Founded by the nationally renowned scholar Willmoore Kendall, the Politics Program has gained national acclaim for teaching excellence and for a commitment to forming broadly educated citizens and scholars. Our graduates have gone on to teach at leading colleges and universities, to clerk for justices of the Supreme Court, and to hold high positions in presidential administrations.
Politics Faculty
![Matthew Berry, Ph.D](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Berry_Matthew.jpg)
Matthew Berry Ph.D.
Assistant Affiliate Professor, Politics
![Kimberley J. Burns](/academics/programs/politics/_images/KBurns.jpg)
Kimberly Burns Ph.D.
Assistant Affiliate Professor, Politics
![Daniel Burns, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Burns_Dan.jpg)
Daniel Burns Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Politics
![Jonathan Culp, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/JonathanCulp.jpg)
Johnathan Culp Ph.D.
Department Chair, Director of International Studies & Associate Professor, Politics
![Leo Paul De Alvarez, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/alvares.png)
![Richard Dougherty, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Dougherty-Richard.jpg)
Richard Dougherty Ph.D.
Dean of Braniff Graduate School, Politics Graduate Program Director, Professor, Politics
![Philip Harold, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Harold.P.jpg)
Philip Harold Ph.D.
Dean, Constantin College of Liberal Arts, Professor, Politics
Email: constantindean@liuyang1999.com
Office: Braniff Graduate Building #110
![Tiffany Jones Miller, Ph.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/TiffanyMiller.jpg)
Tiffany Miller Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Politics
![Joshua S. Parens, PhD](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/017_Dean_Portraits_UDallas1117_crop.jpg)
Joshua Parens Ph.D
Professor of Philosophy and Politics
Phone: (972) 721-5241
Email: parens@liuyang1999.com
![Timothy Samuel Shah, Ph.D.](/academics/programs/politics/_images/shah-tim.jpg)
![David Upham, Ph.D., J.D.](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Upham-David.jpg)
David Upham Ph.D., J.D.
Director of Legal Studies & Associate Professor, Politics
![Christopher Wolfe](/academics/ud-faculty/directory/images/Wolfe-Christopher.jpg)