Political Science & Public Administration
Our people
Department Chair
421A Wimberly Hall
avanliere@uwlax.edu
608.785.6956
Specialty areas:
Global governance and international organization, foreign policy and global diplomacy, active learning, international education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Academic Department Associate
Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff
Assistant Professor
425B Wimberly Hall
jarney2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8483
Specialty areas:
Venue shopping during the agenda-setting stage of the policymaking process, collective action theories, and crowd disorders.
Professor
315 Lowe Center For The Arts
abigel@uwlax.edu
608.785.8435
Specialty areas:
I have a wide and deep knowledge of all areas of Constitutional Law.
Assistant Professor
425H Wimberly Hall
achergosky@uwlax.edu
608.785.6643
Specialty areas:
American government and politics, Congress, the American presidency, political parties, campaigns and elections, political communication, the mass media, social media, Wisconsin government and politics, the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Professor
423C Wimberly Hall
tdale@uwlax.edu
608.785.6644
Specialty areas:
Democratic theory, the history of political thought, civil society, popular culture and politics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Associate Professor
423A Wimberly Hall
rgoodnow@uwlax.edu
608.785.6645
Specialty areas:
Democratization, institutional change, women's and minority representation, Post-Soviet politics (with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian politics), the scholarship of teaching and learning
Assistant Professor
425A Wimberly Hall
ahultquist@uwlax.edu
608.785.6642
Specialty areas:
civil war; terrorism; ethnic conflict; nonviolence; repression; authoritarian regimes; identity politics
Associate Professor
425F Wimberly Hall
jkovari@uwlax.edu
608.785.8436
Specialty areas:
Local government, public budgeting, economic development, tax incremental finance (TIF)
Assistant Professor
423B Wimberly Hall
klaplant@uwlax.edu
608.785.6641
Specialty areas:
American politics, campaign advertising, emotions, gender stereotypes, political behavior, political psychology, public opinion, and research methodology.
Lecturer
425G Wimberly Hall
dmueller@uwlax.edu
608.785.6646
Specialty areas:
Environmental policy and politics, climate change, sustainability, collaborative and environmental governance, environmental ethics, American politics
Lecturer
425E Wimberly Hall
sscinta@uwlax.edu
608.785.6647
Specialty areas:
American government; Political theory; American political history and thought; Judicial process and policy.
Assistant Professor
425D Wimberly Hall
jszymalak@uwlax.edu
608.785.6648
Specialty areas:
Public Law & Administration, Public Personnel Management, Ethics, Religion in Government, and Military Law & Administration
I also direct the Legal Studies Minor and serve as a pre-law advisor
Assistant Professor
421A Wimberly Hall
avanliere@uwlax.edu
608.785.6956
Specialty areas:
Global governance and international organization, foreign policy and global diplomacy, active learning, international education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
