46 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Johns Hopkins University.
- Richard S. Katz, Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor h-index 43
Comparative politics, American politics
Notable: “Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy” (1995) · 3,078 citations
- Henry Farrell, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs at SAIS h-index 37
Disinformation and Propaganda - U.S Foreign Policy and National Security
Notable: “Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion” (2019) · 1,492 citations
- Daniel Deudney, Professor h-index 26
International relations, political theory
Notable: “The Case Against Linking Environmental Degradation and National Security” (1990) · 487 citations
- Margaret Keck, Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor h-index 25
Comparative politics, international relations (Latin American politics, the environment, social movements
Notable: “Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics” (1998) · 3,747 citations
- Jane Bennett, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities, Departments of Political Science and Comparative Thought and Literature h-index 25
Political theory, American political thought, ecophilosophy
Notable: “The Force of Things” (2004) · 834 citations
- Robert Lieberman, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor / Department Chair h-index 24
Notable: “Ideas, Institutions, and Political Order: Explaining Political Change” (2002) · 786 citations
- Tarak Barkawi, Professor h-index 24
International Relations
Notable: “The postcolonial moment in security studies” (2006) · 589 citations
- Hahrie Han, Professor; Inaugural Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute h-index 23
Civic and political participation, collective action, organizing, and social change, focusing particularly on the role of civic associations
Notable: “Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020” (2020) · 1,026 citations
- Philipp Rehm, Professor h-index 20
Comparative Politics, political economy, and parties and political behavior
Notable: “Risks and Redistribution” (2009) · 500 citations
- Robbie Shilliam, Professor / Vice Dean for Social Sciences h-index 20
International Relations, Racial Politics, Postcolonial Theory Education: PhD, University of Sussex Political Science People Robbie Shilliam Biography Publications Faculty Books Robbie Shilliam is a scholar of postcolo
Notable: “Raced Markets: An Introduction” (2017) · 130 citations
- Benjamin Ginsberg, David Bernstein Professor; Chair, Center for Advanced Governmental Studies h-index 20
American Politics, Political Development
Notable: “Elections and the Mobilization of Popular Support” (1978) · 121 citations
- Nicolas Jabko, Professor h-index 19
Comparative politics, political economy, European politics
Notable: “Playing the Market A Political Strategy for Uniting Europe, 1985–2005” (2006) · 154 citations
- Lilliana Mason, Professor h-index 18
Authoritarianism - Civic Education - Global Democracy
Notable: “Expressive Partisanship: Campaign Involvement, Political Emotion, and Partisan Identity” (2015) · 1,395 citations
- Vesla Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology h-index 18
American politics, racial inequality and politics, policing and incarceration, democratic citizenship, American political development, mixed methods
Notable: “Police Are Our Government: Politics, Political Science, and the Policing of Race–Class Subjugated Communities” (2017) · 581 citations
- Sarah Parkinson, Aronson Associate Professor - Political Science and International Studies; Placement Director h-index 18
Comparative politics, political violence, Middle East and North African politics, social network theory, qualitative methods, forced migration
Notable: “Organizing Rebellion: Rethinking High-Risk Mobilization and Social Networks in War” (2013) · 406 citations
- Lester Spence, Professor h-index 17
American politics, black politics, race and politics, urban politics, American political behavior and public opinion
Notable: “Measuring Attitudes toward the United States Supreme Court” (2003) · 398 citations
- Yuen Yuen Ang, Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy h-index 17
Global disruption; emerging world order; paradigm shift; Chinese political economy; US-China; multipolarity; innovation, technology, and AI
Notable: “Perverse Complementarity: Political Connections and the Use of Courts among Private Firms in China” (2014) · 143 citations
- Ronald J. Daniels, Professor and President of Johns Hopkins University h-index 17
Notable: “A generation at risk: Young investigators and the future of the biomedical workforce” (2015) · 207 citations
- Samuel Chambers, Professor h-index 17
Political theory, political economy, and cultural politics
Notable: “Jacques Rancière and the problem of pure politics” (2011) · 100 citations
- Steven Teles, Professor h-index 16
American politics, social policy, law and public policy, political analysis
Notable: “Turning Back: The Retreat From Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy, by Stephen Steinberg” (1996) · 142 citations
- Bentley Allan, Associate Professor h-index 14
International relations, science and politics, global governance, global environmental politics
Notable: “The evolution of ideas in global climate policy” (2020) · 268 citations
- Adam Sheingate, Professor h-index 14
American political development, historical institutionalism, comparative public policy
Notable: “Political Entrepreneurship, Institutional Change, and American Political Development” (2003) · 355 citations
- Sebastián Mazzuca, Associate Professor h-index 14
Political economy, comparative politics, Latin American politics and economy
Notable: “Varieties of Clientelism: Machine Politics during Elections” (2013) · 388 citations
- Robert Freedman, Adjunct Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Known and Unknown: A Memoir” (2011) · 369 citations
- Inés Valdez, Professor h-index 14
Critical race and feminist theory, migration, transnationalism, empire, and racial capitalism
Notable: “It's Not about Race: Good Wars, Bad Wars, and the Origins of Kant's Anti-Colonialism” (2017) · 116 citations
- Erin Aeran Chung, Charles D. Miller Professor of East Asian Politics h-index 14
Comparative politics, East Asian politics (Japan and Korea), international migration, comparative racial politics
Notable: “Creating hierarchies of noncitizens: race, gender, and visa categories in South Korea” (2019) · 125 citations
- Dawn Teele, SNF Agora Institute Professor h-index 13
Gender and Politics, Historical Political Economy, Ethics of Experiments, Democratization, Political Development
Notable: “The Ties That Double Bind: Social Roles and Women's Underrepresentation in Politics” (2018) · 378 citations
- Matthew Kocher, Senior Lecturer h-index 12
Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Methodology Education: PhD, University of Chicago Political Science People Matthew Kocher Biography Matthew Adam Kocher, Ph.D, University of Chicago, 2004
Notable: “How “Free” is Free Riding in Civil Wars?: Violence, Insurgency, and the Collective Action Problem” (2007) · 607 citations
- Matthew Crenson, Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor h-index 11
Urban government and American political development
Notable: “Social Networks and Political Processes in Urban Neighborhoods” (1978) · 67 citations
- Steven David, Professor h-index 10
International relations, security studies, comparative politics
Notable: “Explaining Third World Alignment” (1991) · 461 citations
- Adria Lawrence, Aronson Associate Professor of International Studies and Political Science h-index 9
Comparative politics, Middle Eastern and North African politics, colonialism, nationalism, conflict and collective action Education: PhD, University of Chicago Political Science People Adria Lawrence Biography Researc
Notable: “Triggering Nationalist Violence: Competition and Conflict in Uprisings against Colonial Rule” (2010) · 119 citations
- Renée Marlin-Bennett, Professor; Diversity Champion h-index 9
International relations, political economy of information
Notable: “Linking Experiential and Classroom Education: Lessons Learned from The American University-Amnesty International USA Summer Institute on Human Rights” (2002) · 31 citations
- Kris-Stella Trump, Associate Research Professor h-index 8
American politics, Comparative political behavior, Political psychology, Economic inequality
Notable: “Income Inequality Influences Perceptions of Legitimate Income Differences” (2017) · 229 citations
- Sebastian Schmidt, Associate Professor / Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 8
International Relations
Notable: “Foreign Military Presence and the Changing Practice of Sovereignty: A Pragmatist Explanation of Norm Change” (2014) · 116 citations
- Emily Zackin, Professor h-index 8
American politics, constitutional law
Notable: “American Constitutional Exceptionalism Revisited” (2014) · 35 citations
- John Yasuda, Associate Professor h-index 6
Regulatory governance, bureaucratic politics, and comparative political economy
Notable: “Undermining Authoritarian Innovation: The Power of China’s Industrial Giants” (2013) · 149 citations
- Joshua Simon, Associate Professor / Director of Graduate Studies h-index 6
Political theory and comparative politics, focusing on the relationship between political ideas and political institutions in the United States and Latin America
Notable: “The Americas’ More Perfect Unions: New Institutional Insights from Comparative Political Theory” (2014) · 30 citations
- Daniel Schlozman, Joseph and Bertha Bernstein Professor h-index 5
American politics
Notable: “How Initiatives Don’t Always Make Citizens: Ballot Initiatives in the American States, 1978–2004” (2008) · 86 citations
- P.J. Brendese, Associate Professor h-index 5
Political theory, comparative political thought, race and politics
Notable: “The Race of a More Perfect Union: James Baldwin, Segregated Memory and the Presidential Race” (2012) · 17 citations
- Jennifer Culbert, Associate Professor h-index 4
Political theory, jurisprudence
Notable: “Reprising Revenge” (2005) · 3 citations
- Angie Bautista-Chavez, Fannie Gaston-Johansson Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Hierarchy in the Politics of Migration: Revisiting Race, Ethnicity, and Power in the Migration State” (2024) · 19 citations
- Chris Lebron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the AAP Master of Liberal Arts h-index 2
Political philosophy; social theory; the philosophy of race; and democratic ethics
Notable: “Thoughts on racial democratic education and moral virtue” (2015) · 7 citations
- Consuelo Amat, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Comparative politics, Latin American politics, nonviolent action, political violence, authoritarianism
Notable: “State Repression and Opposition Survival in Pinochet’s Chile” (2023) · 10 citations
- Chas. Phillips, Associate Teaching Professor
Political Theory, Global Politics, Conceptions of Violence and the Human, Democratic Theory
- Jennifer Luff, Associate Teaching Professor
The history of civil liberties and state repression, comparative state development, political organizing, and working-class conservatism. Her books include _Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties Between the World Wars_(University of Nort
- William Howell, Professor & Dean, School of Government & Policy
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.