Department of Political Science Faculty
Our faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their scholarly contributions, seek to create an environment for graduate education that facilitates innovative scholarship using a multitude of different types of methodologies.
Kathy Ferguson
Professor
Office: Saunders 640E
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-6933
Email: kferguso@hawaii.edu
Political Theory, Feminist Theory, Anarchism
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller
Professor, Department Chair
Office: Saunders 632B
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8563
Email: hiller@hawaii.edu
Law and Society/Philosophy, Indigenous Politics
Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua
Professor, Interim Assistant
Vice Chancellor of Academic Personnel
Office: Saunders 634A
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8928
Email: goodyear@hawaii.edu
Hawai’i, Indigenous Feminisms, Sovereignty
Jairus Grove
Professor
Office: Saunders 617A
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8743
Email: jairusg@hawaii.edu
War Studies, Complexity & System Theory
Nicole Sunday Grove
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 640
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8357
Email: nsgrove@hawaii.edu
IR, Technology, Security, Gender, Middle East
Debora Halbert
Professor
Office: Sinclair Annex 1 Rm 5
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-9404
Email: halbert@hawaii.edu
Intellectual Property, Copyright, Futures, Law
Katharina Heyer
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 615
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-7512
Email: heyer@hawaii.edu
Social Movements, Disability, Human Rights
Ehito Kimura
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 610
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8630
Email: ehito@hawaii.edu
Comparative Politics, Southeast Asian Politics
Sankaran Krishna
Professor
Office: Saunders 640D
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8841
Email: krishna@hawaii.edu
International Relations, Postcolonial Studies
Felix Mantz
Instructor
Office: Saunders 611
Telephone:1 (808) 956-8357
Email: fmantz@hawaii.edu
Global Political Economy, Environment, Empire
Lawrence Nitz
Professor
Office: Saunders 633A
Telephone:1 (808) 956-8665
Email: lnitz@hawaii.edu
American Politics, Methods, Public Policy
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Chair
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8357
Email: polundgrd@hawaii.edu
Moʻolelo, Aloha ʻĀina, Indigenous Theory
Debbie Samaniego
Assistant Professor
Office: Saunders 614
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-7180
Email: dsamanie@hawaii.edu
IR, Decolonial Studies, Migration Politics
Dean Saranillio
Associate Professor, Graduate Chair
Office: Saunders 613
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-3688
Email: dsaranil@hawaii.edu
Settler Colonialism, Labor, Militarism, Empire
Noenoe Silva
Professor
Office: Saunders 640C
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8030
Email: noenoe@hawaii.edu
Hawaiian Politics, Language Revitalization
Nevzat Soguk
Professor
Office: Saunders 619
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8929
Email: nevzat@hawaii.edu
States, Migration, Political Movements
Carolyn Stephenson
Associate Professor
Office: Saunders 618
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8195
Email: cstephen@hawaii.edu
International, Peace, Conflict Resolution
Kate Zhou
Professor
Office: Saunders 609
Telephone: 1 (808) 956-8777
Email: katezhou@hawaii.edu
Comparative Politics, Chinese Political Economy
Emeritus Faculty
- Richard W Chadwick (chadwick@hawaii.edu)
- James Dator (dator@hawaii.edu)
- Manfred Henningsen (hennings@hawaii.edu)
- George Kent (kent@hawaii.edu)
- Neal Milner (milner@hawaii.edu)
- Deane Neubauer (deanen@hawaii.edu)
- Michael Shapiro (shapiro@hawaii.edu)
- Dae-Sook Suh (daesook@hawaii.edu)
Retired Faculty
- John Wilson (johnwils@hawaii.edu)