Full Time Faculty
![Sergio Bejar-Lopez](/polisci/pics/C10DCEB2-0A17-45CB-9928-DBF65A2586BB_1_201_a.jpeg)
Associate Professor
Email: sergio.bejar@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-8330
Office: Clark Hall 453
Expertise: Comparative Politics, Political Economy,
Methodology, Latin America
![Sara Benson](/polisci/pics/D4084FE5-77D8-419A-BCAD-693BB1781B59_1_201_a.jpeg)
Assistant Professor
Email: sara.benson@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5568
Office: Clark Hall 406G
Expertise: Political Theory, Legal Theory, American Political Thought
![James Brent](/polisci/pics/James%20B%20resize.jpg)
Professor
Email: james.brent@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5572
Office: Clark Hall 457
Expertise: American Politics
![Xintong Chen](/polisci/pics/XintongResized2.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Email: xintong.chen@sjsu.edu
Phone: (408) 924-5346
Office: Clark Hall 406N
Expertise: Nonprofit Management, Disaster Response, and Organizational Behaviors
![Mary Currin-Percival](/polisci/pics/Mary%20C%20resize.jpg)
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
![Danijela Dudley](/polisci/pics/DanijelaDudleyresized.jpg)
Associate Professor
Email: danijela.dudley@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5573
Expertise: Civil-Military Relations, Democratic Transition, International Integration, European Politics
![Melinda Jackson](/polisci/pics/Melinda%20J%20resize.jpg)
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
![Garrick Percival](/polisci/pics/percival.jpg)
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 Ken Peter](/polisci/pics/kenpeter1.jpg)
Professor
Email: kenneth.peter@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5562
Office: Clark Hall 402C
Expertise: Political Theory
![Lawrence Quill](/polisci/pics/Lawrence%20Q%20resize.jpg)
Professor
Email: lawrence.quill@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-5563
Office: Clark Hall 455
Expertise: Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Technology and Politics
![Karthika Sasikumar](/polisci/pics/Karthika%20S%20resize.jpg)
Professor
Email: karthika.sasikumar@sjsu.edu
Office Phone: (408) 924-1361
Office: Clark Hall 451
Expertise: International Security, India and Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons, Nationalism