Chair of the Department
Prof. Scott Bowman
Office:    E&T A526
Phone:   (323) 343-2248
E-mail:   sbowman@calstatela.edu

NOTE: The department recommends that students make appointments in advance to see faculty members during their office hours. You may phone, e-mail, or sign-up for appointments on the lists outside each faculty member's office.

FACULTY OFFICE HOURS (pdf)

EMILY ACEVEDO

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- Claremont Graduate University, 2008
• Interests:
• Latin American Politics
• Comparative and World Politics
• Terrorism and U.S. Counterterrorism
• Social Movements and Revolutionary Movements
  
• Contact Information:
  
• Office: E&T A529
• Phone: (323) 343-2243
• Email: eaceved3@calstatela.edu

MARTIN ADAMIAN

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2006
• J.D. -- Wayne State University Law School, 1996
• Interests:
• Public law
• Global environmental politics
• Civil rights and civil liberties
• International law and jurisprudence
  
• Contact Information:
  
• Office: E&T A527
• Phone: (323) 343-2236
• Email: madamia2@calstatela.edu 
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/madamia2/
  
  

J. THEODORE ANAGNOSON

• Emeritus Professor of Political Science
• Back teaching and advising (Fall quarters only) - beginning Fall 2007, concluding Fall 2011.
• Ph.D. -- University of Rochester, 1977
• Interests:
• Public Policy (Health Policy, Social Welfare Policy, Poverty Policy, Politics of Aging)
• Methodology (Statistics, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Research Design, Surveys, Computer Applications in the Public Sector)
• American Politics (Congress, Executives, Political Influence and Pressures, Health Politics)
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A-529
• E-mail: tanagno@calstatela.edu (use email for all contact)
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/tanagno/index.htm

GREG ANDRANOVICH

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of California, Riverside, 1984
  
• M.A. -- George Mason University (Economics), 1980
• Interests:
• Public Policy
• Urban Politics
• Public Administration
• Quantitative methods
  
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A-514
• Phone: (323) 343-2235
• E-mail: gandran@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/gandran/index.html
  

SCOTT BOWMAN
Chair of the Department

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
• Interests:
• Public Law
• Legal Theory
• American Political Thought
• Political Study of Business Enterprise
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A526 
• Phone: (323) 343-2248
• E-mail: sbowman@calstatela.edu
  

NAOMI CAIDEN

• Emeritus Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Southern California, 1978
• Interests:
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Public Budgeting
• Comparative Administration
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A515 
• Phone: (323) 343-2237
• Email: ncaiden@calstatela.edu

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Virginia, 2009
• M.A. -- Brandeis University, 2001
• Interests:
• Political Behavior
• Presidential Nominations and Elections
• American Political Institutions and Development
• Research Methods
• Political Theory
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A525
• Phone: (323) 343-2241
• Email: gculbert@calstatela.edu

TAYLOR DARK III

• Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of California, Berkeley, 1993
• M.Sc. -- London School of Economics, 1984
• Interests:
• Political Parties
• Interest Groups
• Congress and the Presidency
• Space Policy (NASA)
  
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A-517
• Phone:   (323) 343-2247
• E-mail:   tdark@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/tdark/
  http://taylordark.com/index.html
  

SIEGRUN FOX FREYSS
Director, Public Administration Program

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- Claremont Graduate School, 1978
• Interests:
• Public Administration (Public Personnel Administration, Organization Theory)
• Research Methods (Survey Research, Program Evaluation)
• Management of Nonprofit Organizations
• Urban Studies (Urban Policies, Municipal Management)
• Women's Studies (Gender Politics and Policies)
• Contact Information
• Office:    E&T A516 
• Phone:   (323) 343-2238
• E-mail:   sfreyss@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/sfreyss/sfreyss.htm
  

NADINE KOCH*
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
*Currently undertaking full-time administrative duties outside of the department.

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- Ohio State University, 1985
• Interests:
• Political Behavior
• Public Opinion
• Mass Media
• Political Socialization
• Quantitative Methods
• Contact Information
• Office:    Adm 725 
• Phone:   (323) 343-5154
• E-mail:   nkoch@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nkoch/

TIMOTHY C. LIM
Graduate Advisor, MA Program in Political Science

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1996
• M.A. -- Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1987
• Interests:
• Transnational Migration
• Human Trafficking and Smuggling
• Comparative Politics and Development
• Comparative and International Political Economy
• International Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy
• East Asian Politics/Korean Politics
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A513 
• Phone: (323) 343-2242
• E-mail: tclim@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/tclim/

STEPHEN K. MA

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Alberta, 1994
• Interests:
• Comparative Politics (China)
• International Relations (China)
• Public Administration (Administrative Behavior, Administrative Ethics, Comparative Public Administration)
• Contact Information:
• Office: E&T A533 
• Phone: (323) 343-2234
• Email: sma@calstatela.edu
• Website: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/sma

MICHAEL McLENDON

• Associate Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Texas, Austin, 2001
• M.A. -- Columbia University, 1993
• Interests:
• Ancient Political Thought
• Modern Political Thought
• American Political Thought
• Critical Theory
• Postmodernism
  
• Contact Information:
• Office: E&T  A512
• Phone: (323) 343-2284
• Email: mmclend2@calstatela.edu
  
  

JAIME REGALADO*
Executive Director, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs
*Currently undertaking full-time administrative duties outside of the department.

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of California, Riverside, 1980
• Interests:
• Community and Urban Politics
• State and Local Politics
• Political Economy
• Contact Information
• Office: Golden Eagle Building, Second Floor
• Phone: (323) 343-3770
• E-mail: jregalado@cslanet.calstatela.edu
• Website: http://www.patbrowninstitute.org/about/staff.html

MICHAEL SILER

• Professor of Political Science
• Ph.D. -- University of Southern California, 1992
• Interests:
• International Relations
• Security Studies
• Public Administration
• Contact Information
• Office: E&T A528 
• Phone: (323) 343-2246
• E-mail:   msiler@calstatela.edu