Faculty & Staff

Expertise Areas: American political institutions, congressional policymaking and oversight, the presidency, bureaucratic administration, congressional and presidential elections, research methodology

Expertise Areas: International political economy, development, finance, food and agriculture, drugs, and teaching and learning

Expertise Areas: Environmental policy and politics, animal and earth rights, U.S. judiciary, U.S. Constitution, U.S. legal system, media and politics.

Expertise Areas: Early political thought, modern political thought, American political thought, political psychology, practical utopias, youth empowerment, children's voices in politics

Expertise Area: My research examines various aspects of gender and politics in India including micro-credit, informal economy, women's movements, Panchayati Raj (local elected bodies in the rural areas), and violence.

Expertise Areas: International Relations, Middle East Politics, International Security

Expertise Areas: armed conflict, global norms, international humanitarian law

Expertise Areas: international politics; international justice; political theory; international law; peace-building and transitional justice; refugee and forced migration studies; democracy and social movements; and religion and politics

​Expertise Areas: Indigenous Peoples; Race & Gender in Law and Policy; Civil Liberties and Constitutional Law; Indigenous Peoples, United Nations, and International Law; Human Rights; Ethnic Conflict

Expertise Areas: American political institutions Poverty and politics Urban politics American political thought CU in the Capitol Grassroots empowerment and social movements.

​Expertise Areas: International and Comparative Politics, Security Studies, State Socialization and Compliance, Foreign Policy Analysis

Expertise Areas: ​ Dr. Stefes works in the field of Comparative Politics. His regional expertise lies in Europe and the South Caucasus. His research has focused on autocratic regimes and democratization, informal institutions and corruption, the politics of energy transitions, and environmental crime. For his research and publications, he has received generous funding from internal grants and various national science foundations. Dr. Stefes also directs the semester-long study abroad “...

​Expertise Areas: Chinese politics, Chinese economic development, Chinese financial reforms since 1978, Chinese economic development in historical perspective, East Asia Foreign Relations, The role of sovereignty in economic development, The East Asian Miracle Countries

​Expertise Areas: Labor and Immigration History/Politics; Social Movements in the U.S.; Irish American History; Community Theater; Community Organizing.

​Expertise Areas: International Security, US Foreign Policy, National Security, International Arms Control

Expertise Areas: Social Media, Content Creation & Curation, Adobe Creative Suite, Communications and Public Relations