Government Faculty

Hilary Appel, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Teaching: Comparative Politics , International Political Economy, ...
Research: Post-communist Economic Reform , Democratic Institution Building , ...
hilary.appel@cmc.edu , (909) 607-1491, Bauer Center 219

 

Giorgi Areshidze, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
gareshidze@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3869, Kravis Center 240

 

William Ascher, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics
B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Teaching: Public policy of economic development, natural resources, and environment,
Research: Economic development and resource policy in developing countries; environmental policy process; policymaking in international organizations; political psychology,
william.ascher@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3071, Kravis Center 231

 

Joseph M. Bessette, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Govt. and Ethics
B.S., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
joseph.bessette@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3989, Kravis Center 236

 

Mark Blitz, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy
A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University
mark.blitz@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3232, Kravis Center 332

 

Andrew Busch, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Crown Professor of Government, and George R. Roberts Fellow
BA, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA and Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching: Introduction to American politics, national public policy, elections, national political institutions,
Research: American elections and public policy, the Reagan presidency,
andrew.busch@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3382, Kravis Center 434

 

Roderic Camp, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim
B.A., M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Arizona
Teaching: Mexican Politics, Religion and Politics in Latin America, ...
Research: Survey Research in Democracy in Mexico and the United States, Civil-Military Relations in Mexico, ...
roderic.camp@cmc.edu , (909) 607-4138, Kravis Center 237

 

Ward E.Y. Elliott, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Burnet C Wohlford Professor Of American Political Inst
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; LL.B., University of Virginia
Teaching: Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution,
Research: Public Law; Public Policy; Shakespeare Authorship; Representation; Population; Transportation; Air Pollution ,
ward.elliott@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3649, Kravis Center 224

 

Kristin Fabbe, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
Kristin.Fabbe@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3868, Kravis Center 246

 

P. Edward Haley, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


W.M. Keck Fnd. Chair of Intl. Strategic Studies
B.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
edward.haley@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3803, Kravis Center 354

 

John Haskell, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Assistant Professor

john.haskell@claremontmckenna.edu , (202) 833-4946, None

 

Myung-koo Kang, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Seoul National University, Korea; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
Teaching: Regional Integration in Asia (East Asia + ASEAN), Globalization and its Impacts on East Asian Countries, ...
Research: Global Financial Imbalances and US-Asia Strategic Cooperation, Financial Crises and Government Responses: Why Policy Responses (and outcomes) to Financial Crises are Differnent?, ...
mkang@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7040, Kravis Center 243

 

Charles R. Kesler, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
charles.kesler@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3984, Kravis Center 220

 

Chae-Jin Lee, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Bank of America Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Professor of Government
B.A., Seoul National University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
cjlee@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3387, Kravis Center 216

 

Charles A. Lofgren, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor of American History and Politics
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Teaching: American Constitutional History; Recent American Politics; Introductory U.S. History,
Research: War, Foreign Relations, and the U.S. Constitution; the Constitutional History of Race in the United States,
charles.lofgren@cmc.edu , (909) 607-2931, Kravis Center 234

 

Frederick R. Lynch, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Teaching: Organization of Health Care, Inequality and Public Policy, Political and Social Movements, Juvenile Delinquency and Public Policy,
Research: Aging and public policy Politics of health care, Medicare and Social Security; Inequality and the middle class; Occupational structure and workplace trends; The Next American Dream,
fred.lynch@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3799, Kravis Center 266

 

Jay Martin, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Edward S. Gould Professor of Humanities
A.B., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
Teaching: Politics in America, Crises in Presidential Leadership, ...
Research: Biography, Literature, ...
jay.martin@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3184, Kravis Center 242

 

Jack Meek, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Professor
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University--International Relations (1980), B.A. University of La Verne--History and Political Science (1975)
Teaching: Public Administration, Collaborative Public Management, Metropolitan Governance, Citizen Engagement,
Research: Metropolitan Governance, Regional Collaboration, Policy Networks, Environmental Governance, Intergovernmental Relations,
jmeek@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3855, Kravis Center 218

 

Kenneth P. Miller, J.D., Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., Pomona College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D, University of California at Berkeley
Teaching: American politics; California politics; Constitutional law,
Research: Direct democracy (initiative, referendum, recall); California politics; courts,
ken.miller@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7575, Kravis Center

 

Christopher Nadon, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Assistant, Associate Professor, Trinity College; Research Fellow, La Fondation Saint-Simon, Paris, France; Visiting Professor, University of Kiev-Mohyla, Ukraine. (On leave, AY.)
christopher.nadon@cmc.edu , (909) 607-1950, Kravis Center 244

 

James H. Nichols, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Professor
B.A., Yale College, 1966; study in Paris, 1969-1970; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971. Andrew Dickson White Fellow; Earhart Fellow; Danforth Fellow.
Teaching: Political Philosophy. Freshman Humanities Seminar. Political Economy, Foreign Policy, Rhetoric.,
Research: Ancient political philosophy. The relationship of philosophy and history, for example in the case of Tacitus. Political economy. International relations and foreign policy.,
james.nichols@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3453, Kravis Center 235

 

Minxin Pei, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and the Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies
B.A., Shanghai International Studies University; M.A. and Ph.D, Harvard University
Teaching: Chinese Politics, Comparative Politics, ...
Research: Political Institutions and Governance in China, Politics of Economic Reform, ...
mpei@cmc.edu , (909) 607-4225, Kravis Center 344

 

John J. Pitney, Jr., Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Crocker Professor of Politics
B.A., Union College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Teaching: American politics: Congress, presidency, parties, public policy, media politics, political leadership (Nixon).,
Research: Congress, presidency, political organizations and parties, autism policy, popular culture and mass media.,
jpitney@cmc.edu , (909) 607-4224, Kravis Center 232

 

Constance Rossum, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Professor
crossum@cmc.edu , (909) 621-1243, Kravis Center 215

 

Ralph A. Rossum, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Salvatori Prof. of Political Phil. & Amer. Const.
B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., Univerity of Chicago
Teaching: Constitutional Law, The American Founding, Federalism, Federal Indian Law, Criminal Procedure,
Research: Currently writing The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas: Constitutional Restoration, under contract with University Press of Kansas. Beginning Federalism after Obamacare,
ralph.rossum@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3392, Kravis Center 222

 

Jon A. Shields, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Research: Social Movements, Religion and Politics, American Conservatism, Politics of Higher Education,
jon.shields@cmc.edu , (909) 607-7070, Kravis Center 238

 

Aseema Sinha, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A. Lady Shri Ram College (New Delhi, India), M.A. JNU (New Delhi, India), M.Phil. JNU, (New Delhi, India); Ph.D Cornell University, USA.
Teaching: India; South Asia; Situating India's Rise in the Global System; Social Movements; Comparing India and China; Development; Introduction to Comparative Politics,
Research: Comparative Politics; Political Economy of Development; India-China Comparisons; Subnational Development; Federalism; International Organizations; Globalization and Emerging Powers.,
aseema.sinha@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3856, Kravis Center 233

 

Elizabeth Spalding, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., Hillsdale College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Virginia
Teaching: U.S. foreign policy, International relations, ...
Research: U.S. presidents and foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War, ...
elizabeth.spalding@cmc.edu , (909) 621-8267, Washington, DC

 

Jennifer Taw, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Assistant Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
Teaching: International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, Security Studies ,
Research: U.S. foreign policy as related to both military action and anticipated outcomes ,
jtaw@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3599, Kravis Center 241

 

George Thomas, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Associate Professor
B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Assistant Professor, Williams College.
Teaching: American Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutionalism, American Political Thought and Development,
Research: American Constitutionalism, American Political Development, Constitutionalism,
gthomas@cmc.edu , (909) 607-2911, Kravis Center 264

 

Pinar Tremblay, M.A. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Instructor
ptremblay@cmc.edu , (909) 607-3798, Kravis Center 245

 

Michael Uhlmann, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Professor

michael.uhlmann@cgu.edu , (909) 621-8210, Kravis Center 214

 

Adam Wolfson, Ph.D. -- read full profile

 


Visiting Assistant Professor
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Chicago; Editor, The Public Interest; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, DePaul University; Lecturer, University of Chicago.
adam.wolfson@claremontmckenna.edu , ( ) - , Washington, DC