John Books Associate Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1972) Research interests include contextual analysis of political behavior, British political party manifestos, and cross-national analysis of working-class political attitudes.  Current research involves the development of terror networks in Europe, especially the UK.
	John Booth Professor Regents Professor  (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1975) Research interests: comparative political behavior and culture; political violence and revolution; Latin American politics. Consultant/lecturer on democratization, revolution, political risk and Central American politics.
	Emily Clough Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Interested in party and electoral systems, the role of information in different decision-making contexts, and computational modeling of political phenomena.
	Paul Collins Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Binghamton University, 2005) His research involves the quantitative analysis of judicial decision making, with a particular focus on the role of pressure groups in the courts. His current research program investigates the interplay between attitudinal and legal factors as they relate to the decision making of appellate jurists.
	Gloria Cox Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1984) Dean, UNT Honors College. Author of article in Policy Studies Review. Editor of Constitution, Structure, Behavior and Institutions and Policies, departmental workbooks for Political Science 1040 and 1050. Continuing research on privacy rights. Formerly Associate Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, Cox joined the UNT Faculty in 1989.
	Corey Ditslear Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Ohio State University) He completed his dissertation on the US Solicitor General and the Supreme Court under the guidance of Lawrence Baum. Corey has already published in the Journal of Politics and has a forthcoming article in Law and Society Review.
	Andrew Enterline Associate Professor (Ph.D., Binghamton University, 1997) Specializes in international relations.
	Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2002) Research focuses on American political institutions, including the presidency, Congress, bureaucracy, and news media.
	Steven P. Forde Professor (Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1984). Political theory. Winner of the American Political Science Association's Leo Strauss Prize for the Best Dissertation in Political Theory (1986).  Specializes in classical and American political thought and international ethics.
	Michael Greig Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Michael's primary research interests are in the areas of conflict management, international conflict, and computer simulation. Currently, he is working on research studying ripeness for international mediation as well as research on how peace diffuses between states.
	Kimi Lynn King Associate Professor (Ph.D., State University of New York - Buffalo, 1995; J.D., 1990) Her interdisciplinary research interests include civil rights and liberties, conflict resolution, judicial decision-making, legislative control of the bureaucracy, and administrative agency decision-making.
	Ko Maeda Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005) Dr. Maeda's research interests center on political institutions, political parties, and elections, and he conducts research both on Japan and on democracies in general.
	T. David Mason Johnie Christian Family Peace Professor (Ph.D., University of Georgia) As our Johnie Christian Family Peace Professor, Mason administers the only Peace Studies program of its kind in the southwest United States. Mason's research has focused on the causes of civil wars, land reform, and East Asian politics.
	Valerie Martinez-Ebers Professor of political science and vice-president of the American Political Science Association.  Her teaching and research interests include: race, ethnicity and politics; Latino politics; public policy; political tolerance; and the politics of Rock-n-Roll.   She is a co-principal investigator for the Latino National Survey funded by Ford, Carnegie, Russell Sage, Hewlett, Joyce, Rhode Island and National Science Foundations.
	Tetsuya Matsubayashi (Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2007)  Specializes in mass political behavior, race and politics, political representation, and quantitative methodology.
	Eddie Meaders (J.D., Texas Tech University) Professor Meaders is both the undergraduate adviser and the assistant graduate adviser for the department. In addition, he teaches courses in American Politics, specializing in judicial politics.
	James Meernik Professor (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1992) Specializes in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Criminal Tribunals.
	Elizabeth Oldmixon Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida) Specializes in congressional politics. Has varied research interests that explore cultural conflict, gender issues, and religion in the context of national institutions.
	Phil Paolino Associate Professor (Ph.D., Duke University) His research interests include mass political behavior, survey research, and political methodology, focusing upon elections, political psychology, and political participation.
	Milan J. Reban Associate Professor Current research on topics of European Integration, nationalities and minorities in Europe/Asia; church and religion in Central Europe. Co-editor and contributor to Politics and Ethnicity in Eastern Europe.
	Richard S. Ruderman Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1990) His research interests include: classical political philosophy, liberalism, contemporary political theory, American political thought, leadership and the executive. Formerly with Colgate University Ruderman joined the department in 1993-1994.
	Emile Sahliyeh Professor (Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1979) Middle East politics. He has received a Ford Foundation research grant, a Woodrow Wilson International Center Security Studies Fellowship, a Brookings Institution Middle East Studies Fellowship, a Fulbright Research Fellowship, and a Rand Corporation Middle East Studies Center Fellowship. He lectures and consults widely on Middle Eastern politics.
	Idean Salehyan Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of California - San Diego, 2006) Research interests include political violence (international and domestic), international migration/refugees, and asylum policy. Currently, he is working on a project which examines transnational rebel organizations and the opposition activities of diaspora groups.
	Lisa Solowiej Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Binghamton University, exp. 2007). Research interests include the American Congress (committees, processes, and political parties), Interest Groups (effectiveness and participation in Congressional hearings), and Gender Studies (women as both members of Congress and as judges).
	John Todd Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida, 1971) Research interests include urban, state and local politics and Texas politics.
	Mathieu Turgeon Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Texas, 2006) Mathieu's research interests center on political behavior, including voting and elections, public opinion, political psychology, political participation, and statistical and survey methodology. His work concerns essentially American politics but extends to other countries, notably including Brazil, Britain, Canada, and France, as well.