Faculty

Note: Office hours for professors will vary each semester. For current office hours, please email professors directly.

	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: Room 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
	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: Middle East Politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, International Relations, Democratization
	Arthur Speyer Adjunct Professor Email: aspeyer@umw.edu Office Hours: Thursday, 5:00-6:00pm