Faculty
Ben Berger
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
Political Science
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Justin Casey
Visiting Instructor
Political Science
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Sam Handlin ’00
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Latin American & Latinx Studies
Political Science
Latin American & Latino Studies
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Ayse Kaya
Professor
Program Coordinator, Global Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Political Science
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Firat Kimya
Visiting Assistant Professor
Political Science
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Keith Reeves ’88
Professor
Political Science
Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
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A 1988 graduate of Swarthmore who majored in political science with the concentration in Black Studies and public policy and who attended Exeter College at Oxford University, England, Reeves teaches courses across the arenas of American government, electoral politics, and public opinion; racial politics and voting rights policy; the urban underclass, poverty, and public policy; and behavioral research methods.
Emily Paddon Rhoads
Associate Professor
Political Science
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Susanne Schwarz
Assistant Professor
Political Science
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Dominic Tierney
Claude C. Smith '14 Professor
Department Chair, Political Science
Political Science
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Dominic Tierney is a professor of political science, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and an official correspondent at The Atlantic.
Tyrene White
Richter Professor of Political Science
Political Science
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Tyrene White's current research is on the local political influence of Chinese NGO's and on the use of litigation to improve the status of Chinese women. She teaches courses on contemporary China, East Asia, and population issues, and introductory courses in comparative politics.
Ella Foster-Molina ’07
Social Science Quantitative Laboratory Associate
Economics
Political Science
Sociology & Anthropology
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Staff
Emeritus Faculty
Cynthia Halpern
Professor Emerita
Emeritus Political Science
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Cynthia Halpern taught Ancient Political Theory, Modern Political Theory, Ethics and Public Policy, and courses in Interpretation Theory on terror, violence, and technology/media. She specializes in Nietzsche, Foucault, Ricoeur and Levinas, among other theorists.
Carol Nackenoff
The Richter Professor Emerita of Political Science
Emeritus Political Science
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Carol Nackenoff is Richter Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Swarthmore College, where she taught American Politics, Constitutional Law, Environmental Politics, and Political Theory.
Kenneth Sharpe
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus
Emeritus Political Science
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Rick Valelly
Claude Smith Chair Emeritus of Political Science
Emeritus Political Science
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Rick Valelly taught the introduction to American politics every fall and an honors seminar on national politics every spring, as well as courses on Congress, elections, and public policy. He is an alumnus of the College (1975), received his Ph.D. from Harvard University (1984) and has taught here since 1993, after teaching for 8 years at MIT.
