Faculty

The Program in International Relations draws its faculty from a set of core and visiting professors that provide a steady and strong foundation for students to match and develop their academic and practical interests. The Program further supplements that grounding with a number of adjunct faculty members from within academia and industry to provide expansive experience and knowledge in various fields.

Core Faculty

Lara J. Nettelfield
Program Director & Clinical Professor
Research Interests: Human Rights, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Transitional Justice, Technology and Society, Social Movements, Slavic Studies
Email: ln2293@nyu.edu

Asli Peker
Associate Program Director & Clinical Professor
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Civil-Military Relations, Political Theory
Email: asli.peker@nyu.edu

John Fousek
Clinical Professor
Research Interests: Global & International History, The U.S. History of Foreign Relations (Colonial Era - Present), Public Opinion & Cultural Construction of Foreign Policy, The Cold War & Its Legacy, Dynamics of World Order (Post-Soviet Era)
Email: john.fousek@nyu.edu

Shinasi Rama
Clinical Professor
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, IR Theory, Balance of Power, The State, Nationalism and Revolutions
Email: shinasi.rama@nyu.edu

Muserref Yetim
Clinical Associate Professor
Research Interests: International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics & Societies, Latin America, Resource Scarcity and Conflicts
Email: my397@nyu.edu

Visiting Faculty

Federico Sor
Visiting Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Twentieth-Century Latin America, Cold War, Comparative “Populism," Revolution and Counterrevolution, Political Uses of Education
Email: federico.sor@nyu.edu

Mehmet Tabak
Visiting Assistant Professor
Research Interests: International Political Economy, Globalization, Regime Transitions, Methods and Theories of Political Science
Email: mt91@nyu.edu