People in the Department

Administration & Staff

Administrative Staff

Name Title Contact
Claudia Bruno Accountant 510 643-6534
cbruno@berkeley.edu
Efrat Amanda Cidon Undergraduate Student Advisor 510 643-2258
cidon@berkeley.edu
Gwen Fox Department Receptionist 510 642-6323
psfront@berkeley.edu
Gilbert Hernandez Computer Support/Website Administrator 510 642-6630
pscomp@berkeley.edu
Jessica Knowlton Academic Personnel Analyst 510 642-7910
jknowlton@berkeley.edu
Vicki Lucas Director of Administration 510 642-1025
vlucas@berkeley.edu
Kathleen Madigan Facilities and Events Manager 510 643-3886
kjm7001@berkeley.edu
Suzanne McDermott Undergraduate Student Advisor 510 643-1908
smcd@berkeley.edu
Janet Newhall Graduate Admissions and Placement Advisor 510 643-4408
janetnewhall@berkeley.edu
Suzan Nunes Course Scheduler 510 642-9830
snunes@berkeley.edu
Andrea Rex Graduate Student Advisor 510 642-6467
andrea_r@berkeley.edu
Cassandra Sanders Human Resources/Payroll 510 642-6325
sandy_sanders@berkeley.edu

Academic Administration

Name Title Contact
Christopher Ansell Associate Professor & Director of Travers Program 510 642-2263
cansell@berkeley.edu
Jonah Levy Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Affairs, & Vice Chair 510 642-4686
jlevy@berkeley.edu
Paul Pierson Avice Saint Endowed Chair
Professor of Political Science, and Department Chair
510 642-6326
pierson@berkeley.edu
Eric Schickler American Politics Professor of Political Science
and Ph.D. Job Placement Advisor
510 643-2933
eschickler@berkeley.edu
Laura Stoker Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Affairs 510 642-3396
stoker@socrates.berkeley.edu