Political Science at Colorado College

12 faculty and 33 courses in Political Science at Colorado College.

Faculty

• Timothy Fuller, Professor h-index 20
  Notable: “The Voice of Liberal Learning” (1990) · 247 citations
• Juan Lindau, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: The Art of Social Relationships in China.” (1996) · 1,099 citations
• Corina McKendry, Associate Professor h-index 7
  Es primarily on subnational environment governance, with a particular emphasis on effectiveness, political legitimacy, and social justice in city climate policies. Her current research, being conducted while serving as a U.S. Fulbright Scho
  Notable: “Greening the industrial city: equity, environment, and economic growth in Seattle and Chicago” (2014) · 78 citations
• Sofia Fenner, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “State Power and Staying Power: Infrastructural Mechanisms and Authoritarian Durability” (2011) · 147 citations
• Maria Sanchez, Assistant Professor h-index 3
  Notable: “Cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth in women with twin gestation and sonographic short cervix: a multicenter randomized controlled trial (PECEP-Twins)” (2015) · 217 citations
• Dana Wolfe, Associate Professor h-index 3
  Notable: “Challenging the Dominant Frame: The Moderating Impact of Exposure and Knowledge on Perceptions of Sex Trafficking Victimization*” (2018) · 28 citations
• Jiun Bang, Assistant Professor h-index 3
  Span a wide spectrum, ranging from International Relations Theory (IRT), conflict and diplomacy, geopolitics of Northeast Asia and gendered politics. Her current major project involves the commodification of nationalism: how people d
  Notable: “Why So Many Layers? China’s “State-Speak” and Its Classification of Partnerships1” (2017) · 16 citations
• Elizabeth Coggins, Associate Professor, Associate Chair h-index 2
  Notable: “The Intersection of Judicial Attitudes and Litigant Selection Theories: Explaining U.S. Supreme Court Decision Making” (2008) · 8 citations
• Doug Edlin, Professor, McHugh Chair, Department Chair
  On the courts and the judicial process, constitutional and comparative law, legal and constitutional theory, and the politics of race in the United States. He is the author of Common Law Judging (University of Michigan Press, 20
• Eve Grace, Associate Professor
• Joe Derdzinski, Senior Lecturer
• John Gould, Professor

Courses

• Introduction to US Politics and Government PS200
• Introduction to Urban Studies PS202
• Topics in Politics PS203
• Foundations of Political Economy PS205
• Introduction to International Relations PS209
• Just War Theory PS222
• Waging Nonviolent Conflict PS230
• Introduction to Comparative Politics PS236
• Conservatism and Liberalism PS242
• Politics in Literature PS246
• Cities, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice PS272
• Syria in Revolution and War PS276
• Introduction to Political Philosophy PS290
• American Political Thought PS292
• Advanced Topics in Politics PS307
• Elections PS315
• Public Policymaking PS321
• Race and the Judicial Process PS326
• Philosophy of Law PS328
• Secrecy, Surveillance, and Democracy PS329
• History/Political Science Colloquium PS330
• Comparative Politics of Latin America PS335
• The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa PS339
• Conduct of American Foreign Policy PS340
• Intervention, the Drug War, and Human Migration: US-Latin American Relations PS342
• Authoritarianism PS355
• Introduction to International Political Economy PS375
• Constitutional Law in United States Politics PS380
• Tutorial in United States Politics PS404
• Tutorial in Political Theory PS408
• Tutorial in International Relations PS410
• Tutorial in Comparative Politics PS412
• Tutorial in International Political Economy PS470

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.