104 faculty and 30 courses in Government at Columbia University.
- Robert Legvold, Professor Emeritus h-index 92
Notable: “Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe” (1997) · 1,428 citations
- Jon Elster, Professor Emeritus h-index 85
Notable: “Social Norms and Economic Theory” (1989) · 2,039 citations
- Robert S. Erikson, Professor of Political Science h-index 72
Notable: “The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.” (1994) · 2,168 citations
- Michael Doyle, Faculty h-index 43
Notable: “International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis” (2000) · 1,234 citations
- Michael W. Doyle, University Professor, School of International and Public Affairs h-index 43
Notable: “International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis” (2000) · 1,234 citations
- Robert Y. Shapiro h-index 41
Notable: “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community” (2000) · 2,731 citations
- Mahmood Mamdani h-index 41
Notable: “Toward Global Parliament” (2001) · 296 citations
- Bernard E Harcourt, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law; Director of Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought h-index 40
Notable: “Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a Five-City Social Experiment” (2005) · 216 citations
- Bernard Harcourt, Faculty h-index 40
Notable: “Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a Five-City Social Experiment” (2005) · 216 citations
- Partha Chatterjee, Professor Emeritus h-index 38
Notable: “The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories.” (1995) · 700 citations
- Andrew J. Nathan h-index 37
Comparative Politics International Relations Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, the comparative study of
Notable: “China's Changing of the Guard: Authoritarian Resilience” (2003) · 897 citations
- Andrew Nathan, Faculty h-index 37
Comparative Politics International Relations Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, the comparative study of
Notable: “China's Changing of the Guard: Authoritarian Resilience” (2003) · 897 citations
- Andreas Wimmer h-index 36
Notable: “Methodological nationalism and beyond: nation–state building, migration and the social sciences” (2002) · 3,645 citations
- Thomas P. Bernstein, Professor Emeritus h-index 35
Notable: “Urban Life in Contemporary China.” (1984) · 506 citations
- John D. Huber, Professor of Political Science h-index 34
Notable: “Expert Interpretations of Party Space and Party Locations in 42 Societies” (1995) · 1,172 citations
- David C. Johnston h-index 33
Political Theory David Johnston (Ph.D., Princeton, 1981) specializes in political philosophy and the history of moral and political ideas. His books include The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural T
Notable: “Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process” (2012) · 378 citations
- Jack Lewis Snyder h-index 33
Notable: “Rational Deterrence Theory: I Think, Therefore I Deter” (1989) · 266 citations
- Jack Snyder, Faculty h-index 33
Notable: “Rational Deterrence Theory: I Think, Therefore I Deter” (1989) · 266 citations
- Jeffrey Henig, Professor Emeritus h-index 33
Notable: “Creaming Versus Cropping: Charter School Enrollment Practices in Response to Market Incentives” (2002) · 255 citations
- M. Victoria Murillo h-index 32
Notable: “Who Delivers? Partisan Clients in the Argentine Electoral Market” (2004) · 674 citations
- Nadia Urbinati h-index 31
Political Theory Nadia Urbinati (Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence, 1989) is a political theorist who specializes in modern and contemporary political thought and the democratic and anti-democratic traditions. She co-chaired th
Notable: “The Concept of Representation in Contemporary Democratic Theory” (2008) · 928 citations
- Ira I. Katznelson h-index 31
Notable: “Historical Institutionalism in Contemporary Political Science” (2002) · 826 citations
- Cesar Zucco h-index 31
Notable: “When Payouts Pay Off: Conditional Cash Transfers and Voting Behavior in Brazil 2002–10” (2013) · 351 citations
- David A. Baldwin, Professor Emeritus h-index 30
Notable: “The concept of security” (1997) · 850 citations
- Richard K. Betts, Professor Emeritus h-index 30
Notable: “Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable” (1978) · 339 citations
- Michael M Ting h-index 29
Notable: “An Informational Rationale for Political Parties” (2002) · 541 citations
- Michael Ting, Faculty h-index 29
Notable: “An Informational Rationale for Political Parties” (2002) · 541 citations
- Alessandra M. Casella, Professor of Economics and Political Science h-index 29
Notable: “Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation: Prices and Ties” (2002) · 330 citations
- Timothy Frye, Faculty h-index 28
Notable: “A Politics of Institutional Choice” (1997) · 324 citations
- Timothy M. Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy h-index 28
Notable: “A Politics of Institutional Choice” (1997) · 324 citations
- Jean Louise Cohen, Nell and Herbert M. Singer Professor of Contemporary Civilization in the Core Curriculum h-index 26
Notable: “Strategy or identity: New theoretical paradigms and contemporary social movements” (1985) · 1,009 citations
- Sudipta Kaviraj h-index 24
Notable: “Civil Society. History and Possibilities” (2001) · 545 citations
- John Marshall h-index 24
Notable: “Parties, Brokers, and Voter Mobilization: How Turnout Buying Depends Upon the Party’s Capacity to Monitor Brokers” (2016) · 257 citations
- Justin H Phillips h-index 23
Notable: “Gay Rights in the States: Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness” (2009) · 678 citations
- Allison Jean Carnegie, Professor of Political Science; Director of Graduate Studies h-index 21
International Relations Political Economy Allison Carnegie (Ph.D.Yale University 2014, joint in political science and economics) specializes in global governance and international institutions, with a focus on populism, trade, foreign aid
Notable: “Foreign Aid, Human Rights, and Democracy Promotion: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” (2017) · 131 citations
- Sharyn L. O'Halloran h-index 19
American Politics Political Methodology Political Economy Sharyn O'Halloran is the George Blumenthal Professor of Political Economy and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the City of New York. A p
Notable: “Democratic Transitions” (2006) · 543 citations
- Sharyn O'Halloran, Faculty h-index 19
American Politics Political Methodology Political Economy Sharyn O'Halloran is the George Blumenthal Professor of Political Economy and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the City of New York. A p
Notable: “Democratic Transitions” (2006) · 543 citations
- Jeffrey R Lax h-index 19
Notable: “Gay Rights in the States: Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness” (2009) · 678 citations
- Alexander W. Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs h-index 19
American Politics Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is a political scientist who studies the political economy of the United States, with an emphasis on the politics of organized interests and public policy. In recent work, Hertel-Fernandez h
Notable: “The Koch Network and Republican Party Extremism” (2016) · 419 citations
- Junyan Jiang, Faculty h-index 19
Notable: “Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China” (2018) · 403 citations
- Virginia Page Fortna, Faculty h-index 18
Notable: “Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace After Civil War” (2004) · 662 citations
- Elizabeth N. Saunders h-index 18
Notable: “Mapping the Boundaries of Elite Cues: How Elites Shape Mass Opinion across International Issues” (2017) · 330 citations
- Keren Yarhi-Milo, Faculty h-index 18
Notable: “Public Opinion and Decisions About Military Force in Democracies” (2019) · 291 citations
- Yamil R. Velez h-index 18
Notable: “Group Size versus Change? Assessing Americans’ Perception of Local Immigration” (2014) · 106 citations
- Shigeo Hirano, Faculty h-index 17
Notable: “Primary Elections and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Congress” (2010) · 150 citations
- Jackie Dugard h-index 16
Notable: “Apartheid, International Law, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory” (2013) · 98 citations
- Andrew Gelman, Higgins Professor of Statistics and Professor of Political Science h-index 15
Notable: “Why We (Usually) Don't Have to Worry About Multiple Comparisons” (2012) · 1,337 citations
- Mark J. Kesselman, Professor Emeritus h-index 15
Comparative Politics 420 W. 118th Street
Notable: “Private Power and American Democracy, by Grant McConnell” (1967) · 482 citations
- Carlo Prato, Faculty h-index 15
Notable: “Reference Points and Democratic Backsliding” (2021) · 107 citations
- Fredrick Cornelius Harris, Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science h-index 14
American Politics Fredrick C. Harris is the Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science and former Dean of Faculty in the Social Sciences. He also serves as Director of the Center on African American Politics and Society . Profe
Notable: “Something Within: Religion as a Mobilizer of African-American Political Activism” (1994) · 381 citations
- Fredrick Harris, Faculty h-index 14
American Politics Fredrick C. Harris is the Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science and former Dean of Faculty in the Social Sciences. He also serves as Director of the Center on African American Politics and Society . Profe
Notable: “Something Within: Religion as a Mobilizer of African-American Political Activism” (1994) · 381 citations
- Eunji Kim, Faculty h-index 14
Notable: “The Impact of In-group Favoritism on Trade Preferences” (2017) · 157 citations
- Lisa Anderson, Professor Emerita h-index 14
Comparative Politics Lisa Anderson is Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Anderson served as President of the America
Notable: “The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya” (2017) · 161 citations
- Tamar Mitts h-index 13
Notable: “Can War Foster Cooperation?” (2016) · 748 citations
- Karuna Mantena h-index 12
Notable: “Another Realism: The Politics of Gandhian Nonviolence” (2012) · 280 citations
- Sarah Z. Daly, Associate Professor (with tenure) of Political Science h-index 12
Notable: “Organizational legacies of violence” (2012) · 109 citations
- Lincoln A. Mitchell h-index 12
American Politics International Relations Lincoln Mitchell is a political analyst, pundit, and writer based in New York City and San Francisco. Dr. Mitchell works on democracy and governance-related issues in the former Soviet Union, Easter
Notable: “Engagement without Recognition: A New Strategy toward Abkhazia and Eurasia's Unrecognized States” (2010) · 74 citations
- Madhav Khosla h-index 12
Notable: “Making social rights conditional: Lessons from India” (2010) · 46 citations
- Gemma Dipoppa, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 12
Notable: “Mafia, elections and violence against politicians” (2017) · 109 citations
- Nikhar Gaikwad, Faculty h-index 11
Notable: “Creating Climate Coalitions: Mass Preferences for Compensating Vulnerability in the World’s Two Largest Democracies” (2022) · 144 citations
- Tenzin Dorjee h-index 11
Notable: “Bicultural Identity Negotiation, Conflicts, and Intergroup Communication Strategies” (2013) · 49 citations
- Gregory J. Wawro h-index 10
Notable: “A Panel Probit Analysis of Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Votes” (2001) · 200 citations
- Tsveta Petrova h-index 10
Notable: “Transactional and Participatory Activism in the Emerging European Polity” (2006) · 232 citations
- Jonathan E. Collins, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Education, Teachers College h-index 10
Notable: “Fire Promotes Pollinator Visitation: Implications for Ameliorating Declines of Pollination Services” (2013) · 58 citations
- Turkuler Isiksel, Associate Professor (with tenure) of Political Science h-index 9
Political Theory Turkuler Isiksel (Ph.D., Yale) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia and works in contemporary political theory. Isiksel is particularly interested in how descriptive and normative categories tai
Notable: “European Exceptionalism and the EU's Accession to the ECHR” (2015) · 53 citations
- Charles David Freilich h-index 9
Notable: “Israel and Cyberspace: Unique Threat and Response” (2015) · 35 citations
- Elise Giuliano h-index 8
Notable: “Who Determines the Self in the Politics of Self-Determination? Identity and Preference Formation in Tatarstan's Nationalist Mobilization” (2000) · 127 citations
- Gerald Leon Curtis, Professor Emeritus h-index 7
Comparative Politics Gerald L. Curtis is Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, Senior Research Scholar and Director of Columbia’s Japan Research Program, Chairman of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundatio
Notable: “Japan's Defensive Foreign Policy and the Politics of Burdensharing” (1993) · 28 citations
- Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs h-index 7
Notable: “Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago.” (1993) · 58 citations
- Chiara Superti h-index 7
Comparative Politics Political Methodology Chiara Superti is the Director of the M.A. program in political science and Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science at Columbia University. She received a B.A. in international and d
Notable: “Too Old to Forget: The Dynamics of Political Trust among Immigrants” (2021) · 19 citations
- Soubhik Barari h-index 6
Notable: “Evaluating COVID-19 Public Health Messaging in Italy: Self-Reported Compliance and Growing Mental Health Concerns” (2020) · 279 citations
- Calvin N. Thrall h-index 6
Notable: “Judicial economy and moving bars in international investment arbitration” (2019) · 36 citations
- David Spiro h-index 5
Notable: “The Democratic Peace” (1995) · 144 citations
- Kevin B. Funk h-index 5
Notable: “The Global South is Dead, Long Live the Global South! The Intersectionality of Social and Geographic Hierarchies in Global Capitalism” (2015) · 8 citations
- Andrew McCall, Faculty h-index 3
Notable: “Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court” (2021) · 48 citations
- Jayme R. Schlesinger h-index 3
Notable: “Politics, audience costs, and signalling: Britain and the 1863–4 Schleswig-Holstein crisis” (2021) · 14 citations
- Benjamin McClelland h-index 2
Notable: “Towards Scalable Distributed Workload Manager with Monitoring-Based Weakly Consistent Resource Stealing” (2015) · 45 citations
- Abdullah Aydogan h-index 2
Notable: “Party systems and ideological cleavages in the Middle East and North Africa” (2020) · 12 citations
- Albert Bininachvili
International Relations Courses Taught Fall 2022 GLOBAL ENERGY: SECURITY/GEOPOL 3 pts, GU4814 420 W. 118th Street
- Alexander T. Clark, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Carlos Vargas-Ramos
- Caterina Chiopris, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Daniel Luban
Political Theory Daniel Luban is an assistant professor of political science at Columbia specializing in political theory. His main academic interests are in the history of modern social and political thought (with a particular focus on the
- Daniela Campello, Edward Larocque Tinker Visiting Professor
- David McGrath
- Davit Sahakyan
- Diana J. Moser
- Donald P Green, Burgess Professor of Political Science
American Politics Political Methodology Donald P. Green (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1988) is the author of five books and more than one hundred essays. Professor Green's research interests span a wide array of topics: voting
- Giulio M. Gallarotti
International Relations Giulio M. Gallarotti is Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He has also been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Economic Theor
- Glenn T. Mitoma
- Greg Bovitz
- Isaac Justin Stethem
Political Theory Isaac Stethem is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science and a Core Lecturer in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University. Their research interests include sovereignty and territory, particularly as they relate t
- Jack S. Levy
- Jean E. Krasno
- Jeffry A. Frieden, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
International Relations Political Economy Jeffry Frieden is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University. He specializes in the politics of international economic relations. Frieden is the
- Jeffry Frieden, Faculty
International Relations Political Economy Jeffry Frieden is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University. He specializes in the politics of international economic relations. Frieden is the
- Jeremiah S Pam
International Relations Jeremiah Pam is a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He has previously been a research scholar at Columbia's Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and a visiting scholar, fellow, or v
- Judith Russell
American Politics Judith Russell has more than twenty-five years of experience in academia and politics as a professor and political advisor. She is the author of Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race: How Keynesians Misguided the War
- Julia Clara Maier
- Linda Kirschke
- Paola Magdalena Solimena
- Robert L. Amdur
- Robert L. Tortoriello
- Shana Warren
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.