Department of International Relations

Contact the Department:

De Vaughn, Office Coordinator
IR Office is in HSS 336 
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (415) 338-2654 
Fax: (415) 338-2880
E-mail: dvaughn@sfsu.edu
Office Hours 9am-5pm M-F
 

Faculty Bios

joanne aviel  Dr. JoAnn Aviel,
Professor of international relations. Research interests include: Comparative Politics and Foreign Policy, International Organization, Policy Analysis, Latin American Policy Analysis.
sanjoy banerjeeSanjoy Banerjee,
Professor of International Relations, teaches courses on international relations theory and methodology, as well as on South and Southeast Asia. His research interests include the same topics. He as publications in the areas of historical structural analysis, the role of national identity and narratives in foreign policy, artificial intelligence in international politics, and political economy.
 
jean-marc blanchardJean-Marc F. Blanchard,
Associate professor of international relations, Associate Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies, and Graduate Coordinator. Teaches courses in international political economy, multinational corporations, globalization, and Chinese foreign policy. Research interests include multinationals, the political economy of national security (sanctions and incentives), and Chinese foreign security and economic policy. Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.
sophie clavier Sophie Clavier,
Assistant professor of international relations. Teaches comparative criminal justice in the Criminal Justice Program and fundamental international relations theory and analysis, and international organizations and world order in International Relations. Diploma in international public law from the University of Paris au Pantheon-Sorbonne. Research interests include immigration issues in France, international trade law, and human rights issues.
burcu ellisBurcu Akan Ellis,
Assistant professor of international relations. Teaches courses in transnational relations of Muslim societies and core courses in international relations. Ph.D in international relations from American University. Research interests include identity formation within the Muslim communities of the Balkans, and gender and transnationalism among young Turkish elite.
david fischerDavid Fischer,
Diplomat in residence for the department of international relations. Research interests include: US Foreign Policy, Globalization and Information Technology, Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Andrew Hanami,
Professor of international relations. Research interests include: International Security. He has written two books: Perspectives on Structual Realism (2004) and The U.S., Japan, and Asia in the International System (2006).


Kathleen McAfee

Kathleen McAfee
Assistant Professor of International Relations, teaches about environment and development, international political economy, and the global politics of food and hunger She has been a consultant to multilateral agencies and NGOs on bio-cultural diversity, biotechnology, and food sovereignty. Her current research concerns “selling nature to save it” – the treatment of living things, genes, knowledge, ecosystems, and environmental services as market commodities.

Andrei Tsygankov,
Associate professor of international relations and Political Science. Research interests include: Culture and Identity in World Politics, Russia and Former Soviet Nations, Comparative Politics, IR Theory.
Amy Skonieczny
 Assistant Professor of International Relations. Teaches courses in US Foreign Policy, international political economy, IR Theory, research and methods. Ph.D (May 2008) in Political Science from University of Minnesota. Research interests include social construction of US trade politics, societal influence on US foreign policy, and social theory and narratives in global political economy.
Angelika Von Wahl,
Assistant professor of political science and international relations. Teaches courses in the politics of Western Europe and the European Union and foreign relations of Western Europe, the EU and NATO. Ph.D. in political science from Free University of Berlin, Germany. Research interests include the development of welfare states and labor markets, democracy and social policy, European politics, gender and sexuality, social movements, immigration and citizenship, nationality and nationalism.
aymouke yansane

Aguibou Yansane,
Professor of international relations and Black Studies. Research interests include: Developmental Foreign Policy for Africa. SFSU Experts...

2006 Emeritus Faculty
raymond miller Raymond Miller,
Professor of international relations. Research interests include: International Political Economy, Third World Modernization.
devere pentonyDeVere Pentony,
Professor of international relations.
Research interests include: Foreign Policy Analysis, Chinese Policies and Culture, Economic Development, Strategic Planning in International Relations.

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