40 faculty and 39 courses in Government at George Mason University.
- Jack A. Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr., Professor; Director, SCIP h-index 58
Es on conditions for building democracy and stability in developing nations, particularly the impact of global population changes. His 2010 essay in Foreign Affairs, "The New Population Bomb," analyzed the impact of aging and youth bul
- Maurice Kugler, Professor of Public Policy; Codirector, CMEPR h-index 35
Pattern in global value chains connected to China ( Robot Proliferation and Global Value Chains), October 19, 2019. NBC Universal – National Broadcasting Corporation, Noticias Telemundo, Washington D.C., TV interview on in
- David M. Hart, Professor h-index 33
Es on policies that will accelerate clean energy and climate-tech innovation and diffusion worldwide. He is the coauthor of Energizing America (Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy, 2020) and Unlocking Energy Innovation
- John S. Earle, Distinguished University Professor; Director, CMEPR h-index 33
In labor, development, transition, and institutions, including topics such as employment policies, financial constraints, reallocation, productivity, and entrepreneurship. Much of the research uses large, firm-level databases from the U
- Qian Hu, Professor h-index 27
& Foci Emergency Management, Crisis Communication, and Coordination Network Governance and Organizational Networks ICT-Facilitated Collaboration, Social Media, and Big Data PUBLICATIONS (53) Please note: In public administration, the pr
- Desmond Dinan, Professor of Public Policy; Jean Monnet Professor h-index 21
The historiography of European integration; the history of the European Union (EU); institutions and governance of the EU; enlargement of the EU; regional integration in the context of globalization; and prospects for global governa
- Kevin Avruch, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution h-index 20
Conflict Resolution, Politics and Culture, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Negotiation and Mediation, Middle East, Israel RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 1999-Present Associated (doctoral) Faculty, School of Public Policy (GMU) 1997-Present Senior Fellow, In
- Todd M. La Porte, Associate Professor h-index 18
Climate change adaptation policy and governance, organizational and social resiliency. La Porte has also worked on governance and the use and impacts of networked information technologies, for which he has received National Science
- Philip Auerswald, Professor h-index 18
- Gregory Koblentz, Associate Professor; Director, Biodefense Graduate Programs h-index 18
- Mirae Kim, Associate Professor; Director, Master of Public Administration Program h-index 18
Nonprofit financial management, the role of nonprofits in civil society, nonprofit advocacy, arts and culture organizations, and government-nonprofit relationships. She has published extensively in leading academic journals, includi
- James N. Burroughs, Associate Professor h-index 17
- Katrin B. Anacker, Professor of Public Policy h-index 16
Housing, housing and urban policy, real estate markets, economic demographics, statistical methods, qualitative methods, and research writing. Anacker’s work has been published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research , t
- Justin Gest, Professor h-index 15
- Naoru Koizumi, Associate Dean of Research and Grants; Codirector, CONTRA and CBSP h-index 15
Es on the applications of various quantitative methods including biostatistics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), simulation and mathematical optimization to analyze various clinical and policy questions under multiple NIH- and NSF-fund
- Jonathan L. Gifford, Professor; Director, Center for Transportation PPP Policy h-index 15
- Colin Dueck, Professor h-index 14
On the relationship between party politics, presidential leadership, American conservatism, and U.S. national security strategies. Dueck has published four books on American foreign and national security policies: Age of Iron: On C
Notable: “Ideas and alternatives in American grand strategy, 2000–2004” (2004) · 50 citations
- Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Professor; Codirector, Corruption Research Center h-index 12
Border studies, U.S.-Mexico relations, international security, migration studies, and illicit networks. She is author of Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico (2017; Spanish version, 2018).
- Terry Clower, Northern Virginia Chair in Local Government; Professor of Public Policy h-index 11
On regional growth in Australia: A reassessment. (with Andrew Beer) Pacific Regional Science Association, Vancouver, BC –May 2007. Diversification of power generation for sustainable metropolitan growth: The case of Texas. (with Bernard Wei
- Jo-Marie Burt, Associate Professor h-index 11
Ed on state and insurgent violence in Peru, and civil society responses to violence and violent actors. Her 2007 book, Silencing Civil Society: Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru (Palgrave), received an honor
- Alan J. Abramson, Professor; Director, Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise h-index 9
- Ahsan I. Butt, Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Programs h-index 7
Lie in nationalism, political violence, and South Asia. His book, Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy Against Separatists , was published by Cornell University Press in 2017 and won the 2019 International Studies Associa
- Michael Hunzeker, Associate Professor; Director, Government and International Affairs Program h-index 7
- Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Associate Professor h-index 7
- Younsung Kim, Associate Professor h-index 6
- Delton T. Daigle, Associate Professor; Director of Online Learning h-index 4
Survey research from the Ohio State University in 2005, an MA in political science from McGill University (2002), and a BA in political science from Brock University (1996).
- John Gordon IV, Instructional Associate Professor h-index 4
- Meghan Garrity, Assistant Professor h-index 4
- Michael K. Fauntroy, Associate Professor h-index 3
- Christopher D. Berk, Assistant Professor h-index 3
- Bartle Gorman, Visiting Instructional Professor
- Bassam S. Haddad, Associate Professor
- David Brunori, Visiting Professor of Public Policy
- Kendrick Kuo, Assistant Professor
- Michael V. Hayden, Distinguished Visiting Professor; Founder, Michael V. Hayden Center
- Richard Kauzlarich, Distinguished Visiting Professor; Codirector, Center for Energy Science and Policy
- Robert L. Deitz, Professor of Public Policy
- Shea M. Holman Kilian, Director of Jurisprudence Learning Community
- Stacey K. Guenther, Instructional Assistant Professor
- William (Bill) Bolling, Visiting Professor
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.