Address:
206 University Hall
601 S. Nedderman Drive
Arlington, TX 76019
Department Phone: 817-272-2991
Department Email: politicalscience@uta.edu
Advising Phone: 817-272-9194
Advising Email: polsinfo@uta.edu
Meet Our Faculty and Staff
A community of scholars dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge to our students, our peers, and the public. We are experts in our subject areas and care deeply about and are committed to the success of our students.
Chair
Email: bsasley@uta.edu
Interests: International relations, foreign policy analysis (decision-making, identity, emotions), Middle East, Israel, Turkey, politics of Jewish identity
Administrative Staff
Kimberly Caraway
Academic Advisor II
kimberly.caraway@uta.edu
(817) 272-9194
Email: kimberly.caraway@uta.edu
Phone #: (817) 272-9194
Office: University Hall, Room 449
Office Hours
M-TH 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM and T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, also by appointment
Vivian Skinner
Administrative Assistant
Email: vivian.skinner@uta.edu
Phone #: (817)272-2994
Faculty
Email: boyea@uta.edu
Phone #: (817) 272-5449
Interests: American political institutions, judicial politics, state politics, and elections
Email: kayla.canelo@uta.edu
Interests: Judicial politics, the Supreme Court, and public opinion.
Email: lcarter@uta.edu
Interests: American politics, public administration
Interests: Comparative politics, Latin America, political economy, education policy, labor politics.
Email: deen@uta.edu
Phone #: (817) 272-3291
Interests: US political institutions; Women and Gender; Civic engagement; Political ambition; Civic volunteerism; Race and Ethnicity
Email: mark.hand@uta.edu
Interests: American politics, campaigns and elections, public policy, workplace democracy, employee ownership, policy entrepreneurship.
Email: bailinh.hoang@uta.edu
Interests: Race and ethnicity politics, political representation, and political theory
Email: bowon.kim@uta.edu
Interests: International Relations, International Law and International Organizations, Qualitative Methods
Xavier Medina Vidal
Director, Center for Mexican American Studies
Associate Professor
Email: medinavidal@uta.edu
Interests: México, Mexican American politics, transnational politics, Latino political thought
Adjunct Faculty
Olivia Agudelo
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: olivia.agudelo@uta.edu
Rasha Atieh
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: rasha.atieh@uta.edu
Email: kimberly.caraway@uta.edu
Phone #: (817) 272-9194
Email: gregg.gleichert@uta.edu
Phone #: (817)272-2991
Email: nhorn@uta.edu
Email: little@uta.edu
Phone #: (336) 202-7043
Email: mwmorris@uta.edu
Email: brian.whitmore@uta.edu
Email: stephen.wilkes@uta.edu
Emeriti Faculty
Allan Butcher, Professor Emeritus - 2005, PhD
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1970
M.A., New School for Social Research, 1963
B.A., The University of Florida, 1960
Allan Saxe, Associate Professor Emeritus - 2021
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1969
M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1963
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1961
Dale Story, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1978
M.A., Indiana University, 1974
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1972
Jill Clark, Professor Emeritus - 2014
Jose Angel Gutierrez, Professor Emeritus - 2015
J.D., University of Houston, 1988
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1976
M.A., St. Mary's University, 1968. B.A. | B.A., Texas A&I University, 1966
Joseph Ignagni, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1989
M.A., Michigan State University, 1986
M.S., Purdue University, 1984 | B.S., Michigan State University, 1981
Mark Cichock, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1983
M.A., University of South Carolina, 1979
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1976
Susan Hekman, Professor Emeritus - 2017
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1976
M.A., University of Washington, 1973
B.A., Carleton College, 1971