Government at Brandeis University

18 faculty and 32 courses in Government at Brandeis University.

Faculty

• Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies (affiliated) h-index 24
• Bernard Yack, Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy h-index 18
• Jytte Klausen, Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation h-index 18
• Jill S. Greenlee, Professor of Politics, Department Chair h-index 15
• Eva R. Bellin, Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics h-index 14
• Kerry A. Chase, Associate Professor of Politics h-index 10
• Marion Smiley, J.P. Morgan Chase Professor of Ethics (affiliated) h-index 10
• Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies (affiliated) h-index 8
• Daniel Thomas Kryder, Luis Stulberg Chair in Law and Politics h-index 6
• Zachary Albert, Assistant Professor of Politics h-index 6
• Michael Willrich, Leff Families Professor of History (affiliated) h-index 5
  Notable: “Home Slackers: Men, the State, and Welfare in Modern America” (2000) · 68 citations
• Alejandro Trelles, Richman Family Foundation Assistant Professor h-index 5
• Gary Samore, Professor of the Practice of Politics h-index 4
• Amber D. Spry, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies (affiliated) h-index 4
• Jeffrey A. Lenowitz, Meyer and W. Walter Jaffe Associate Professor h-index 4
• Ayumi Teraoka, Assistant Professor of Politics
• Lucy Goodhart, Lecturer in International & Global Studies
• Shai Feldman, Professor of Politics, Crown Center Director

Courses

• Introduction to Political Theory POL 10a
• Introduction to Comparative Politics POL 11b
• Introduction to American Government POL 14b
• Introduction to International Relations POL 15a
• Political Science Methods: Research, Design, and Modes of Analysis POL 50b
• Data and Politics POL 51b
• Basic Statistics for Social and Political Analysis POL 52a
• Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis POL 53b
• Political Parties and Interest Groups POL 101a
• Elections in America POL 105a
• Seminar: The Police and Social Movements in American Politics POL 108a
• Seminar: The Political Organization of White Supremacy in the U.S. POL 109b
• The American Congress POL 111a
• The American Presidency POL 113b
• Civil Liberties and Constitutional Interpretation POL 116b
• Seminar: Red States, Blue States POL 119a
• Seminar: The Politics of Policymaking POL 120b
• Seminar: Political Psychology POL 123a
• The Politics of Revolution POL 128a
• Internet and Politics POL 129b
• Contemporary Politics in the Middle East POL 133a
• Politics of Russia and the Post Communist World POL 133b
• Seminar: The Global Migration Crisis POL 134b
• Seminar: Psychology of Political Violence POL 137b
• Seminar: The Radical Right: From Ballots to Bullets POL 139a
• Seminar: Elections and Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective POL 141a
• Latin American Politics POL 144a
• Seminar: Dynamics of Dictatorship POL 148b
• European Politics POL 156b
• The War on Global Terrorism POL 160a
• Good Neighbor or Imperial Power POL 161b
• Seminar: The Gaza War POL 162a

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.