Our Faculty

Julio Borquez, Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Michigan
Teaches American politics, with a focus on urban politics, electoral politics,
and political communication.
2162 SSB
(313) 593-5082
jborquez@umd.umich.edu

Nancy Kursman,  Lecturer III
Director, Public Affairs Internship Program
Ph.D., Rice University
Teaches courses in American politics, including legislative politics,
and parties and elections.
2152 SSB
(313) 593-5164
nkursman@umd.umich.edu

Michael Rosano,  Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Teaches political theory with emphasis on the development of
Western political thought and on classical political philosophy,
enlightenment political theory, and American thought.
2085 SSB
(313) 593-5182
rosano@umd.umich.edu

Lara Rusch, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Teaches American government, urban politics, and state and local politics.
2154 SSB
(313) 583-6406
lrusch@umd.umich.edu

Mitchel A. Sollenberger, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Teaches courses on the presidency and public law.
2120 SSB
(313) 583-6714
msollenb@umd.umich.edu

Ronald R. Stockton, Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Teaches comparative politics and political change with an
emphasis on the non-western world.
2065 SSB
(313) 593-5384
rstock@umd.umich.edu

A. Trevor Thrall,  Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaches courses in public policy and American politics
with a focus on security issues. 
2250 SSB
(313) 593-5282
atthrall@umd.umich.edu

Francis Wayman, Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvannia
Teaches international relations, comparative politics,
and American foreign policy.
2164 SSB
(313) 593-5226
fwayman@umd.umich.edu

LECTURERS

Sheryl Edwards, Lecturer II, M.A., Wayne State University
Coordinator, Ottawa Internship Program

Elizabeth Prough, Lecturer I, Ph.D., Wayne State University

Paul Sunstein, Lecturer I, M.A., University of Toronto