Department of Political Science Faculty: 1849-2007 (Alphabetical)
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| Start Year | End Year | Total Yrs | Start Rank | End Rank | |
| Abernathy, Glenn | 1959 | 1960 | 1 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Adamany, David | 1972 | 1978 | 6 | Assoc. Prof. | Professor |
| Adler, Emanuel | 1992 | 1995 | 3 | Assoc. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Adolfson, Lorentz H. | 1942 | 1944 | 2 | Assist. Prof. | |
| Anderson, Charles W. | 1960 | 1996 | 36 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Anderson, Stephen J. | 1987 | 1993 | 6 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Armstrong, John A. | 1954 | 1986 | 32 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Arneson, Ben A. | 1913 | 1917 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Avramenko, Richard | 2005 | Assist Prof. | |||
| Bailey,William L. | 1909 | 1912 | 3 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Barnett, J.D. | 1902 | 1905 | 3 | Assist. Prof. | Instructor |
| Barnett, Michael | 1990 | 2004 | 14 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Beard, William | 1940 | 1945 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Beissinger, Mark | 1987 | 2006 | 19 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Bjorkman, James W. | 1976 | 1985 | 9 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Bonn, Franklyn G. Jr. | 1962 | 1965 | 3 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Boyd, Richard | 2002 | 2007 | 5 | Assoc. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Browning, Rufus P. | 1961 | 1967 | 6 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Burden, Barry | 2006 | Professor | |||
| Canon, David T. | 1991 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Carlisle, Donald P. | 1962 | 1967 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Carpenter, William S. | 1914 | 1917 | 3 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Cassinelli, C.W. | 1958 | 1959 | 1 | Assoc. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Champagne, Richard A. | 1985 | 1990 | 5 | Instructor | Assist. Prof. |
| Chang, Kelly H. | 1998 | 2002 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Clarenbach, Fred A. | 1945 | 1962 | 17 | Assoc. Prof. | Professor |
| Clausen, Aage R. | 1966 | 1971 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Clough, Michael W. | 1985 | 1987 | 2 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Cnudde, Charles F. | 1968 | 1973 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Cohen, Bernard | 1959 | 1990 | 31 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Coleman, John J. | 1992 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Copelovitch, Mark | 2006 | Assist. Prof. | |||
| Croan, Melvin | 1967 | 1996 | 29 | Assoc. Prof. | Professor |
| Cronin, Bruce L. | 1995 | 2003 | 8 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Dangerfield, Royden J. | 1949 | 1950 | 1 | Professor | Professor |
| Davis, James W. | 1964 | 1968 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Deber, Raisa | 1974 | 1978 | 4 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Dennis, Jack S. | 1963 | 2001 | 38 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Dolbeare, Kenneth M. | 1965 | 1970 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Donald, Carr L. | 1958 | 1960 | 2 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Donoghue, James R. | 1948 | 1984 | 36 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Downs, Donald A. | 1985 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Dresang, Dennis L. | 1969 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Dykstra, Clarence | 1941 | 1944 | 3 | Professor | Professor |
| Ebenstein, William | 1938 | 1946 | 8 | Instructor | Assoc. Prof. |
| Edelman, Murray J. | 1966 | 1990 | 24 | Professor | Professor |
| Edgerton, Russel | 1965 | 1969 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Eisinger, Peter K. | 1969 | 1998 | 29 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Emmerson, Donald K. | 1970 | 2001 | 31 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Epstein, Leon D. | 1948 | 1988 | 40 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Farr, James | 1984 | 1989 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Feeley, Malcolm M. | 1977 | 1985 | 8 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Fellman, David | 1947 | 1978 | 31 | Professor | Professor |
| Fink, Richard M. | 1961 | 1964 | 3 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Fioretos, Karl-Orfeo | 1999 | 2005 | 6 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Fisher, Burton R. | 1955 | 1958 | 3 | Professor | Professor |
| Fogg-Davis, Hawley G. | 1999 | 2005 | 6 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Fowler, R. Booth | 1967 | 2002 | 35 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Franklin, Charles H. | 1991 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Friedman, Edward | 1967 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Froman, Lewis A. Jr. | 1960 | 1965 | 5 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Gardiner, John A. | 1965 | 1968 | 3 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Gaus, John M. | 1927 | 1947 | 20 | Professor | Professor |
| Gehlbach, Scott | 2003 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. | ||
| Gillespie, Charles | 1988 | 1991 | 3 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Gilliam, Franklin D. | 1983 | 1987 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Goldstein, Kenneth M. | 2000 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Gormley, William T. | 1980 | 1991 | 11 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Grant, James A.C. | 1927 | 1930 | 3 | Instructor | Assist. Prof. |
| Greene, Lee S. | 1934 | 1935 | 1 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Greffenius, Steven F. | 1986 | 1989 | 3 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Grossman, Joel B. | 1963 | 1996 | 33 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Hall, Arnold B. | 1910 | 1926 | 16 | Instructor | Professor |
| Hanson, Donald W. | 1967 | 1971 | 4 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Harris, Joseph P. | 1923 | 1930 | 7 | Instructor | Assoc. Prof. |
| Hart, Henry C. | 1948 | 1982 | 34 | Instructor | Professor |
| Hayward, Fred M. | 1968 | 1991 | 23 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Hendley, Kathryn | 1993 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Herrera, Yoshiko | 2007 | Assoc. Prof | |||
| Hinckley, Barbara | 1972 | 1988 | 16 | Assoc. Prof. | Professor |
| Holden, Matthew Jr. | 1969 | 1981 | 12 | Professor | Professor |
| Hornbeck, Stanley K. | 1908, 1914 | 1909, 1919 | 6 | Instructor | Assoc. Prof. |
| Howell, William | 2000 | 2002 | 2 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Huitt, Ralph K. | 1949 | 1983 | 34 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Hutchcroft, Paul D. | 1993 | Assist. Prof. | Professor | ||
| Iyenaga, Toyokichi | 1902 | 1904 | 2 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Jacob, Herbert | 1962, 1984 | 1969, 1986 | 9 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Jacobson, Jacob M. | 1927 | 1930 | 3 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Jalal, Ayesha | 1987 | 1989 | 2 | Assist. Prof. | Assist. Prof. |
| Johnson, Arnold V. | 1925 | 1926 | 1 | Instructor | Instructor |
| Johnson, Cathy M. | 1984 | 1990 | 6 | Instructor | Assist. Prof. |
| Jones, Charles O. | 1988 | 1997 | 9 | Professor | Professor |
| Jones, Chester Lloyd | 1910, 1928 | 1919, 1944 | 25 | Assoc. Prof. | Professor |
| Kay, David A. | 1966 | 1975 | 9 | Assist. Prof. | Professor |
| Kettl, Donald F. | 1990 | 2004 | 14 | Professor | Professor |
| Khademian, Anne | 1990 | 1997 | 7 | Assist. Prof. | Assoc. Prof. |
| Kinsella, Helen M. | 2005 | Assist. Prof | |||
| Kirk, Grayson L. | 1929 | 1940 | 11 | Instructor | Professor |
| Klaussen, Jimmy | 2007 | Assist. Prof | |||
| Kritzer, Herbert M. | 1978 | 2007 | 29 |