Faculty

Department of Political Science Faculty

Click on the tabs below for a list of the Department of Political Science faculty members alphabetically and by discipline.

Name	Position	Office	Phone	Email
Clair Apodaca	Associate Professor	525 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5310	apodaca@vt.edu
Paul Avey	Assistant Professor	513 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6814	pcavey@vt.edu
Binio S. Binev	Assistant Professor	508 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5491	biniobinev@vt.edu
Aaron Brantly	Assistant Professor	526 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7614	abrantly@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli	Assistant Professor	503 Major Williams Hall	540-231-1982	mauroj@vt.edu
C Daggett	Assistant Professor	535 Major Williams Hall		cdaggett@vt.edu
François Debrix	Professor and Director of ASPECT	202 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0694	fdebrix@vt.edu
Priya Dixit	Associate Professor	511 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5323	pdixit@vt.edu
Brandy Faulkner	Collegiate Assistant Professor	514 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5351	bfaulkne@vt.edu
Bikrum Gill	Assistant Professor	517 Major Williams Hall		bikrum@vt.edu
Nicholas Goedert	Assistant Professor	529 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7665	ngoedert@vt.edu
Karen Hult	Professor	537 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5242	khult@vt.edu
Eric Jardine	Assistant Professor	Major Williams Hall		ejardine@vt.edu
Caitlin E. Jewitt	Assistant Professor	522 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7544	cjewitt@vt.edu
Karin Kitchens	Assistant Professor	524 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8475	kkitchens@vt.edu
Bettina Koch	Associate Professor	507 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5766	bkoch@vt.edu
Ilja A. Luciak	Professor	521 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5246	iluciak@vt.edu
Timothy W. Luke	University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science	539 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6633	twluke@vt.edu
Deborah J. Milly	Associate Professor	533 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5574	djmilly@vt.edu
Wayne D. Moore	Associate Professor	505 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5478	wmoore@vt.edu
Scott G. Nelson	Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies	519 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5629	scnelson@vt.edu
Besnik Pula	Assistant Professor	528 Major Williams Hal	540-231-8475	bpula@vt.edu
Desirée Poets	Assistant Professor	510 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5681	dpoets@vt.edu
Audrey Reeves	Assistant Professor	512 Major Williams Hall	540-231-9744	audreyreeves@vt.edu
Richard Rich	Professor Emeritus	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6571	rrich@vt.edu
Andrew J. Scerri	Associate Professor	515 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8843	ajscerri@vt.edu
Ioannis Stivachtis	Jean Monnet Professor, Associate Chair and Director, International Studies Program	119 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5816	ystivach@vt.edu
Charles L. Taylor	Professor Emeritus	513 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6814	clt@vt.edu
Courtney I. P. Thomas	Collegiate Assistant Professor and Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies	527A Major Williams Hall	540-231-2855	cipthomas@vt.edu
Edward Weisband	Edward S. Diggs Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences	501 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5298	weisband@vt.edu
Laura Zanotti	Professor	509 Major Williams Hall	540-231-2750	lzanotti@vt.edu

Name	Position	Office	Phone	Email
Adam Newmark	OLMA Faculty		540-231-6571	anewmark@vt.edu

Name	Position	Office	Phone	Email
Laura Jensen	Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy		540-231-7302	jensen7@vt.edu
Patrick Roberts	Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy		540-231-0562	robertsp@vt.edu
Chris Yianilos	Executive Director of Government Relations		540-8583005	chrisyianilos@vt.edu