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Gordon Arlen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Political Science
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Osman Balkan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
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Ben Berger
Associate Professor of Political Science
Executive Director, Lang Center
Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
Political Science
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Sam Handlin
Associate Professor of Political Science
On Leave Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Latin American & Latino Studies
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Ayse Kaya
Associate Professor of Political Science
Program Coordinator for Global Studies
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Keith Reeves
Professor of 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.
Jonny Thakkar
Assistant Professor of Political Science
On Leave Fall 2021-Spring 2022
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Dominic Tierney
Professor of Political Science
Department Chair
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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
Professor of Political Science
Coordinator of Asian Studies
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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
Social Sciences Quantitative Laboratory Associate
Sociology & Anthropology, Political Science, Economics
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Carol Nackenoff
Richter Professor Emerita of 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.
Rick Valelly
Claude C. Smith, Class of 1914, Professor Emeritus of 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.
Staff
Christina Ruzzo
Administrative Assistant
Political Science
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