Dr. Marissa Mancini
Professor of Political Science; Chair of the Department of Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Political Science
Political Science studies institutions, public policy, and political behavior, and its faculty coordinate the Senior Interdisciplinary Capstone in the Alkimi Core.
College of Arts & Sciences
Study Political Science at Alkimi
Department chair
Faculty offices & map
Questions about a major?
- Where
- Lovell Hall 101
- Phone
- (555) 555-0158
- advising
@university.alkimi.ai - Hours
- Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Lead
- Rosa Delgado, Director of Academic Advising
Part of the College of Arts & Sciences, led by Dean Dr. Theodore Nakamura. Department chairs make teaching assignments each year and are the first stop for questions about a course or a grade (Faculty Handbook §1.4).
Degree programs
All programs →Courses
Course descriptions →200-level
300-level
POSC 310 Congress and the Presidency · Spring, odd yearsPOSC 315 Technology Policy, Cyberlaw, and Surveillance · Spring, odd yearsPOSC 320 Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties · Fall, odd yearsPOSC 335 European Union Politics · Spring, even yearsPOSC 345 U.S. Foreign Policy · Fall, odd yearsPOSC 360 Politics of the Developing World · Spring, even years
14 POSC courses. Each course page lists its prerequisites, 2026–27 instructors, and Fall 2026 syllabus; section times and rooms are in AlkimiHub. Catalog: Undergraduate Catalog §9.16.
Faculty
All faculty → Dr. Marissa Mancini
Professor of Political Science; Chair of the Department of Political Science
Dr. Douglas Hartmann
Professor of Political Science
Dr. Darnell Hayes
Professor of Political Science
Dr. Martha Hoffmann
Professor of Political Science
Dr. Kaveh Rahimi
Professor of Political Science
Dr. Francesca Shapiro
Professor of Political Science
Prof. Rebecca Stroud
Professor of Political Science; President of the Faculty Senate (2026–27)
Dr. Vandana Desai
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Deborah Evans
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Amanda Kendall
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Hung Le
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Quentin Washington
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Omar Farouk
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Dr. Siobhan Gallo
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Dr. Benjamin Granger
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Dr. Joy Bancroft
Teaching Professor of Political Science
Dr. Kathleen Delaney
Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science
Dr. Jin Song
Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science
A selection of the department's faculty; Alkimi University has 640 full-time faculty. The full list, including part-time and visiting instructors, is in AlkimiHub.