Faculty

Meet the Integrated International Studies Faculty

Michael Schneider, Co-Chair
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1996

Robert Seibert, Co-Chair
Robert W. Murphy Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Tulane University, 1969
"I am studying the role of Rotary International in world affairs, which will require research visits to Belgium, Switzerland, Bahrain, India, and the Philippines."

Roy Andersen
Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1972
"I am especially interested in conning the wider implications of global interdependence on the lower income countries of the world."

Nancy Eberhardt
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1984
"I have always been fascinated with the relation between culture and mind, with how the particular cultural notions that we happen to have grown up with affect our cognitive processes more generally."

Karen Kampwirth
Professor of Political Science
On-Site Co-Director, Buenos Aires program
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1993
"Throughout my career, I have been interested in people's attempts to radically transform their societies, why those attempts sometimes succeed, and what impact participating in such movements has on the participants."

Timothy Foster
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Campus Director, Barcelona Program
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1994
"One of my greatest satisfactions as a teacher is empowering my students to speak with reasoned authority."

Daniel Beers
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2011
"My teaching and research focus primarily on the process of political transition in democratizing states-particularly those in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union."

Robin Ragan
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages-Spanish
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001
"I am particularly intrigued with the way 19th century medical discourse portrays illness as a natural state in women."

Emre Sencer
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2008
"As a specialist in modern European history, I'm fascinated with the connection between politics and culture, especially under authoritarian regimes."