Faculty
Note: Office hours for professors will vary each semester. For current office hours, please email professors directly.
*Note: For Spring 2024 office locations and hours, check out this post: Monroe Closure: Sp24 Office Changes
Rosalyn Cooperman
Professor and Department Chair
Office: Monroe 339
Email: rcooperm@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1513
Fields: American Politics: Gender and Politics, Congress, U.S. Federal Judiciary
Jason Davidson
Professor
Office: Monroe 353
Email: jdavidso@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1509
Fields: International Security, International Relations Theory, American Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics of Western Europe
Stephen Farnsworth
Professor
Office: Monroe 338
Email: sfarnswo@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1404
Fields: American Government: the Presidency, Media and Politics, Elections, Research Methods
Surupa Gupta
Professor
Office: Monroe 341
Email: sgupta@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-2279
Fields: International Political Economy, Indian Foreign Policy and Economic Policy, Politics of South Asia
David Hamon
Adjunct Professor
Office: Monroe 357
Email: dhamon@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1461
Emile Lester
Professor
Office: Monroe 337
Email: elester@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1146
Fields: Political Thought, Religion and Politics, American Political Thought and History, the American Presidency, Research Methods
Guan-Yi Leu
Assistant Professor
Office: Monroe 342
Email: gleu@umw.edu
Fields: International Relations, International Political Economy, China’s Political Economy and Foreign Relations, East Asian Economies and Politics, China-Taiwan-US Relations.
Melissa Martinez
Assistant Professor
Office: Monroe 356
Email: mmartin9@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1157
Fields: Human Rights, Criminal Organizations, Post-conflict societies in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
Jared McDonald
Assistant Professor
Office: Monroe 340
Email: jmcdona8@umw.edu
Fields: American Government, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Voting and Elections, Research Methodology
Ranjit Singh
Associate Professor
Office: Monroe 355
Email: rsingh@umw.edu
Phone: 540-654-1496
Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Politics of the Middle East, Environmental Politics.
Arthur Speyer
Adjunct Professor
Office: Monroe 357
Email: aspeyer@umw.edu
Christopher Williams
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: Monroe 357
Email: cwilli32@umw.edu
Fields: African Security, Foreign Policy Decision Making, South African Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy