Assistant Professor of Political Science
An expert on comparative politics of developing countries
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Christian Houle joined the department in 2013. Prior to that, he was assistant professor in the department of political science at Trinity College, Dublin, for three years. Houle's main research and teaching interests focus on the comparative politics of developing countries. He is especially interested in topics related to democracy and regime change, inequality, political instability and civil war.
His articles have been published or are forthcoming in International Organization, World Politics,
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Studies in Comparative International Development, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Political Behavior, Journal of Economic Inequality, International Interactions, Democratization and Government and Opposition.
University of Rochester: Ph.D., Political Science | 2011
University of Rochester: M.A., Political Science | 2008
Queens University: M.A., Economics | 2004
Universie Laval: B.A., Political Science and Sociology | 2002