Leonardo Gentil-Fernandes


Professor Freeland’s research interests include state legislatures, interest groups, state politics, and women and politics. Her publications include work in Legislative Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and State and Local Government Review.

Ian Down joined the Department of Political Science in 2004. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2003), an M.A. from the University of New Orleans (1997) and a B.A. (Hons) Politics from the University of Sheffield, UK (1992). His research has three primary foci. The first concerns the comparative […]

Stephanie Casey Pierce is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee and a Faculty Fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. Her core program of research centers on housing instability—evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness—and how it contributes to and stems […]

Matt Buehler is Chair of Middle East Studies at the University of Tennessee. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, and a Senior Global Security Fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School for Public Policy and Public Affairs. He served as Vice Chair of the American Political Science Association’s Middle East […]

Dr. Vasabjit Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science where he teaches comparative politics and international relations. His primary research interests are insurgencies, civil-military relations, and state-formation; specifically in South Asia, Latin America, and Southern Africa. He also conducts research on electoral institutions and domestic influences on foreign policies of developing […]

Kirsten Widner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Emory University (2020) and a JD from the University of San Diego (2007). In her law career, she represented children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and taught in the public policy and legislative […]

Professor Zhong’s main research interests include Chinese local government and politics, mass political culture in China, Sino-U.S. relations and relations between China and Taiwan. He has published two scholarly books and edited several others. He has published three scholarly books and edited several others. He has also published over 50 journal articles and book chapters. […]