Christopher M. Jones, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Syracuse University. U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. National Security Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Relations. Office: Zulauf Hall 413, (815) 753-7040, cmjones@niu.edu
Michael T. Peddle, Assistant Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Northwestern University. Public Administration, Public Finance, Public Policy. Office: Zulauf Hall 415, (815) 753-7039; IA 205, (815) 753-2205; SSRI 204 (815) 753-0942, mpeddle@niu.edu
Gerald T. Gabris, Director, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Division of Public Administration, Ph.D. University of Missouri. Public Administration & Policy (Performance Appraisal, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, Management Systems in the Public Sector). Office: IA 208, (815) 753-6145, ggabris@niu.edu
Barbara Burrell, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor, Ph.D. University of Michigan. Women and Politics, Public Opinion, Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections. Office: Zulauf Hall 115, (815) 753-7050, bburrell@niu.edu
Matthew J. Streb, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Indiana University. Political Parties, Elections, Voting Behavior, Public Opinion. Office: Zulauf Hall 407, (815) 753-7046, mstreb@niu.edu
Larry Arnhart, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago. History of Political Philosophy, Biopolitical Theory. Office: Zulauf Hall 404, (815) 753-7049, larnhart@niu.edu
Andrea Bonnicksen, Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D. Washington State University. Biomedical and Biotechnology Policy. Office: Zulauf Hall 401, (815) 753-7059, albcorn@niu.edu
Michael Buehler, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The London School of Economics and Political Science. Comparative Politics, State-Society Relations, Local Politics, Governance, Southeast Asian Politics, Islam, Elections and Electoral Machines, Political Corruption. Office: Zulauf Hall 415, (815) 753-1011.
Yu Che Chen, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Indiana University. E-Government, Information Technology, Program Evaluation, Network Theory, Quantitataive Analysis. Office: IA 212, (815) 753-2205, ycchen@niu.edu
Michael Clark, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara. Comparative Politics (Western Europe, Political Parties, Political Representation, Elections, Political Behavior), American Politics. Office: Zulauf Hall 416, (815) 753-7058, mclark12@niu.edu
Ross J. Corbett, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Toronto. Political Philosophy, American Political Thought. Office: Zulauf Hall 412, (815) 753-7044, rcorbett@niu.edu
Kikue Hamayotsu, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Australian National University. Comparative Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, Politics of Identity, Political Islam, Religion and Politics. Office: Zulauf Hall 414, (815) 753-7048, khamayotsu@niu.edu
Rebecca J. Hannagan, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Nebraska. American Government and Politics, Politics and the Life Sciences, Political Psychology, Gender Politics. Office: Zulauf Hall 406, (815) 753-9675, rhannaga@niu.edu
Daniel R. Kempton, Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois. International Relations (Terrorism and the Diamond Trade) and Comparative Politics (Russian Federalism). Office: Zulauf Hall 402, (815) 753-7055, dkempton@niu.edu
Heidi O. Koenig, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Syracuse University. Public Administration Theory, Bureaucratic Politics, Public Management, Quantitative Methods & Program Analysis, Public Administration & Law. Office: IA 213, (815) 753-6167, hkoenig@niu.edu
Frederick D. Mayhew, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. North Carolina State University. Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Evaluation, Organizational Learning, Collaboration. Office: IA 203, (815) 753-6147, fmayhew@niu.edu
Kimberly L. Nelson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. North Carolina State University. Public Administration, Public Management, and Urban Governance. Office: IA 211, (815) 753-6146, klnelson@niu.edu
John G. Peters, NIU President, Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois. American Government and Politics. Office: AL300A, (815) 753-9500.
Andrea Radasanu, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Toronto. History of Political Philosophy, Liberalism and Multiculturalism, International Relations, Theory of International Relations, Ethics in International Relations. Office: Zulauf Hall 408, (815) 753-7052, aradasanu@niu.edu
Scot Schraufnagel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Florida State University. U.S. Congress, Political Parties, Elections, U.S. Presidency. Office: Zulauf Hall 410, (815) 753-7054, sschrauf@niu.edu
Brendon Swedlow, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; J.D. University of California, Hastings. American Politics, Public Law, Public Policy, Political Culture, Environmental Science and Risk Regulation. Office: Zulauf Hall 418, (815) 753-7061, bswedlow@niu.edu
Kurt Thurmaier, Professor, Ph.D. Syracuse University. Public Budgeting and Finance, Intergovernmental Relations, Comparative Public Administration. Office: IA 204, (815) 753-0311, kthur@niu.edu
Kheang Un, Comparative Politics, Cambodian Politics, Ugandan Politics, International Political Economy, Political Economy of the Developing World, Democracy and Democratization, Human Rights. Office: Zulauf Hall 411, (815) 753-1022, kun1@niu.edu
Daniel H. Unger, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Comparative Political Economy, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Southeast Asia (Thailand), and Japan. Office: Zulauf Hall 105, (815) 753-7042, dunger@niu.edu
Artemus Ward, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Syracuse University. American Politics, Public Law (Judicial Politics, Constitutional Law, the U.S. Supreme Court, Comparative Law & Courts, Law & Film, Law & Baseball), Historical Institutionalism, Qualitative Methodology. Office: Zulauf Hall 405, (815) 753-7041, aeward@niu.edu
Curtis H. Wood, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Kansas. Public Administration and Urban Governance. IA 213, (815) 753-6144, chwood@niu.edu
Mikel Wyckoff, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland. American Government and Politics. Office: Zulauf Hall, 403, (815) 753-7056, mwyckoff@niu.edu
Thomas D. Arado, Instructor, J.D. Northern Illinois University. Criminal Law. Office: Zulauf Hall 107, (815) 753-7053, niucrimlaw@aol.com.
Stephen E. Berg, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Northern Illinois University. Public Administration, Political Philosophy, and Computers and Information Systems in the Public Sector. Office: Zulauf Hall 107, (815) 753-7053, wa9jml@tbc.net, Curriculum Vitae
Faon Grandinetti, Instructor, M.A. Northern Illinois University, A.B.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Methodology, Politics of Microfinance, Renewable Energy Policy. Office: Zulauf Hall 107, (815) 753-1014, fgrandinetti@niu.edu
Vlad Kravtsov, Instructor, ABD, Syracuse University; Ph.D. Russian State University for Humanities. Global Health Politics and Governance, Qualitative Methods, International Relations Theory. Office: Zulauf Hall 113, (815) 753-7043, vkravtsov@niu.edu
James M. Banovetz, Professor, Ph.D. University of Minnesota. Public Administration and Pubic Policy. Office: SSRI 213, (815) 753-6141, jbanovetz@niu.edu
Paul J. Culhane, Professor, Ph.D. Northwestern University. Public Organization Theory, Environmental Policy, Research Methods. Office: IA 201, (815) 753-0184, pculhane@niu.edu
J. Dixon Esseks, Professor, Ph.D. Harvard University. Public Administration and Pubic Policy. (815) 753-0183, jesseks@niu.edu
Gary D. Glenn, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Chicago. Political Theory, American Political Thought. Office: Zulauf Hall 113, (815) 753-1091, gglenn@niu.edu
Dwight Y. King, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Chicago. Comparative Politics, Political Economy of Development, Southeast Asia, Indonesia. (815) 753-7011, dking@niu.edu
Lettie McSpadden, Professor, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Environmental Policy, Judicial Politics and Law, maclettie@gmail.com
Donald G. Menzel, Professor, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University. Public Administration and Public Policy. (815) 753-0183, dmenzel@niu.edu
William R. Monat, Regency Professor, Ph.D. University of Minnesota. Public Administration and Pubic Policy. (815) 753-0183, wmonat@niu.edu
Clark D. Neher, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles. Southeast Asian Politics, (815) 753-1011, cneher@niu.edu
Irene S. Rubin, Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago. Public Administration & Policy, Politics of Budgeting, Qualitative Methodology. (815) 753-0183, irubin@niu.edu
M. Ladd Thomas, Professor, Ph.D. Tufts University. Comparative Politics (Southeast Asia, Thailand), International Relations (Political Violence, Terrorism, Intelligence Agencies). (815) 753-1011
Ellen Cabrera, Secretary, Division of Pubic Administration, IA 215, (815) 753-0184, ellenc@niu.edu
April Davis, Department of Political Science Office Manager, Zulauf Hall 415, (815) 753-1012, adavis1@niu.edu
Pam Kombrink, Undergraduate Studies Secretary, Zulauf Hall 415, (815) 753-1015, pkombrink@niu.edu
June Kubasiak, Division of Public Administration Office Manager, IA 215, (815) 753-6142, junek@niu.edu
Sarah Lindell, Graduate Studies Secretary, Zulauf Hall 415, (815) 753-1013, slindell@niu.edu
Andrea Messing-Mathie, Undergraduate Adviser, Zulauf Hall 420, (815) 753-7045, amessing@niu.edu