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.
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.
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, trans-national politics. Having earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in Political Science with a specialization in…
Tsung Chi
Professor, Politics
B.A., National Chengchi University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Tsung Chi teaches courses in comparative politics, East Asian politics, Chinese politics, and research methodology.
Peter Dreier
E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics; Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy, Emeritus (1993-2025)
B.A., Syracuse University M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Peter Dreier has been involved in urban policy as a scholar, government official, reporter, and advocate for 30 years.
Isaac Hale
Assistant Professor, Politics
B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Isaac Hale teaches classes on political institutions, research methodology, and elections.
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.
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.
Micah Farver
Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics
A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UC San Deigo
Lisa Pringle
Visiting Instructor, Politics
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., USC; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University( in progress)