Natasha Piano

Natasha Piano is an Assistant Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. She specializes in democratic theory and the history of political thought, focusing on the realist and empirical traditions in political science and Italian political theory. Prior to joining UCLA, Natasha was an Assistant Collegiate Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago, an MA in Social Science from the University of Chicago, and a BA (summa cum laude) in History and Political Science (honors) from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation was awarded the Saller Prize for Best Dissertation in the Division of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.