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University of Southern California
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Political Science

Von KleinSmid Center 327
(213) 740-6998
FAX: (213) 740-8893
Email: posc@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/polsci

Chair: Mark Kann, Ph.D.*
Email: mkann@usc.edu

Faculty

USC Associates Chair in Social Science: Mark E. Kann, Ph.D.*

Professors: Richard H. Dekmejian, Ph.D.; Howard Gillman, Ph.D.*; Harlan Hahn, Ph.D.; Nora Hamilton, Ph.D.; Sheldon Kamieniecki, Ph.D.*; Michael B. Preston, Ph.D.*; Stanley Rosen, Ph.D.*; Eliz Sanasarian, Ph.D.*

Associate Professors: Ann Crigler, Ph.D.; Alison D. Renteln, Ph.D.*

Assistant Professors: John E. Barnes, Ph.D.; Ricardo Ramirez, Ph.D.; Jefferey M. Sellers, Ph.D.; Apichai Shipper, Ph.D.; Janelle Wong, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Robin Romans, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Herbert E. Alexander, Ph.D.; Carl Q. Christol, Ph.D., L.L.B., L.L.D. (Hon.)*; John R. Schmidhauser, Ph.D.; George O. Totten III, Ph.D.; C. Sylvester Whitaker, Ph.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor: Joseph L. Nyomarkay, Ph.D.*

Associate Faculty with Titles in Political Science: Susan Estrich, J.D. (Law); Daniel Mazmanian, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development)

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

The Department of Political Science divides political science into four broad fields: American politics, political thought, comparative politics, and law and public policy. The department offers regional specialization in six areas: Latin America, East Asia, Western Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics provides local internships for students as part of their course work or as independent study.

Degree Programs

The Department of Political Science offers the B.A., a minor in political science and law and society and, under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. In addition, the department offers a dual degree with the USC Gould School of Law.