People in the Department

Administration & Staff

Administrative Staff

Name Title Contact
Doreen Barton
Human Resources Generalist, Staff and Students 510 642-6325
dlbarton@berkeley.edu
Efrat Amanda Cidon
Undergraduate Student Advisor 510-643-2258
cidon@berkeley.edu
Gwen Fox
Administrative Coordinator 510 642-6323
psfront@berkeley.edu
Gilbert Hernandez
Computer Support/Website Administrator 510 642-6630
pscomp@berkeley.edu
John Li
Accountant 510 643-6534
johnli@berkeley.edu
Vicki Lucas
Director of Administration 510 642-1025
vlucas@berkeley.edu
Suzanne McDermott
Undergraduate Student Advisor 510 643-1908
smcd@berkeley.edu
Janet Newhall
Graduate Student Admissions and Placement Advisor 510 643-4408
janetnewhall@berkeley.edu
Suzan Nunes
Course Scheduler 510 642-9830
snunes@berkeley.edu
Kathleen Spaw (formerly Madigan)
Academic HR Analyst 510 642-7910
kjm7001@berkeley.edu

Academic Administration

Name Title Contact
Christopher Ansell
Professor & Director of Travers Program 510 642-2263
cansell@berkeley.edu
Sean Gailmard
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of the Department for Personnel 510 642-4677
gailmard@berkeley.edu
Rodney Hero
Professor, Haas Chair in Diversity and Democracy, & Director of Graduate Affairs 510-643-6371
rhero@berkeley.edu
Taeku Lee
Professor of Political Science and Law, and Department Chair 510 642-4640
taekulee@berkeley.edu
Jonah Levy
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Affairs, & Vice Chair 510 642-4686
jlevy@berkeley.edu
Eric Schickler
Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Endowed Chair
Professor of Political Science
and Ph.D. Job Placement Advisor
510 643-2933
eschickler@berkeley.edu