Political Science Faculty

Chair
Danielle Lussier
Associate Professor

Department chair of Russian, Central European, and Eurasian Studies

Danielle N. Lussier is an associate professor of political science. Her research focuses on democratization, political participation, and religion and politics, with geographic expertise on post-communist Eurasia and Indonesia. She is the author of Constraining Elites in Russia and Indonesia...
Leif Brottem
Associate Professor
I teach courses in Global Development Studies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research focuses on the intersection of human security, conflict, and development in West and Central Africa. Current activities engage with local dynamics in conflict-affected communities in Mali, Benin, Chad...
Barry Driscoll
Associate Professor
I'm originally from Galway, Ireland and made it to Grinnell by way of Leiden (Holland), Copenhagen, Washington, London, Oslo, and finally Wisconsin, either working in international development or researching themes in comparative politics. My work is on the political economy of development and the...
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Professor Emeritus
While his initial research agenda was on mass attitudes and behavior in Africa, over the last decade his research has focused on comparable phenomena in Russia. In particular, he is concerned with mass support (or lack thereof) for Russian democratization, and with Russian nationalism. He has...
Peter Hanson
Associate Professor
Peter Hanson is an Associate Professor of Political Science and a specialist in American politics. He teaches courses on constitutional law and American political institutions. His research explores the politics of the United States Congress. His book Too Weak to Govern: Majority Party Power in the...
Assistant Professor Political Science and Policy Studies
Assistant Professor
Andreas Jozwiak began teaching at Grinnell College in 2022, having completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the European University Institute, a M.A. and Ph.D from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. from Trinity University. Trained as a comparative political scientist, his...
Gemma Sala
Associate Professor
On leave 2023–24 academic year.
Barbara Trish
Professor

Director of Rosenfield Program

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights and Professor of Political Science, with a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Ms. Trish is a generalist in U.S politics, with political parties, electoral politics...
Eliza Willis
Professor Emerita
Before joining the Grinnell College faculty in 1991, Professor Willis taught political science and political economy at Boston College and Tulane University. Her research focuses on Latin American politics and her work has appeared in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research...

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