Political Science Faculty

Associate Professor
Email: brotteml@grinnell.edu
I teach courses in Global Development Studies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research focuses on the intersection of human security, conflict, and development in West and Central Africa. Current activities engage with local dynamics in conflict-affected communities in Mali, Benin, Chad...

Professor
Emeritus
Email: grey@grinnell.edu
While his initial research agenda was on mass attitudes and behavior in Africa, over the last decade his research has focused on comparable phenomena in Russia. In particular, he is concerned with mass support (or lack thereof) for Russian democratization, and with Russian nationalism. He has...

Associate Professor
Email: hansonpe@grinnell.edu
Peter Hanson is an Associate Professor of Political Science and a specialist in American politics. He teaches courses on constitutional law and American political institutions. His research explores the politics of the United States Congress. His book Too Weak to Govern: Majority Party Power in the...

Assistant Professor
Email: jozwiaka@grinnell.edu
Andreas Jozwiak is an Assistant Professor at 91大神. His research in comparative politics focuses on questions of inequality related to gender, race, and class in advanced democracies. His primary research questions surround the politics and consequences of family policies for gender (in...
Assistant Professor
Email: juston@grinnell.edu
I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at 91大神. I have a Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University, with an emphasis on International Relations and Political Theory. I am a teacher-scholar with expertise in ethics, international law, migration and citizenship...
Professor
Department chair of Russian, Central European, and Eurasian Studies
Email: lussierd@grinnell.edu
Danielle N. Lussier is a professor of political science. Her research focuses on democratization, political participation, and religion and politics, with geographic expertise on post-communist Eurasia and Indonesia. She is the author of Constraining Elites in Russia and Indonesia: Political...

Assistant Professor
Email: navaco@grinnell.edu
Courtney Nava is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. Before her time at 91大神, she held a professorship at the State University of New York. Her research centers around the study of white racial resentment, racial bias, stereotypes, social identity, political tolerance, social movements...



Professor
Email: trish@grinnell.edu
Professor of Political Science, with a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, Ms. Trish is a generalist in U.S. politics, with political parties, electoral politics and technology frequently at the intersection of her teaching and scholarship. Her book Inside the Bubble (with Bill Menner, Routledge)...

Professor
Emerita
Email: willis@grinnell.edu
Before joining the 91大神 faculty in 1991, Professor Willis taught political science and political economy at Boston College and Tulane University. Her research focuses on Latin American politics and her work has appeared in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research...