Global Studies Faculty

My interests are in the sub-field of Comparative Politics, with a focus on developing countries, the politics of identity, political rhetoric, and constitution-making. I also teach courses on democracies and dictatorships in comparative perspective, and the politics of cities.

Jason Brozek is Associate Professor of Government and Stephen Edward Scarff Professor of International Affairs, and since joining the faculty in 2008, has taught courses on global politics, international law, US foreign policy, climate change, and environmental policy.

My interests include Economic Development, Labor Migration, Global Nutrition and Health, and Southeast Asian Studies.

I was trained as a scholar of 19th-century French literature and revolutionary studies. However, I love teaching all aspects of French and Francophone Studies, especially language courses, cultural studies, and film studies.

I am an ethnomusicologist with research interests in Balinese gamelan music and dance, traditional music pedagogy, the intersection of gender and performance, and ecomusicology.

I love reading literature: It teaches, delights, and moves me. I enjoy sharing my love of literature with others through my research and teaching. My research areas are human rights and humanitarianism (how to love and live with people) and environmentalism (how to love and live with nature).

Claudena Skran is Professor of Government and the Edwin and Ruth West Professor of Economics and Social Science, and Director of the Business & Entrepreneurship program.

Religious Studies examines how groups of people find meaning in their lives and impart value to the world around them.

Spanish and Latin American film and 20th-century Spanish literature. National Chief Academic Consultant for AP Spanish.

Brigid E. Vance's research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China.