Our People

Faculty

Naomi Adiv

Title/Position

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- naomi.adiv@utoronto.ca
- MN 5148
Noel Anderson

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- noel.anderson@utoronto.ca
- MN 5144
Martha Balaguera

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- m.balaguera@utoronto.ca
- MN 5166
Steven Bernstein

Title/Position

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Political Science
- chair.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- MN 5176
- https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/egl/
Randy Besco

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- randy.besco@utoronto.ca
- MN 5160
Aurel Braun

Title/Position

Professor
- abraun@chass.utoronto.ca
- MN 5146
Arturo Chang

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- arturo.chang@utoronto.ca
- MN 5158
- http://www.arturochang.com
Janine Clark

Title/Position

Professor & Associate Chair, Research

Department of Political Science
- janine.clark@utoronto.ca
- MN 5168
Nadège Compaoré

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- nadege.compaore@utoronto.ca
- MN 5138
- http://www.nadegecompaore.com
Geoff Dancy

Title/Position

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science
- geoff.dancy@utoronto.ca
- 905-569-4457
- MN5150
- http://www.geoffdancy.com
Richard Day

Title/Position

Professor
- richardb.day@utoronto.ca
- KN 229
Spyridon Kotsovilis

Title/Position

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- spyridon.kotsovilis@utoronto.ca
- MN 5170
Shivaji Mukherjee

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- shivaji.mukherjee@utoronto.ca
- MN 5164
- http://www.shivajimukherjee.org
Emily Nacol

Title/Position

Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Academic
- emily.nacol@utoronto.ca
- MN 5154
Andrea Olive

Title/Position

Professor

Department of Political Science
Menaka Philips

Title/Position

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science
- mm.philips@utoronto.ca
- MN5152
- https://www.menakaphilips.com/
Alex Reisenbichler

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- a.reisenbichler@utoronto.ca
- MN 5140
Ed Schatz

Title/Position

Professor
- ed.schatz@utoronto.ca
- MN 5150
Alison Smith

Title/Position

Assistant Professor
- alisonmary.smith@utoronto.ca
- MN 5142
David Wolfe

Title/Position

Professor
- david.wolfe@utoronto.ca
- MN 5152

Sessional Lecturers

Aslan Amani

Title/Position

Lecturer
- aslan.amani@utoronto.ca
- MN 5148
Katherine Bullock

Title/Position

Lecturer (On Leave)
- katherine.bullock@utoronto.ca
- MN 5185
Justin Bumgardner

Title/Position

Lecturer
- j.bumgardner@utoronto.ca
- MN 5186
Kristin Cavoukian

Title/Position

Lecturer (On Leave)
- kristin.cavoukian@utoronto.ca
Arnd Jurgensen

Title/Position

Lecturer
- arnd.jurgensen@utoronto.ca
- MN 5185
David Pond

Title/Position

Lecturer
- david.pond@utoronto.ca
- MN 5138
George Wootten

Title/Position

Lecturer
- george.wootten@utoronto.ca
- MN 5186

Academic Leadership Team

Steven Bernstein

Title/Position

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Political Science
- chair.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- MN 5176
- https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/egl/
Janine Clark

Title/Position

Professor & Associate Chair, Research

Department of Political Science
- janine.clark@utoronto.ca
- MN 5168
Emily Nacol

Title/Position

Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Academic
- emily.nacol@utoronto.ca
- MN 5154

Staff

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Michelle Huang

Title/Position

Financial Administrative Assistant

Department of Political Science
- admin.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- MN5186
Kristina McCutcheon

Title/Position

Academic Advisor

Department of Political Science
- advisor.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- (905) 828-3921
- MN 5156
Sujaya Devi Rampersad-Singh

Title/Position

Assistant to the Chair

Department of Political Science
- assistant.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- 416-702-1052
- MN5180
Stephanie Santos (on leave)

Title/Position

Assistant to the Chair

Department of Political Science
- assistant.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- (416) 702-1052
- MN 5178
Harry Zhou

Title/Position

Department Manager

Department of Political Science
- manager.pol.utm@utoronto.ca
- (647) 772-8345
- MN 5184

Emeriti

Ronald Beiner

Title/Position

Professor Emeritus
- ronald.beiner@utoronto.ca
- http://rbeiner.faculty.politics.utoronto.ca/

Faculty Spotlights

Assistant Professor Alex Reisenbichler

Title/Position

Focus: the political economy of housing markets in rich democracies
Assistant Professor Alison Smith

Title/Position

Focus: the governance of homelessness
Assistant Professor Arturo Chang

Title/Position

Focus: Indigenous and Black insurgency movements during the Age of Revolutions
Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Academic Emily Nacol

Title/Position

Focus: early modern political thought
Assistant Professor Martha Balaguera Cuervo

Title/Position

Focus: migrations and social movements in Central America, Mexico and the United States
Assistant Professor Nadège Compaoré

Title/Position

Focus: International Relations theory, African politics, global resource/environmental politics
Assistant Professor Noel Anderson

Title/Position

Focus: international relations, intervention, limited war, and counterinsurgency
Assistant Professor Randy Besco

Title/Position

Focus: elections and public opinion, and the role of race, ethnicity, and immigration
Assistant Professor Spyridon Kotsovilis

Title/Position

Focus: transitions from authoritarianism, transnational democratization, conflict and war

Work-study Students