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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
current faculty

- Phone:
- (810) 762-3130
- Email:
- dmunroe@umich.edu
Political Science
Derwin Munroe
Courses:
- POL 190 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POL/INT 230 International Relations
- POL/EGR 235 Global Energy
- POL/PUB 301 Research Seminar in Politics and Policy (Capstone)
- POL 330/540 Political Economy of Development
- POL 333/533 International Law and Organizations
- POL 344/544 Latin American Politics
- POL 437/537 US Foreign Policy
Research interests:
- Politics of energy
- Economic development in developing countries

- Email:
- dauda@umich.edu
Political Science
Dauda Abubakar, Ph.D
Courses:
- AFA 130 Introduction to Africa in Global Politics
- POL 190 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- AFA/POL 304 Black Social and Political Movements
- AFA 333/POL 334/533/534 Human Rights in Africa
- POL 340 African Politics
- AFA 351 U.S. Foreign Policy toward Africa
- POL 355 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts
- AFA 364 Conflicts and Humanitarian Intervention in Africa
- POL 347 Middle East Politics
- UNV 100 Never Again? The Holocaust and Genocides in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Research interests:
- international human rights and human rights in Africa
- politics and elections in Nigeria
- the politics of oil in Nigeria and the Middle East

- Phone:
- (810) 762-3473
- Email:
- kosnoski@umich.edu
Political Science
Jason Kosnoski, PhD
Courses:
- POL 120 U.S. National Government and Politics
- POL 261 Introduction to Political Theory
- POL 360 Ancient Greek Political Theory
- POL 361 Modern Democratic Political Thought
- POL 365 Marxist Political Thought
- POL 375 Politics and U.S. Labor
- POL 401/501 U.S. Political Thought
Research Interests:
- Democratic Theory
- Theories of Public Space
- Pragmatism
- Marxism

- Email:
- kglorent@umich.edu
Political Science
Kevin Lorentz II, Ph.D
Courses:
- POL 120 U.S. National Government and Politics
- POL 329 Civil Liberties and the Constitution
Research Interests:
- American Constitutional law and theory
- Judicial politics
- Civic education

- Email:
- morckel@umich.edu
Political Science
Victoria Morckel, Ph. D, AICP
Courses
- URP 111: Introduction to Urban Geography & Planning
- URP 116: Human Geography
- URP 140: Healthy Plant, Healthy People: Shaping a Sustainable Healthy Future
- URP 212: Urban Design
- URP 310: Reading the City: Urban Planning History, Theory, Law
- URP 411: Reimagining Legacy Cities
Research Interests
- Land use planing, urban planning, urban studies, public policy
- Shrinking/legacy cities; causes and consequenses of population decline
- Property vacancy, housing abandonment, blight

- Phone:
- (810) 762-3472
- Email:
- kimsaks@umich.edu
Political Science
Kimberly Saks McManaway, Ph.D
Courses:
- POL 120 U.S. National Government and Politics
- POL 310/511 U.S. Political Institutions
- POL 323 The U.S. Congress
- POL 329/529 Civil Liberties and the Constitution
- POL 420/520 Law and Administrative Processes
- POL 422/522 Environmental Law and Public Policy
Research interests:
- Political representation and electoral decision-making
- Gender and politics, gender and public policy
- Law and public policy
- Political behavior

- Phone:
- (810) 762-3412
- Email:
- jerolson@umich.edu
Political Science
Jeremiah Wade-Olson, PhD
Courses:
- POL 120 U.S. National Government and Politics
- POL 303 Politics and Public Policy
- POL 387 Sex, Drugs, and Politics
- PUB 501 Administrative Organization and Behavior
- PUB 504 Ethical Issues in Public Administration
Research interests:
- Conditions in U.S. prisons
- Race and prisoner treatment
- Administration of U.S. prisons
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Retired Faculty

- Email:
- pegkahn@umich.edu
Political Science
Peggy Kahn, PhD
Courses (occasionally offered):
- POL 190 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POL 331/POL 531/SCO 362/WGS 331 Women, Gender, and Employment
- PUB 505 Health Policy
Research and Community Interests:
- Women's employment and work-family dilemmas
- Low-income families' access to public health benefits and services
- Health care access and enrollment
- COVID-19 Public health and social welfare policies