Government at Claremont McKenna College

32 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Claremont McKenna College.

Faculty

• Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy h-index 45
  American Foreign Policy Political Philosophy Public Policy Education A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University
• William Ascher, Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics h-index 23
  Developing Countries Environment Inequality and Public Policy Teaching Interests Public policy of economic development, natural resources, and the environment Research Interests Economic development and resource policy in developing countri
• Hilary Appel, Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow h-index 18
  Political Economy Post-communist transitions Russian Politics West and East European Politics Biography Hilary Appel is the Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. Professor Appel ha
• Shanna Rose, Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Management and Government h-index 17
  American Politics Political Economy Public Policy Biography Shanna Rose is the Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Management and Government. She serves as Director of CMC's public policy major and Associate Director of the Rose Institute of Sta
• Aseema Sinha, Wagener Family Professor of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow h-index 17
  India International Relations Political Economy South Asia Biography Dr. Aseema Sinha is the Wagener Chair of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College in California, USA. She previously taught at Univer
• Jordan Branch, Associate Professor of Government h-index 10
  International Relations Biography Jordan Branch joined the Government Department in 2020. His research focuses on the origins, features, and consequences of the territorial system of sovereign states and the role of technology and technolog
• Hicham Bou Nassif, Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East h-index 10
• Lisa Koch, Associate Professor of Government h-index 8
  American Foreign Policy International Relations Nuclear Weapons Security Studies Biography Lisa Langdon Koch is Associate Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, specializing in international relations. Koch is the author of&n
• John Pitney, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics h-index 7
  Film Studies Teaching Interests American politics: Congress, presidency, parties, public policy, media politics, political leadership (Nixon). Research Interests Congress, presidency, political organizations and parties, autism policy, popu
• Michael Fortner, Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow h-index 7
  American Culture and Politics Crime and Criminal Justice History Inequality and Public Policy Public Administration Public Policy Race & Social Problems Race and Ethnicity Teaching Interests American Politics, Urban Politics and Policy
• Jessica Zarkin, Assistant Professor of Government h-index 5
• Emily Pears, Associate Professor of Government h-index 4
  American Politics Teaching Interests Introduction to American Politics, American political history, American political institutions, political leadership Research Interests American Political Development, patriotism, 19th century statebuild
• Nicholas Buccola, Chair, Department of Government; Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics h-index 3
  Political Philosophy Teaching Interests Political Philosophy; American Political Thought; African American Political Thought; Politics & Film Research Interests American Political Thought; African American Political Thought; Politics &a
• Jean-Pierre Murray, Assistant Professor of Government h-index 2
• Andrew Sinclair, Assistant Professor of Government
• Calvin TerBeek, Assistant Professor of Government
  Es on polarization, political parties and political ideology, and public law. Specifically, his book manuscript delineates how polarization developed over the past century, as liberals and conservatives cleaved on the Constitution and contr
• Cesar Daniel Vargas Nunez, Assistant Professor of Government
  American Politics Health Care Policies Immigration Immigration Policy Inequality and Public Policy Public Policy Race and Ethnicity Biography
• Charles R. Kesler, Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government
  American Constitutionalism American Political Thought American Politics Conservative Movement in America Constitutional Law Greek and Roman Political Thought Idealism and Nihilism Political Philosophy Term Limitations Education A.B., A.M.
• Christopher Nadon, Associate Professor of Government
• George Thomas, Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions
  American Constitutionalism American Political Thought Constitutional Law Supreme Court Teaching Interests American Constitutionalism, Comparative Constitutionalism, American Political Thought and Development Research Interests American Cons
• Ioannis Evrigenis, Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics
• Jennifer Taw, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations
  American Foreign Policy Conflict Defense Defense Policy of the U.S. Foreign Policy International Relations International Relations Theory International Strategic Studies Security Studies War and Foreign Relations War/Strategy Biography I ma
• Jon Shields, Professor of Government
  American Conservatism, Politics of Higher Education, Religion and Politics Education B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia Research and Publications BOOKS: The Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney's W
• Ken Miller, Rose Professor of State and Local Government; Director of the Rose Institute
  American Politics California Politics Constitutional Law Teaching Interests American politics; California politics; Constitutional law Research Interests State politics and policy; constitutional law; direct democracy (initiative, referendu
• Levi Watts, Visiting Lecturer in Government
  American Constitutionalism American Politics California Politics Constitutional Law Government Law Politics Supreme Court Biography Dr. Levi Watts is a scholar of American politics and constitutional development, recently earning his Ph.D.
• Marcie Gardner, Lecturer in Government (Visiting)
• Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow
  Comparative Politics Biography Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. In 2019 he was the inaugural Library of Congress Chair on U.S.-China
• Peter Uvin, Professor of Government
  Burundi Conflict resolution Development Food policy Human Rights NGO scaling up Rwanda Education Ph.D. in Political Science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Course certificate
• Stephanie Muravchik, Senior Lecturer in Government (Visiting)
• Susan McWilliams, William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow in Government
  American Political Thought Political Philosophy Biography Susan McWilliams Barndt is the William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow in Government at Claremont McKenna College. McWilliams serves as the President/Chair of the Ame
• Terril Jones, Visiting Lecturer in Government
  China and Chinese Language China-Japan Relations France and French Language Japan and Japanese Language Journalism Media Studies Writing Biography Instructor, international and political journalism. I have spent more than 40 years full-time
• Zachary Courser, Associate Professor of the Practice of Government
  American Constitutionalism American Culture and Politics American Politics Congress Government Political Parties Politics Public Policy Representation Biography Zachary Courser is Co-Director of CMC's Policy Lab , a Fellow with the Bipartis

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 2026-07-01.