Political Science

https://polisci.utk.edu/

Brandon Prins, Head
Kyung Joon Han, Associate Head
Ian Down, Director of Graduate Studies
Gary Uzonyi, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Professors
Freeland, P.K., PhD – Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Houston, D.J., PhD – State University of New York (Binghamton)
Hwang, W., PhD – Michigan State
Kelly, N.J., PhD – North Carolina
Morgan, J.M., PhD – North Carolina
Nownes, A.J., PhD – Kansas
Pacelle, R.L., PhD – Ohio State
Prins, B.C., PhD – Michigan State
Wiegand, K., PhD – Duke
Zhong, Y., PhD – Kentucky

Associate Professors
Buehler, M., PhD – Texas
Down, I., PhD – North Carolina
Han, K.J., PhD – UCLA
Uzonyi, G., PhD – Michigan

Assistant Professors
Banerjee, V., PhD – Indiana
Gentil-Fernandes, L., PhD – Pittsburgh
Holmes, C.E., PhD – Indiana
Marsh, W.Z.C., PhD – Notre Dame
Morrison, K., PhD – Pittsburgh
Osei-Kojo, A., PhD – Colorado (Denver)
Peterson, J.C., PhD – USC
Pierce, S., PhD – Ohio State
Schilling, E.U., PhD – Iowa
Widner, K., PhD – Emory

Emeritus
Fitzgerald, M.R., PhD – Oklahoma
Folz, D.H., PhD – Tennessee
Tonn, B., PhD – Northwestern

The Department of Political Science offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The department also offers a graduate certificate in Global Security Studies. Inquiries concerning all programs should be directed to the departmental office.