Faculty

Our Faculty

At the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, we have world-class faculty doing groundbreaking research in a variety of disciplines. Click on the tabs below for a list of the Department of Political Science's faculty members and their respective specialties.

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
Gabriel Blouin Genest	Assistant Professor	512 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7665	gblouin@vt.edu
Ryan C. Briggs	Assistant Professor	528 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5491	ryancbriggs@vt.edu
Aaron Brantly	Assistant Professor	520 Major Williams Hall	540-231-9045	abrantly@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli	Assistant Professor	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5681	mauroj@vt.edu
Daniel Cicenia	Visiting Assistant Professor	528 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5491	cicenia@vt.edu
Cara Daggett	Assistant Professor	510 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5681	cdaggett@vt.edu
François Debrix	Professor and Director of ASPECT	202 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0694	fdebrix@vt.edu
Priya Dixit	Assistant Professor	511 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5323	pdixit@vt.edu
Brandy Faulkner	Visiting Assistant Professor	537 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5351	bfaulkne@vt.edu
Nicholas Goedert	Assistant Professor	512 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7665	ngoedert@vt.edu
Karen Hult	Department Chair	531D Major Williams Hall	540-231-5242	khult@vt.edu
Eric Jardine	Assistant Professor	Major Williams Hall	540-231-5342	ejardine@vt.edu
Caitlin E. Jewitt	Assistant Professor	522 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7544	cjewitt@vt.edu
Karin Kitchens	Assistant Professor	Major Williams Hall	540-231-	karin@vt.edu
Lawrence J. Kapp	OLMA Faculty		540-231-6571	kapp2011@vt.edu
Jason P. Kelly	Assistant Professor	517 Major Williams Hall	540-231-2839	jpkelly@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	Professor	539 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6633	twluke@vt.edu
Deborah J. Milly	Associate Chair	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	Director of Graduate Studies	519 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5629	scnelson@vt.edu
Adam Newmark	OLMA Faculty		540-231-6571	anewmark@vt.edu
Lynita Newswander	OLMA Faculty			nitanews@vt.edu
Luke Philip Plotica	Assistant Professor	526 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7614	luke.plotica@vt.edu
Georgeta Pourchot	Director of OLMA / Northern Capital Region		703-721-0595	georgeta@vt.edu
Besnik Pula	Assistant Professor	524 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8475	bpula@vt.edu
Jong Oh Ra	Adjunct Professor	533 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5574	jora@vt.edu
Richard Rich	Professor Emeritus of Political Science	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6571	rrich@vt.edu
Andrew J. Scerri	Assistant Professor	515 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8843	ajscerri@vt.edu
Adriana N. Seagle	Instructional PT Temp Adjunct		540-231-6425	aseagle@vt.edu
Ioannis Stivachtis	Director, International Studies Program	119 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5816	ystivach@vt.edu
Charles L. Taylor	Director of Undergraduate Studies	535 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5555	clt@vt.edu
Courtney I. P. Thomas	Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies	527A Major Williams Hall	540-231-2855	cipthomas@vt.edu
Sandra E. Via	OLMA Faculty	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6571	sevia@vt.edu
Edward Weisband	Edward S. Diggs Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences	501 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5298	weisband@vt.edu
Steven L. Wilson	Instructional PT Temp Adjunct	527 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6425	slw42@vt.edu
Laura Zanotti	Associate Professor	509 Major Williams Hall	540-231-2750	lzanotti@vt.edu