Political Science (323) 343-2230

J. Theodore Anagnoson
Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., University of Rochester, NY
Contact: (323) 343-2245
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

  • Health politics and policy
  • Health insurance
  • Sex and politics in Washington D.C.
  • Campaign finance reform
  • Public sector applications of the Internet

Greg Andranovich
Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., UC Riverside
Contact: (323) 343-2235
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Urban and regional policy making
  • Comparative public administration 
  • American government
  • Urban politics
  • Public policy

Scott Bowman
Associate Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-2248
E-mail: [email protected]

  • American constitutional law
  • Political theory
  • Corporate power
  • American political development
  • Post-9/11 U.S. Patriot Act

Naomi Caiden
Professor of Political Science, M.S. Coordinator; Ph.D., USC
Contact: (323) 343-2237
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Public budgeting
  • Public administration

Taylor Dark
Assistant Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Contact: (323) 343-2247
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Labor unions in national politics
  • Congress
  • Presidency
  • Party politics
  • Federal elections
  • American politics
  • Democratic party

Siegrun Fox Freyss
Professor of Political Science; Director, M.S. Program in Public Administration; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Contact: (323) 343-2238
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Public administration
  • Human resource management
  • Diversity management
  • Labor relations
  • Urban politics and governance
  • Management of nonprofit organizations

Fluent in: German.


Nadine S. Koch
Associate Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Contact: (323) 343-2230
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Campaigns and elections
  • Political socialization
  • Politics and the media
  • Public opinion polls

Todd Kunioka
Associate Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., University of Rochester
Contact: (323) 343-2241
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Environmental policy
  • Federal land management policy
  • Japanese American exclusion
  • Detention
  • Relocation (“internment”) during World War II
  • American politics

Timothy Lim
Associate Professor of Political Science; M.I.A., Columbia University, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
Contact: (323) 343-2242
E-mail: [email protected]

  • East Asian political economy (specifically South Korea and Japan)
  • International migration/immigration in Asia
  • Comparative and global politics
  • U.S. foreign policy
  • Globalization
  • International migration

Stephen Ma
Professor of Political Science; Director, Institute for Executive Leadership; Ph.D., University of Alberta
Contact: (323) 343-2234
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Public administration
  • Administrative ethics
  • Comparative public administration
  • Organization theory and behavior
  • International relations
  • Comparative politics (Canadian politics, Chinese politics)

Fluent in: Chinese.


Michael McLendon
Assistant Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., University of Texas
Contact: (323) 343-2284
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Political theory and philosophy
  • Human nature
  • Social justice
  • Moral psychololgy
  • Political thought of the Founding era
  • American politics

Michael Siler
Associate Professor of Political Science; Ph.D., USC
Contact: (323) 343-2246
E-mail: [email protected]

  • International relations
  • American foreign policy
  • U.S. national security policy
  • Comparative politics
  • Public ethics and administration
  • Comparative nuclear proliferation studies
  • National security theory and policy
  • International terrorist organizations
  • Ancient and modern military history