Faculty and Staff

Political Science Department

Saladdin Ahmed

Job Title

Visiting Assistant Professor

Karp Hall 221

Phone

(518) 388-7133

ahmeds2@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science
Clifford Brown

Job Title

Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Government

Lippman Hall 223

Phone

(518) 388-6070

brownc@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

A.B., Harvard University; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Cigdem Cidam

Job Title

Associate Professor

Lippman Hall 107

Phone

(518) 388-6709

cidamc@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

B.A., Boğaziçi University; Ph.D.,University of Minnesota
Mark Dallas

Job Title

Associate Professor of Political Science

Lippman Hall 211

Phone

(518) 388-6361

dallasm@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, Asian Studies

B.A., Princeton University; M.A., University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Bradley Hays

Job Title

Chair of the Political Science Department

Associate Professor

Lippman Hall 203

Phone

518 (388)-6227

haysb@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies

B.S., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Maryland
Robert Hislope

Job Title

Associate Professor

Lippman Hall 102

Phone

(518) 388-7094

hisloper@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, Africana Studies

B.S., Bradley University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Tom Lobe

Job Title

Senior Lecturer

Lippman Hall 111

Phone

(518) 388-8740

lobet@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., London School of Economics; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lori Marso

Job Title

Professor of Political Science

Africana Studies Program Director

Lippman Hall 115

Phone

(518) 388-6626

marsol@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

B.S., University of South Dakota; M.S., London School of Economics; Ph.D., New York University
Zoe Oxley

Job Title

Professor of Political Science

Lippman Hall 226

Phone

(518) 388-6719

oxleyz@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

A.B., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Guillermina Seri

Job Title

Associate Professor of Political Science

Lippman Hall 113

Phone

(518) 388-8738

serig@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, LACS

B.A., Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina; M.A., Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Florida
David Siegel

Job Title

Visiting Assistant Professor

Lippman Hall 120

Phone

(518) 388-7041

siegeld@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

B.A., Syracuse University; M.S., New York University; Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
James E. Underwood

Job Title

Chauncey Winters Research Professor of Political Science

Dean of Faculty Emeritus (1963-2003)

3rd Floor, Old Chapel

Phone

(518) 388-6225

underwoj@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

Ph.D., Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1968
Terry Weiner

Job Title

Chauncy H. Winter Professor of Comparative Social Analysis Emeritus

3rd Floor, Old Chapel

Phone

(518) 388-6066

weinert@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1974
Sara Wiest

Job Title

Visiting Assistant Professor

Karp Hall 114

wiests@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science

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Faculty & Staff

Saladdin Ahmed

Clifford Brown

Cigdem Cidam

Mark Dallas

Bradley Hays

Robert Hislope

Tom Lobe

Lori Marso

Zoe Oxley

Guillermina Seri

David Siegel

James E. Underwood

Terry Weiner

Sara Wiest