
Department Chair

Director of Graduate Studies
Anders Hardig Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Undergraduate Faculty Coordinator

Sarah Cleeland Knight Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Department Manager

Claudia Coscia Department Manager, PGE SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Program Coordinator

Zachrey Sims Academic Program Coordinator SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Department Faculty

Sumitra Badrinathan Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Claire Brunel Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Keith Darden Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Austin Davis Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Michelle Egan Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Tamar Gutner Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Anders Hardig Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Austin Hart Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Randall Henning Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Miles Kahler Research Professor-in-Residence SIS | Finance & Personnel Administration

Sarah Khan Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Robert Koopman Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Gina Lambright Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Dave Ohls Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Stefanie Onder Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Yerevan Saeed Barzani Scholar-in-Residence SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics


Mike Schroeder Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Stephen Silvia Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics


Krista Tuomi Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Affiliated Faculty Spring 2025
PGE is proud to welcome a number of affiliated faculty from other AU and SIS departments, adjunct professors, and post-doctoral scholars who support our teaching and research needs.

Gregory Aftandilian Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Akbar Ahmed Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Sevde Arpaci Ayhan Postdoctoral Fellow SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Yan Bennett Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Chrissy Bishai Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Piper Campbell Hurst Sr Prof Lecturer and Chair, Dept of Foreign Policy and Global Security SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Ruslan Garipov Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research

Gaochao He Adjunct Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research

Mina Kim Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research

Kwaku Nuamah Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Chris Rudolph Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
PhD Students
Sahil Mathur Adjunct Instructor SIS | Instructional Revenue Centers (IRCs)
