Dr Thomas Gift, CUSP Director
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Associate Professor in Political Science
Thomas’s research and teaching interests include USÌýpolitics, public policy, and applications of survey and experimental methods.
Dr Julie Norman, CUSP Deputy Director
![Julie Norman](/political-science/sites/political_science/files/styles/small_image/public/julie_norman800500_0_1.jpeg?itok=4wv8wmYR)
Associate ProfessorÌýin Politics & International Relations
Julie’s research and teaching interests include international relations, US foreign policy, security, political violence, polarization, and political protest.
Professor Gareth Davies
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Professor inÌýAmerican History
Gareth's research has focussed variously on the history of the US welfare state, the political legacy of the 1960s, and on attempting to explain governmental growth in a persistently anti-statist political culture.ÌýÌý
Dr Jared Finnegan
![Jared Finnegan](/political-science/sites/political_science/files/styles/small_image/public/jared_lse_headshots_img_7649_1_2.jpeg?itok=ncWQwRZS)
Lecturer in Public Policy
Jared's research investigates howÌýgovernments, voters, and business understand and address long-term societal challenges, particularly climate change.
Dr Katie Gaddini
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Associate Professor ofÌýSociology
Katie's current research investigates the race-religion-nationalism nexus in the United States.
Dr Melanie Garson
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Senior Teaching Fellow in International Conflict Resolution &ÌýSecurity
Melanie's research and teaching interests include international negotiation and mediation, emerging technologies and the future of conflict in a digital age, cyberwarfare, and US foreign policy.
Dr Nadia Hilliard
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Associate ProfessorÌýin US Politics
Nadia’s research focuses on the themes of accountability and state building in the American political development (APD) tradition.
Dr Jeffrey Howard
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Associate Professor in Political Theory
Jeffrey writes and teaches about a variety of topics in contemporary political and legal philosophy, especially concerning crime and punishment, freedom of expression, and counter-terrorism.
Dr Brian Klaas
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Associate Professor in Global PoliticsÌý
Brian is an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US foreign policy, American politics more generally,Ìýpolitical violence,Ìýand elections.
Reverend Professor Keith Magee
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Senior Fellow in Culture and Justice
Keith's research and teaching interests include social justice, civil rights, and voting rights and the intersection of US race, religion, and politics.
Dr Jonathan Monten
![Jonathan Monten](/political-science/sites/political_science/files/styles/small_image/public/jonathan_monten_03_0.jpg?itok=XeT4xETu)
Associate Professor in Political Science
Jonathan's research and teaching interests are in the areas of international relations, international security, and USÌýforeign policy.
Dr Michael Plouffe
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Lecturer in International Political Economy
Michael's work on the US focuses on trade policy, both in the politics behind its formationÌýand its effects across the economy.Ìý
Dr Colin Provost
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Associate Professor in Public Policy
Colin’s research focuses on regulation through litigation in the American states, specifically on the role of state attorneys general in enforcing state and federal laws in consumer protection, competition (antitrust), and finance.
Dr Mitch Robertson
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Associate Lecturer in US HistoryÌý
Mitch'sÌýresearch focuses on modern political history of theÌýUnited States, with a particular emphasis on the role played by non-elected actors in the US political system.
ProfÌýAndy Rudalevidge
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Honorary Professor
Andy is an expert in American political institutions, especially the modern presidency, the executive branch, and interbranch relations.
Visiting Research Fellows
Dr Tom Packer
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Research Fellow at Institute of the Americas
Tom's research and teaching interests include US politics, elections, US Conservatism, and US history broadly defined.