For over 50 years, the Political Science Dept. at UC Santa Barbara has been home to top scholars engaged in cutting edge research and first rate teaching.
Our research and teaching cover the traditional fields of International Relations, Comparative Politics, American Politics, Political Theory, and Research Methods. In collaboration with faculty in other departments and research centers on campus, we also emphasize two cross-cutting areas: Politics of Identity and Politics of the Environment.
Teaching and research across multiple sub-fields of political science.
