Rogers
Associate Professor
Program Area(s):
Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Phone number:
847-491-2644
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3223
r-rogers@northwestern.edu
Jason Seawright
Professor
Program Area(s):
Political Parties
Phone number:
847-467-1148
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3203
j-seawright@northwestern.edu
Jacqueline Stevens
Professor; Founding Faculty Director, Deportation Research Clinic, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs; Institute for Policy Research, Faculty Associate; Political Theory Field Coordinator
Program Area(s):
Critical Theory
Phone number:
847-467-2093
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3162
jacqueline-stevens@northwestern.edu
Elizabeth Thom
College Fellow 2025-2026; Assistant Professor, joint with Environmental Policy and Culture; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Phone number:
847-467-7443
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3207
ethom@northwestern.edu
Chloe Thurston
Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847-467-4067
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3182
thurston@northwestern.edu
Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy
Program Area(s):
American Political Development
Phone number:
847-467-4697
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3219
Alvin.Tillery@northwestern.edu
Nicole Wilson
Assistant Professor
Program Area(s):
Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3205
nwilson@northwestern.edu
Jeffrey A. Winters
Professor and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies program (EDGS)
Program Area(s):
Comparative Historical Analysis
Phone number:
847-491-2630
Office location:
2001 Sheridan Rd., 3213
winters@northwestern.edu