The department houses six core faculty and two adjunct faculty whose research and teaching interests include postcolonial theory, Middle East politics, critical social theory, migration and diaspora studies, gender and sexuality, critical development studies, international law, international political economy, and social movements. As an interdisciplinary program, we involve faculty from across the university in teaching classes, hosting events, and advising students. Affiliated faculty come from Political Science, History, Geography, Modern Languages, Latin American and Latino Studies, Anthropology, African and Black Diaspora Studies, Religious Studies, Educational Policy Studies, Environmental Sciences, and Women's and Gender Studies. Despite the varied teaching and research interests, faculty members share a commitment to examining the world critically through an interdisciplinary and international lens.
Kaveh Ehsani
Assistant Professor (International Studies)
Leiden University; Faculty of Social Sciences, Ph.D. Expected 2013
Gil Gott, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Professor (International Studies)
University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Kamin, M.A.
Adjunct Professor (International Studies)
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
Larisa Kurtovic
Adjunct Professor (International Studies)
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. Expected 2012
Shiera Malik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (International Studies)
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Michael McIntyre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Chair (International Studies)
University of Chicago
Antonio Morales-Pita, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (International Studies)
Institute of Economics of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Heidi J. Nast, Ph.D.
Professor (International Studies)
McGill University
Shailja Sharma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (English and International Studies)
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Affiliated Faculty
Clement Adibe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Political Science)
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
Eugene Beiriger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (History)
University of Illinois, Chicago
Winifred Curran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Geography)
Clark University
Kara Dempsey, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor (Geography Department)
University of Wisonsin-Madison
Rocio Ferreira, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Modern Languages)
University of California , Berkeley
Euan Hague, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Geography)
Syracuse University
Stephen Haymes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Educational Policy Studies and Research)
Miami University
Liam Heneghan, Ph.D.
Professor (Environmental Sciences)
University College, Dublin, Ireland
Scott Hibbard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Political Science)
The Johns Hopkins University
N. Ginger Hofman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Anthropology)
Purdue University
John Tofik Karam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Latin American/Latino Studies)
Syracuse University
Amor Kohli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (African and Black Diaspora Studies)
Tufts University
Azza Layton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Political Science)
University of Texas
Patrick McHaffie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Geography)
University of Kentucky
Kalyani Menon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Religious Studies)
Syracuse University
Sanjukta Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Women's and Gender Studies)
Syracuse University
Ogenga Otunnu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (History)
York University
Alex Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Geography)
University of Chicago
Maureen Sioh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Geography)
University of British Columbia
Rose J. Spalding, Ph.D.
Professor (Political Science)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill