Government and International Relations

Program Faculty

Robert Boatright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Government
American political behavior, political parties, campaigns and elections, interest groups, political participation, and political theory
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Michael Butler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Government
Comparative foreign policy, international organizations, the politics of the European Union, political violence and terrorism, and international relations theory
Tel: 1-508-793-7186
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Sharon Krefetz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Government
Director of Urban Development and Social Change Concentration; U.S. urban politics, suburban politics, women and politics
Tel: 1-508-793-7300
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Mark Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Government, Adjunct Professor of History
Director of Law and Society Concentration; American government, politics of law and the judiciary, Congressional politics, lawyers and politics
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Ravi K. Perry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Government Department
American Politics, Urban Politics, African American and Minority Politics, Public Policy, Political Representation (African American, Ethnic Minorities)
Tel: 508-793-7797
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Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Government
Comparative politics, democratic theory, Latin-American politics, environmental politics, and inter-American relations
Tel: 1-508-793-7253
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Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Government
United Nations and international law, international political economy, and international relations
Tel: 1-508-793-7684
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Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Government
Post-Soviet and East European politics, comparative politics, social movement and collective action, women’s studies
Tel: 1-508-793-7679
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Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Government; Chair of the Faculty
Co-Chair of Women's Studies; International relations theory, arms control and international security, nationalism and ethnic politics, U.S. foreign policy
Tel: 1-508-793-7446
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Adjunct Faculty

Kiran Asher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of IDCE
Associate Professor of International Development and Social Change Culture and power, political economy, gender studies, politics of biodiversity conservation, Latin American studies
Tel: 1-508-421-3823
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Cynthia Enloe, Ph.D.
IDCE Research Professor The interactions of feminism, women, militarized culture, war, politics and globalized economics in countries such as Japan, Iraq, the US, Britain, the Philippines, Canada, Chile and Turkey


Douglas Little, Ph.D.
Professor of History
U.S. diplomatic history, U.S. 20th-century history
Tel: 1-508-793-7184
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Robert Ross, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology Director, International Studies Stream
Director of the International Studies Stream; Urban studies, political sociology, political economy, social policy
Tel: 1-508-793-7376
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Emeriti Faculty

John Blydenburgh, Ph.D.