Faculty

Regular Faculty

Regina Freer, Chair

Professor, Politics

B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Regina Freer’s research and teaching interests include race and politics, demographic change, urban politics, and the intersection of all three in Los Angeles.

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Samantha Acuña

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., University of Redlands; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Samantha Acuña is interested in constitutional law, immigration policy, judicial behavior, and gender-based violence.

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Kai Yui Samuel Chan

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.Soc.Sc. The Chinese University of Hong Kong; M.Sc. The London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Kai Yui Samuel Chan teaches classes on political theory, democratic theory, transnational politics.

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Tsung Chi

Professor, Politics, Emeritus (1991-2026)

B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Areas of specialization: comparative politics, East Asian politics, Chinese politics, and research methodology.

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Isaac Hale

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., ��鱨վ; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Isaac Hale teaches classes on political institutions, research methodology, and elections.

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Elizabeth Wiener

Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Elizabeth Wiener teaches courses in the fields of American government, public policy, and research methods in the social sciences.

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Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Mariano Bertucci

Resident Assistant Professor, Politics

B.A., Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires; M.A. University of Denver; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Mariano Bertucci’s interdisciplinary research has led him to teach classes on U.S. Foreign Policy, American Intelligence and National Security, International Relations Theory, Politics of the Global Economy and Global Environmental Politics, among others.

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