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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Joseph Ralston Hayden |
1912 - 1945 |
James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science Professor of Political Science Chair Department of Political Science |
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Jesse Siddall Reeves |
1912 - 1942 |
William W. Cook Professor of American Institutions Professor of Political Science Chair Department of Political Science |
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Robert Treat Crane |
1913 - 1918 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Hessel Edward Yntema |
1917 - 1920 1933 - 1961 |
Instructor in Political Science Professor of Comparative Law |
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Everett Somerville Brown |
1921 - 1956 | Professor of Political Science |
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Thomas H. Reed |
1922 - 1936 | Professor of Political Science |
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Paul Miller Cuncannon |
1924 - 1943 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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James Kerr Pollock |
1926 - 1968 |
James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science Chair Department of Political Science Chair of Social Sciences Division |
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Arthur Watson Bromage |
1927 - 1974 | Professor of Political Science |
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Howard Black Calderwood |
1927 - 1946 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Director Program in International Studies & Administration |
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Harold M. Dorr |
1928 - 1967 |
Professor of Political Science Dean Emeritus of Political Science |
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Lawrence Preuss |
1928 - 1956 | Professor of Political Science |
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Harlow J. Heneman |
1933 - 1946 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Joseph Ernest Kallenbach |
1934 - 1974 | Professor of Political Science |
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John Alanson Perkins |
1941 | Professor of Political Science |
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Lionel Hassel Laing |
1942 - 1970 | Professor of Political Science |
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John William Lederle |
1944 - 1960 | Professor of Political Science |
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Samuel J. Eldersveld |
1946 - 1987 |
Professor of Political Science Chair Department of Political Science |
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Chester Ferrel Heady |
1946 - 1966 | Professor of Political Science |
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Russell Hunt Fifield |
1947 - 1983 | Professor of Political Science and Public Policy |
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James Hans Meisel |
1947 - 1970 | Professor of Political Science |
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Robert Edward Ward |
1947 - 1973 |
Professor of Political Science Director Center for Japanese Studies |
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Marshall Mason Knappen |
1948 - 1954 | Professor of Political Science |
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George Ammon Peek Jr. |
1948 - 1964 | Professor of Political Science |
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Morgan Thomas |
1948 - 1960 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Frank Grace |
1948 - 1982 | Professor of Political Science |
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Henry Laban Bretton |
1950 - 1969 | Professor of Political Science |
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Daniel S Mc
Hargue |
1950 - 1962 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Warren E. Miller |
1951 - 1993 |
Arthur W. Bromage Professor of Political Science Research Scientist of Survey Research Center |
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Albert L. Sturm |
1953 - 1961 |
Visiting Professor of Political Science Visiting Research Associate Institute of Public Administration |
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John Patrick White |
1953 - 1963 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Lynn W. Eley |
1955 - 1964 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Robert H. Pealy |
1955 - 1967 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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William R. Gable |
1956 - 1963 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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C. Paul Bradley |
1956 - 1983 | Professor of Political Science |
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Roy Pierce |
1956 - 1993 | Professor of Political Science |
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Samuel H. Barnes |
1957 - 1991 | Professor of Political Science |
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Inis L. Claude Jr |
1957 - 1968 | Professor of Political Science |
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George L. Grassmuck |
1957 - 1990 | Professor of Political Science |
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William Belcher Ballis |
1957 - 1978 | Professor of Political Science |
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Philip Converse |
1958 - 1989 |
Robert Cooley Angell Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Political Science Research Scientist in the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research |
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J. David Singer |
1958 - 2002 | Professor of Political Science |
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Richard L. Park |
1959 - 1964 1966 - 1980 |
Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Donald Elkinton Stokes |
1959 - 1974 |
Professor of Political Science Dean of the Graduate School |
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Robert S. Friedman |
1961 - 1968 | Professor of Political Science and Public Policy |
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Charles M. Rehmus |
1962 - 1980 | Professor of Political Science |
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Lawrence Scheinman |
1962 - 1972 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Richard S. Wheeler |
1962 - 1966 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Edwin Thomas Chapman |
1963 - 1967 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Myran Kent Jennings |
1963 - 1996 |
Professor of Political Science Research Scientist in the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research |
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Harlan D. Hahn |
1964 - 1968 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor and Research Associate in Health Development |
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Jack L. Walker Jr. |
1964 - 1990 | Professor of Political Science |
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William Zimmerman IV |
1964 - 2007 | Professor of Political Science |
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David E. Butler |
1965 | Visiting Professor of Political Science |
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John W. Kingdon |
1965 - 1998 | Professor of Political Science |
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Kenneth P. Langton |
1965 - 1992 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Abramo Fimo Kenneth Organski |
1965 - 1998 |
Professor of Political Science Senior Research Scientist-Center for Political Studies ISR |
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Alfred G. Meyer |
1966 - 1990 | Professor of Political Science |
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Robert A. Schoenberger |
1966 - 1972 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Richard H. Solomon |
1966 - 1976 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Raymond Tanter |
1967 - 2000 | Professor of Political Science |
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Jarzy J. Wiatr |
1967 - 1968 | Visiting Professor of Political Science |
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Ronald D. Brunner |
1968 - 1981 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Archibald W. Singham |
1968 - 1972 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Nellie Mae Varner |
1968 - 1979 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Elected Regent -1981-1997 |
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Allen S. Whiting |
1968 - 1982 | Professor of Political Science |
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Brice D. Bowen |
1969 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Herbert Weisberg |
1969 - 1974 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Joel Samoff |
1971 - 1974 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Frances E. Svenson |
1971 - 1978 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Donald Rowe Matthews |
1972 - 1975 | Professor of Political Science |
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John C. Campbell |
1973 - 2007 | Professor of Political Science |
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Clement Moore Henry |
1973 - 1976 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Milton Heumann |
1973 - 1982 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Nolan E. Jones |
1973 - 1980 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Catherine McArdle Kelleher |
1973 - 1976 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Ali Alamin Mazrui |
1973 - 1991 | Professor of Political Science |
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Peter J. McDonough |
1975 - 1987 | Professor of Political Science |
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Miroslav Nincic |
1978 - 1984 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Joel Schwartz |
1979 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Harold K. Jacobson |
1981 - 2001 | Jesse Siddal Reeves Professor of Political Science |
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William F. Harris III |
1982 - 1986 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Martha S. Feldman |
1983 - 2003 | Professor of Political Science and Public Policy |
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Gary Arthur Hawes |
1984 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Kim L. Scheppele |
1984 - 1996 |
Associate Professor of Political Science Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Associate Professor of Public Policy |
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Pauline C. Terrelonge |
1984 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jerrold David Green |
1985 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Kenneth G. Lieberthal |
1986 |
Professor of Business Administration, Political Science William Davidson Professor of Business Administration Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Jill Crystal |
1986 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Michael C. Dawson |
1986 - 1994 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Matthew A. Evangelista |
1986 - 1996 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Paul K. Huth |
1986 - 2000 | Professor of Political Science |
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Charles L. Glaser |
1987 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Joel D. Aberbach |
1988 | Professor of Political Science |
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Barnard Yack |
1989 - 1991 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Christopher H. Achen |
1990 - 2003 |
Professor of Political Science Warren E. Mille Collegiate Professor of Political Science |
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George D. Dion |
1990 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Theodore G. Hopf |
1990 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jonathan S. Simon |
1990 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Yasheng Huang |
1991 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Michel C. Oksenberg |
1991 |
Professor of Political Science Director Center of Chinese Studies |
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Jeffrey A. Winters |
1991 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Edward L. Gibson |
1992 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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John D. Huber |
1992 - 1999 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Noga Morag Levine |
1992 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jacqueline Q. Stevens |
1992 - 1999 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Pradeep K. Chibber |
1993 - 2000 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Mark E. Brandon |
1994 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jennifer A. Widner |
1994 | Professor of Political Science |
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Michael L. Ross |
1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Douglas W. Lemke |
1997 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Daniel P. Carpenter |
1999 - 2002 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Jude C. Hays |
2000 - 2005 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Public Policy |
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Andreas Kalyvas |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Meredith Jung En Woo Cumings |
2001 - 2008 |
Professor of Political Science Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies |
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Orit Kedar |
2003 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jacob W. Bowers |
2007 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |