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What is Political Science?

And why is it so important?

Government permeates our lives. Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, understanding the system is key to making a powerful impact.

Meet Our Faculty

  • Jacob Kathman
    1/14/21
    Scholarly Interests: Civil war processes; political violence; United Nations peacekeeping
  • Antoine Yoshinaka
    1/14/21
    Scholarly Interests: American politics; Congress; political parties; elections
  • Charles M. Lamb
    10/15/19
    Scholarly Interests: Public law (constitutional law, civil liberties, judicial politics); public policy (policy making, implementation, civil rights, housing); American politics (presidency, courts, urban and ethnic politics); politics and history (presidency; bureaucracy; congress; interest groups).
  • D. Munroe Eagles
    10/6/23
    Scholarly Interests: Political and electoral geography; Canadian politics; Canadian-American relations; comparative political parties and groups; West European politics
  • Vesna Danilovic
    5/10/21
    Scholarly Interests: International relations theory; international conflict; strategic bargaining; domestic institutions; foreign policy; quantitative research methods in international relations
  • Jay N. Krehbiel
    8/20/24
    Scholarly Interests: Civil war processes; political violence; United Nations peacekeeping
  • James Coleman Battista
    1/14/21
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • James E. Campbell
    10/6/23
    Scholarly Interests: American macropolitics; political polarization; campaigns and elections; voting behavior; American political parties; election forecasting; public opinion; empirical democratic theory; political participation; presidential politics; electoral systems
  • Jacob Neiheisel
    4/24/25
    Scholarly Interests: Political communication; election administration; religion and politics; political behavior; political parties
  • Shawna K. Metzger
    9/15/22
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • Sam R. Bell
    9/15/22
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • Conor M. Dowling
    9/15/23
    Scholarly Interests: Mass and elite political behavior in the U.S. context; Public opinion; Electoral competition, representation, and public policy; Experimental methods
  • Shawn J. Donahue
    9/15/23
    Scholarly Interests: Voting rights and representation; Constitutional law; campaigns and elections
  • Rachael K. Hinkle
    1/14/21
    Scholarly Interests: Public law; judicial politics; constitutional law; computational text analysis; quantitative methods
  • Frank C. Zagare
    4/11/24
    Scholarly Interests: International relations theory; conflict processes; interstate crisis, escalation and war; alliance dynamics; game theory
  • Abigail A. Matthews
    10/12/20
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • Carla Martinez Machain
    4/11/24
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • Elena McLean
    8/16/21
    Scholarly Interests: International political economy; international institutions; environmental politics
  • Timothy Hellwig
    9/15/23
    Scholarly Interests: Executive approval; economic voting; poverty and precarity; policy responsiveness
  • Michelle A. Benson
    7/31/25
    Scholarly Interests: International relations; conflict processes; international organizations; international trade and cooperation; social movements; ethnic conflict; econometrics
  • Harvey D. Palmer
    1/14/21
    Scholarly Interests: Comparative political behavior; voting and elections; econometrics; political sophistication and public opinion; research methods; international political economy; comparative political economy; public choice; game theory
  • Jieun Lee
    2/20/23
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
  • Collin Anderson
    10/5/21
    Scholarly Interests: Legislative politics; state politics; formal modeling; quantitative methods
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Meet Our Students

  • Chhandosi Roy
    9/18/18
    Meet Chhandosi Roy, a 2nd-year PhD student studying international politics and comparative politics.
  • Sara Norrevik
    9/18/18
    Meet Sara Norrevik, a 4th-year PhD student studying international political economy, international organizations, European politics and American politics.
  • Colin Tucker
    9/18/18
    Meet Colin Tucker, a 4th-year PhD student studying international relations.
  • Samaila Adelaiye
    9/18/18
    Meet Samaila Adelaiye, a 5th-year PhD student studying political violence, armed conflict and intervention in conflict.
  • Abdulaziz Almuslem
    3/4/19
    Meet Aziz Almuslem, a 4th-year PhD student studying international relations, comparative politics, public international law and international organizations.
  • Collin Anderson
    9/18/18
    Meet Collin Anderson, a 5th-year PhD student studying international relations and comparative politics.
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"Political Science gave me the versatility and skills to be ready for an opportunity I never anticipated. And as I work today with a world-class team of researchers, consulting with communities on some of their most pressing challenges, I’m ever grateful for my experience at UB."
– Joe Stefko, BA, MA, PhD in Political Science