Department of Political Science

FACULTY

Ethan Bernick Dir. of Public Administration Associate Professor emb0111@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{State & local}_politics;_public_health_programs; _{race & politics;}_policy
Nathaniel Birkhead Department Head Associate Professor birkhead@ksu.edu	_Research_{Interests: Congress; state}_{legislatures;}_elections;_presidency; _{American institutions}
Sabri Ciftci Michael W. Suleiman Chair Professor ciftci@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_Islam;_{Muslim political}_attitudes;_{Arab public opinion;} _{Turkish politics}
John Fliter Dir. of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor jfliter@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{Supreme Court;}_law;_judicial_policy_making_; _{civil rights}_&_liberties;_{law, politics and literature}
Michael Flynn Dir. of Security Studies Professor meflynn@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{U.S. foreign policy;}_{political economy; U.S. military} _deployments;_{international relations;}_{international security}
Brianne Heidbreder Associate Professor heidbr@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{Gender &}_{representation;}_{public administration;} _urban_politics;_state_&_{local politics}
Laurie Johnson Dir. of Primary Texts Professor lauriej@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_Political_philosophy;_{enivronmental} _political_thought;_ideologies;_{classical liberal}_theory
Emizet Kisangani Professor emizetk@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{Civil wars; impact}_of_military_{interventions;} _African_politics;_{international}_{political ecnomoy;}_{international}_law
Andrew Long Associate Professor aglong@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{International}_conflict_&_{cooperation; the} _connection_between_{economics & security;}_{international}_economy
Jeffrey Pickering Professor jjp@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{Global patterns}_{of military intervention;}_domestic inequality; interstate cyber incidents; _{the use of military force abroad}
Vera Smirnova Assistant Professor verasmirnova@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_Politicalgeography; territorial politics; relations _{between land,}_{territory, and power and}_{their various manifestations in} _{pre- and}_post-_{Soviet Russia}
Michael Tyburski Associate Professor tyburski@ksu.edu	_Research_Interests:_Political_{implications of international}_migration _and_{migrant remittances}_{for both development and security}
John Warner Associate Professor jmwarner@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests: Political thought;}_{how politics structure} _experiences_{of intimacy; Jean-Jacques Rousseau}
Zhiwei Zhang Associate Professor zhiwei@ksu.edu	_{Research Interests:}_{Public budgeting &}_{finance; public procurment &} outsourcing; nonprofit finance & management

VISITING PROFESSORS

Ju-Ying Yang

Visiting Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC ADVISORS

Kathy Lillich	klillich@ksu.edu
John Fliter	jfliter@ksu.edu

STAFF

Monica Macfarlane

Office Manager

mcmacfar@ksu.edu

Department of Political Science
Kansas State University
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101D Calvin Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506

785-532-6842
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