
Melissa Rogers
Associate Professor of Political Science
Co-Director, Inequality and Policy Research Center
I am an Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Inequality and Policy Research Center at Claremont Graduate University. My research focuses on how the spatial distribution of the economy impacts politics. I publish in the fields of political geography, comparative political economy, political institutions, Latin American politics, American politics, and political methodology. I earned my PhD and MA from the University of California, San Diego, and BA from Brown University.
Education
2005-2010
Ph.D. in Political Science
University of California, San Diego
2003-2005
MA in Political Science
University of California, San Diego
1997-2001
BA in Political Science and International Relations
Brown University
Academic Positions
2019-Present
Associate Professor
Claremont Graduate University
2019-2022
Associate Dean
School of Social Science, Policy, and Evaluation
Claremont Graduate University
2018-Present
Co-Director
Inequality and Policy Research Center
2019-2021
Chair
Division of Politics and Economics
Department of International Studies
2011-2018
Assistant Professor
Claremont Graduate University
2010-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor
Claremont Graduate University
Books
Geography, Capacity, and Inequality II: Redistribution
Cambridge University Press, 2023. (w/ Pablo Beramendi).
Geography, Capacity and Inequality I: Spatial Inequality
Cambridge University Press, 2022. (w/ Pablo Beramendi).
The Politics of Place and Limits to Redistribution
Routledge Press, 2015.
Recent Journal Articles
Comparative Political Economy
Political Methodology
American Politics
Leadership Positions
Associate Dean, School of Social Science Policy and Evaluation (2019-2022)
Co-Director, Inequality and Policy Research Center (2018-Present)
Chair, Division of Politics and Economics (2021)
Chair, Department of International Studies (2019-2020)
Diversity Committee Chair, Political Methodology Society (2021-Present)
Chair, Faculty Research Committee, CGU (2020-Present)
Chair, APSA Political Economy Best Book Award (2022-Present)
Student Placement
Academic
Dissertation Chair
Assistant Professor, Whittier College (Economics)
Zeyad Elkelani
Assistant Professor, Cairo University
Giacomo DiPasquale
Assistant Professor, Wagner College
Assistant Professor, Point Loma Nazarene
Assistant Professor, Laramie Co Community College
Assistant Professor, Cal Baptist Univ
Rena Salayeva
Coordinator, Rose Institute, Claremont McKenna
Soha Hammam
Post Doc, Inequality and Policy Research Center
Biola University
Gary Hawk
Copper Mountain College
Committee Member
Government
Dissertation Chair
Glenn-Iain Steinback
Department of Defense
Jake Campbell
Chief Data Officer, Santa Barbara Co
Roger Chin
State of Washington
Noemi Alexander
Riverside Unified School Board
Brian Jewett
Laguna Beach Water District
Christopher Freeland
City Manager, Indian Wells
Zaid Alkdidi
Government of Saudi Arabia
Committee Member
Ichsan Zulkarnaean
Government of Indonesia
Morgan Stockman
CDC
Miriam Sierra Aguilar
City of Seattle
Private and Non-Profit
Dissertation Chair
Carlos Evecharria-Estrada
National Opinion Research Center
Abdulaziz Albinali
Government of Bahrain
Byron Ramirez
BPM
Lara Steele
Biogen
Lisa Jene
U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council
Committee Member
Maryah Garner
Coleridge Initiative
Yunie Lee
Coleridge Initiative
Kristoffer Wikstrom
Neilson
Sara Kazemian
Acumen
Jingjin An
Acumen
Assistant Professor, Adelphi University
Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount
Benjamin Acosta
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State Univ
Associate Professor, Vanguard University
Associate Professor, CSU Northridge
Assistant Professor, Thammasat University
Assistant Professor, UAE University
Chungeon Koo
Post Doc, Inequality Center South Korea
UCLA Law School
Rainita Narender
Pitzer College (Economics)
Joseph Dietrich
Cal Poly Pomona