Full Time Faculty
Associate Professor
Email: sergio.bejar@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-8330
Office: Clark Hall 453
Expertise: Comparative Politics, Political Economy,
Methodology, Latin America
Assistant Professor
Email: sara.benson@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5568
Office: Clark Hall 406G
Expertise: Political Theory, Legal Theory, American Political Thought
MPA Director & Professor
Email: james.brent@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5572
Office: Clark Hall 457
Expertise: American Politics
Assistant Professor
Email: xintong.chen@sjsu.edu
Phone: (408) 924-5346
Office: Clark Hall 406N
Expertise: Nonprofit Management, Disaster Response, and Organizational Behaviors
Associate Professor
Email: mary.currinpercival@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5569
Office: Clark Hall 447
Expertise: Elections and Political Participation, Public Opinion, Teaching and Learning in Political
Science
Associate Professor
Email: danijela.dudley@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5573
Expertise: Civil-Military Relations, Democratic Transition, International Integration, European Politics
Professor
Currently serving as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Email: melinda.jackson@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5293
Office: ADM 159
Expertise: American Politics
Professor & Department Chair
Email: garrick.percival@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5553
Office: Clark Hall 471C
Expertise: Criminal Justice Reform, Public Policy, State & Local Government
Professor
Email: kenneth.peter@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5562
Office: Clark Hall 402C
Expertise: Political Theory
Professor
Email: lawrence.quill@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5563
Office: Clark Hall 455
Expertise: Political Theory, History of Political Thought
Professor
Email: karthika.sasikumar@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-1361
Office: Clark Hall 451
Expertise: International Security, India and Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons, Nationalism
