Simon came to ASU in 1975 to chair the Political Science Department. Subsequently, he served as director of The Center for Asian Studies. He holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

Ball's research interests include political theory and environmental political theory; conceptual history; history of Western political thought, esp. 17th-19th c., and American political thought.

Woodall's primary teaching interests are women in politics, American government and politics and political mis/disinformation and the effects on American democracy.

Crittenden is an emeritus professor of political science within the School of Politics and Global Studies.

Dantico's current teaching and research interests include urban government and politics, political action, minority politics, women and politics, and research methods.

Challenging the conventional wisdom—that whatever else liberalism is, it is, beyond question, a type of individualism—is Professor Avital's task.

Ramirez studies the role of democratic and non-democratic processes on political preference formation with an emphasis on how these processes impact racial and ethnic minorities.

Critchlow, Katzin Family Professor, is an American political/policy historian. The author of numerous book, he was awarded in 2021 the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award in the Humanities

Ripley's major fields of study are international relations and comparative politics with an emphasis on U.S. foreign policy, international political economy, security studies, and Latin American politics.

Koehler's primary research interests include the role of identity in international politics, specifically for the region of East Asia.