School of Natural and Social Sciences:
Political Science Faculty (Board of Study)

Shemeem Burney Abbas
Associate Professor of Political Science
M.A., University of Leeds; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin.
shemeem.abbas@purchase.edu

Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Bogaziçi University, Istanbul; M.A., Ph.D., Binghamton University, SUNY. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
zehra.arat@purchase.edu

Karen Baird
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
karen.baird@purchase.edu

John Gitlitz (on leave 2011–12)
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
john.gitlitz@purchase.edu

Karen Kramer
Lecturer in Political Science (part-time)
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Columbia University.
karen.kramer@purchase.edu
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Connie Lobur
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University.
connie.lobur@purchase.edu

Peter Schwab
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research. SUNY Chancellor’s Research Recognition Award.
peter.schwab@purchase.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Ina Schlesinger
Associate Professor Emerita of Political Science
B.A., New York University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Updated Jan. 24, 2012

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