Northern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Administration
• Faculty
• Support Staff
• Instructors
• Emeritus Faculty

Administration

Name	Title	Phone	Email
J. Mitchell Pickerill, Jr.	Chair/Professor	815-753-7052	pick@niu.edu
April K. Clark	Assistant Chair/Professor	815-753-7055	aclark9@niu.edu
Michael Clark	Director of Graduate Studies/Associate Professor	815-753-7054	mclark12@niu.edu
Ches Thurber	Director of Undergraduate Studies/Professor	815-753-1011	cthurber@niu.edu

Faculty

Name	Title	Area	Phone	Email
April K. Clark	Assistant Chair/Professor	American Government	815-753-7055	aclark9@niu.edu
Michael Clark	Grad Director/Associate Professor	Comparative Politics	815-753-7054	mclark12@niu.edu
Aarie Glas	Associate Professor	International Relations	815-753-1011	aglas@niu.edu
Kikue Hamayotsu	Associate Professor	Comparative Politics	815-753-1011	khamayotsu@niu.edu
Colin Kuehl	Associate Professor	International Relations	815-753-1011	ckuehl@niu.edu
J. Mitchell Pickerill, Jr.	Chair/Professor	American Government	815-753-7052	pick@niu.edu
Alesha Porisky	Assistant Professor	Comparative Politics	815-753-1011	aporisky@niu.edu
Andrea Radasanu	Associate Professor	Political Theory	815-753-1011	aradasanu@niu.edu
Scot Schraufnagel	Professor	American Government	815-753-7040	sschrauf@niu.edu
Matt Streb	Chief of Staff/Professor	American Government	815-753-7070	mstreb@niu.edu
H. Brendon Swedlow	Professor	American Government	815-753-1011	bswedlow@niu.edu
Ches Thurber	UG Director/Associate Professor	International Relations	815-753-1011	cthurber@niu.edu
Mai Van Tran	Assistant Professor	Comparative Politics	815-753-1011	mtran5@niu.edu
Artemus Ward	Professor	American Government	815-753-1011	aeward@niu.edu

Support Staff

Name	Title	Phone	Email	Office
Jennifer Gregory	Office Administrator	815-753-1012	pols@niu.edu	Zulauf Hall 415

Instructors

Name	Phone	Email	Office
Thomas D. Arado	815-753-1011	tarado@niu.edu	N/A
Mazen Nagi	815-753-2546	mazen@niu.edu	Academic Advising Center

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Title	Political Science Subfield(s)	Email
Larry Arnhart	Presidential Research Professor Emeritus	Political Philosophy, American Political Thought, Biopolitical Theory	larnhart1@niu.edu
James M. Banovetz	Professor Emeritus	Public Administration and Public Policy	jbanovetz@niu.edu
Andrea Bonnicksen	Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus	Biomedical and Biotechnology Policy	bonnicksen22@gmail.com
Barbara Burrell	Professor Emeritus	Women and Politics, Public Opinion, Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections	bburrell@niu.edu
Paul J. Culhane	Professor Emeritus	Public Organization Theory, Environmental Policy, Research Methods	pculhane@niu.edu
J. Dixon Esseks	Professor Emeritus	Public Administration and Public Policy	jesseks@niu.edu
Gary D. Glenn	Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus	Political Theory, American Political Thought	gglenn@niu.edu
Lettie McSpadden	Professor Emeritus	Environmental Policy, Judicial Politics and Law	maclettie@gmail.com
Donald G. Menzel	Professor Emeritus	Public Administration and Public Policy	dmenzel@niu.edu
Clark D. Neher	Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus	Southeast Asian Politics	clarkneher@hotmail.com
Bruce A. Rocheleau	Professor Emeritus	Public Administration, Information Management and Health Policy	brochele@niu.edu
Irene S. Rubin	Professor Emeritus	Public Administration and Policy, Politics of Budgeting, Qualitative Methodology	irubin@niu.edu
Kheang Un	Professor	Comparative Politics	kun1@niu.edu