Government at Boston University

24 faculty and 20 courses in Government at Boston University.

Faculty

• David Mayers, Professor of History and Political Science h-index 30
  Notable: “On the Corporate Demand for Insurance” (1982) · 625 citations
• Taylor Boas, Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies; Department Chair h-index 26
  Notable: “Neoliberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan” (2009) · 609 citations
• Timothy P. Longman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Political Science and International Relations h-index 22
  Notable: “Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Rwanda” (2004) · 370 citations
• Spencer Piston, Associate Professor h-index 22
  Notable: “How Explicit Racial Prejudice Hurt Obama in the 2008 Election” (2010) · 317 citations
• Katherine Levine Einstein, Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 18
  Notable: “Do I Think BLS Data are BS? The Consequences of Conspiracy Theories” (2014) · 279 citations
• Sofia Perez, Associate Professor h-index 16
  Comparative Politics; European Studies; Political Economy Professor Sofia Perez is a political economist and her work centers on the politics of economic regulation in Europe, including financial regulation, macroeconomic policy, labor mar
  Notable: “The Political Economy of Austerity in Southern Europe” (2017) · 216 citations
• Maxwell Palmer, Associate Professor h-index 15
  American Political Institutions Congress and Legislatures Redistricting and Election Law Local Politics and Housing Data Science Maxwell Palmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, a Civic Tech Fellow in the Fa
  Notable: “Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes” (2018) · 211 citations
• William W. Grimes, Professor of International Relations and Political Science h-index 12
  Japanese and East Asian political economy, Japanese politics, and international political economy . William W. Grimes is Professor of International Relations and Political Science. He has taught at Boston University since 1996. He previous
  Notable: “International remittance rails as infrastructures: embeddedness, innovation and financial access in developing economies” (2019) · 74 citations
• Lida Maxwell, Professor; Associate Chair h-index 9
  Political Theory; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; Contemporary Democratic Theory; Environmental Political Theory; Law and Politics Professor Maxwell is Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. She receive
  Notable: “Law and agonistic politics” (2012) · 141 citations
• Steven Rosenzweig, Assistant Professor h-index 8
  Political Violence; Democracy and Regime Change; African Politics; Causal Inference Steve Rosenzweig is an assistant professor of political science. He studies comparative politics with a focus on democracy, political violence, and elector
  Notable: “Following the funding for HIV / AIDS: a comparative analysis of the funding practices of PEPFAR the Global Fund and World Bank MAP in Mozambique Uganda and Zambia.” (2007) · 82 citations
• Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies h-index 7
  Notable: “What goes up, must come down? The asymmetric effects of economic growth and international threat on military spending” (2017) · 75 citations
• Jacob Brown, Assistant Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “The measurement of partisan sorting for 180 million voters” (2021) · 317 citations
• Arjun Vishwanath, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  American politics, representation, public opinion, legislative politics Arjun Vishwanath is an assistant professor in the Political Science department at Boston University. His research focuses on representation, public opinion, and legisl
  Notable: “Public Money Talks Too: How Public Campaign Financing Degrades Representation” (2021) · 19 citations
• Christine Slaughter, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “Intersectionality, Depression, and Voter Turnout” (2019) · 47 citations
• Lauren Mattioli, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “Why women's numbers elevate women's influence, and when they do not: rules, norms, and authority in political discussion” (2015) · 32 citations
• Erik Peinert, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Comparative political economy; international political economy; business-state relations; institutional change; antitrust; intellectual property rights; the politics of economic ideas; European politics. Erik Peinert an assistant professor
  Notable: “Cartels, competition, and coalitions: the domestic drivers of international orders” (2020) · 35 citations
• Sandra McEvoy, Clinical Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies h-index 2
  Notable: “Loyalist Women Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland: Beginning a Feminist Conversation about Conflict Resolution” (2009) · 84 citations
• Apekshya Prasai, Assistant Professor
  International Security; Civil Wars; Gender and Conflict; War and Social Transformation; South Asian Security, Qualitative Methods Apekshya Prasai is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. Her research examines th
• David Glick, Professor
  American Politics; Public Law; Political Institutions; Local Politics and Policy; Housing David Glick joined the Political Science department in 2011. He is an associate professor. He is also the faculty director of MetroBridge , an applie
• Elizabeth Cohen, Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship
• Marcus Walton, Assistant Professor
• Nicolas Wittstock, Assistant Professor
• Paul M. B. Gutierrez, Assistant Professor
  Political Theory; Political Economy; Law; American Political Development; American Political Theory; Settler Colonialism, Indigeneity, and Race. Paul M. B. Gutierrez is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. He w
• Rachel Meade, Senior Lecturer
  American Politics; Comparative Politics; Latin American Politics; Populism; Social Movements; Identity; Media Rachel Meade studies why people support populism, with a focus on the social identities and political practices of populist movem

Courses

• Introduction to American Politics CAS PO 111
• Introduction to Public Policy CAS PO 141
• Introduction to Comparative Politics CAS PO 151
• Introduction to International Relations CAS PO 171
• Introduction to Political Theory CAS PO 191
• Presidential Leadership CAS PO 301
• Congress CAS PO 302
• It's a Free Country: Civil Liberties in America CAS PO 303
• The Judicial Process CAS PO 304
• Media and Politics in the United States CAS PO 306
• Public Opinion in American Politics CAS PO 307
• The Politics of Race and Ethnicity CAS PO 308
• The Politics of Gender and Identity in the US CAS PO 309
• The Politics and Policy of HBO's The Wire CAS PO 313
• Race and the Politics of Criminal Justice Policy CAS PO 316
• American Campaigns and Elections CAS PO 317
• Special Topics in Public Policy CAS PO 320
• Foundations of American Public Policy CAS PO 321
• The Politics of Science, Care, and the Environment CAS PO 322
• Comparative Public Policy CAS PO 324

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.