Political Science & Public Administration
Our people
Department Chair
- 421A Wimberly Hall
- avanliere@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6956
Specialty areas:
Global governance and international organization, foreign policy and global diplomacy, active learning, international education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Academic Department Associate
Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff
- Assistant Professor
- 425B Wimberly Hall
- jarney2@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8483
Specialty areas:
Venue shopping during the agenda-setting stage of the policymaking process, collective action theories, and crowd disorders.
- Professor
- 315 Lowe Center For The Arts
- abigel@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8435
Specialty areas:
I have a wide and deep knowledge of all areas of Constitutional Law.
- Associate Professor
- 425H Wimberly Hall
- achergosky@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6643
Specialty areas:
American government and politics, Congress, American presidency, political parties, campaigns and elections, political communication, Wisconsin government and politics, American public policy, the scholarship of teaching and learning.
- College of Business Administration - Associate Dean
- 1222 Wittich Hall
- tdale@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8095
- Associate Professor
- 423A Wimberly Hall
- rgoodnow@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6645
Specialty areas:
Democratization, institutional change, women's and minority representation, Post-Soviet politics (with a focus on Russian and Ukrainian politics), the scholarship of teaching and learning
- Assistant Professor
- 425A Wimberly Hall
- ahultquist@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6642
Specialty areas:
civil war; terrorism; ethnic conflict; nonviolence; repression; authoritarian regimes; identity politics
- Professor
- 425F Wimberly Hall
- jkovari@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8436
Specialty areas:
Local government, public budgeting, economic development, tax incremental finance (TIF)
- Assistant Professor
- 423B Wimberly Hall
- klaplant@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6641
Specialty areas:
American politics, campaign advertising, conspiracy theories, emotions, gender stereotypes, political behavior, political psychology, public opinion, and research methodology.
- Lecturer
- 425E Wimberly Hall
- sscinta@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6647
Specialty areas:
American government; Political theory; American political history and thought; Judicial process and policy.
- Assistant Professor
- 425D Wimberly Hall
- jszymalak@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6648
Specialty areas:
Public Law & Administration, Public Personnel Management, Ethics, Religion in Government, and Military Law & Administration
I also direct the Legal Studies Minor and serve as a pre-law advisor
- Assistant Professor
- 421A Wimberly Hall
- avanliere@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6956
Specialty areas:
Global governance and international organization, foreign policy and global diplomacy, active learning, international education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.