Political Behavior & Identities
Faculty Working in this Field
John Aldrich
Pfizer, Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Professor of Political Science404B Old Chemistry, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0289
(919) 660-4346
Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. He specializes in American politics and behavior, formal theory, and methodology. Books he has authored or co-authored include Why Parties, Before the Convention, Linear Probability, Logit and Probit Models, and a series of books on elections... Full Profile »
Scott de Marchi
Professor of Political Science140 Science Drive, 294F Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4342
His work focuses on mathematical methods, especially computational social science, machine learning, and mixed methods. Substantively, he examines individual decision-making in contexts that include the American Congress and presidency, bargaining in legislatures, interstate conflict, and voting... Full Profile »
J. Peter Euben
Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science319 Perkins Lib, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4367
PETER EUBEN (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is Research Professor of Political Science and the Kenan Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Ethics. He specializes in ancient, modern, and contemporary political thought; literature and politics; political education; democratic culture and politics... Full Profile »
Malachi H. Hacohen
Associate Professor of History210 Carr Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-6819
MALACHI HAIM HACOHEN (Ph.D., Columbia), Bass Fellow and Associate Professor of History, Political Science and Religion, is Director of the Center for European Studies, and member of the faculty of German and Jewish Studies, as well as the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology & Medicine... Full Profile »
Kerry L. Haynie
Associate Professor of Political Science279 Gross Hall, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4366
Kerry L. Haynie is an Associate Professor of Political Science and African & African American Studies. He directs Duke’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, and is one of the editors of the journal, Politics, Groups, and Identities. A native of Kannapolis... Full Profile »
D. Sunshine Hillygus
Professor of Political Science and Sanford School of Public Policy140 Science Drive, 203 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4341
Professor Hillygus has published widely on the topics of American political behavior, campaigns and elections, survey methods, public opinion, and information technology and politics. She is co-author of The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Political Campaigns (Princeton University Press, 2008)... Full Profile »
Ashley E Jardina
Assistant Professor of Political Science140 Science Drive, 288 Gross Hall, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Ashley Jardina (Michigan PH.D. 2014) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. Her research explores the nature of racial attitudes, the development of group identities, and the way in which these factors influence political preferences and behavior. She is also interested in the study of... Full Profile »
Christopher Johnston
Assistant Professor of Political ScienceProfessor Johnston teaches courses in public opinion, political behavior, and political methodology, with an emphasis on the application of psychological theory and methods to mass politics. His teaching and research examine the motivational underpinnings of political judgment and decision making.... Full Profile »
Herbert P. Kitschelt
George V. Allen Professor of International Relations and Professor of Political Science140 Science Drive, 289 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4343
Professor of Political Science, specializes in comparative political parties and elections in established and new democracies, comparative public policy/political economy, and 20th century social theory. In the 1980s and 1990s, he authored three books in German about comparative industrial and... Full Profile »
Paula D. McClain
Professor of Political Science and Sanford School of Public Policy2127 Campus Drive, Box 90067, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 681-1560
Paula D. McClain is professor of political science and public policy at Duke University. She is also Dean of The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education. A Howard University Ph.D., her primary research interests are in racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority... Full Profile »
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Michael C. Munger
Professor of Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy and Economics140 Science Drive, 217 Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4301
Professor of Political Science, and Director of the PPE Certificate Program. His primary research focus is on the functioning of markets, regulation, and government institutions. He has taught at Dartmouth College, University of Texas, and University of North Carolina (where he was Director of the... Full Profile »
David L. Paletz
Professor Emeritus of Political Science140 Science Drive, 214 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4329
Professor of Political Science. David L. Paletz is the 2012-2013 recipient of the David Swanson Award for Service to Political Communication Scholarship given by the Political Communication Sections of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the International Communication Association... Full Profile »
David W. Rohde
Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science408B Old Chemistry, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-7053
David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. He has researched various aspects of American national politics, including the Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, and presidential and... Full Profile »
David Siegel
Associate Professor of Political Science and Sanford School of Public Policy140 Science Drive, 294H Gross Hall, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4306
David A Siegel (Stanford Ph.D., 2006) is Associate Professor of Political Science. His research addresses the theoretical determinants of collective action in the contexts of political violence and terrorism, elections, and opinion and identity formation. He has published in journals such as the... Full Profile »