Government at Macalester College

13 faculty and 40 courses in Government at Macalester College.

Faculty

• David L. Blaney, G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) h-index 20
  Notable: “Worlding, Ontological Politics and the Possibility of a Decolonial IR” (2017) · 237 citations
• Julie Dolan, Professor of Political Science h-index 14
  Notable: “The Senior Executive Service: Gender, Attitudes, and Representative Bureaucracy” (2000) · 204 citations
• Patrick Schmidt, Professor of Political Science, Pre-Law Advisor, and Co-Director of Legal Studies h-index 11
  Notable: “Pursuing Regulatory Relief: Strategic Participation and Litigation in U.S. OSHA Rulemaking” (2002) · 46 citations
• Lesley Lavery, Professor of Political Science h-index 10
  Notable: “Uneven Playing Field? Assessing the Teacher Quality Gap Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Students” (2015) · 343 citations
• Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science h-index 10
  Span a broad range of critical topics in international relations and strategic studies. His work on great power competition examines the shifting geopolitical dynamics between the United States, China, and Russia, assessing the implications
  Notable: “Constructing non‐proliferation and arms control: The norms of Western practice” (1998) · 55 citations
• Franklin Hugh Adler, G. Theodore Mitau Professor, Political Science (Emeritus) h-index 9
  Notable: “Philosophical-Political Profiles” (1984) · 185 citations
• Lisa Mueller, Professor and Chair of Political Science h-index 8
  Notable: “Democratic revolutionaries or pocketbook protesters? The roots of the 2009–2010 uprisings in Niger” (2013) · 40 citations
• Paul Dosh, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 5
  Notable: “Correa vs. Social Movements: Showdown in Ecuador” (2009) · 55 citations
• Duchess Harris, Professor of American Studies h-index 4
  Notable: “Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA” (2017) · 9 citations
• Adrienne E. Christiansen, Associate Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) h-index 3
  Notable: “Comedy as cure for tragedy: Act up and the rhetoric of aids” (1996) · 82 citations
• Rothin Datta, Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Sheharyar Imran, Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Wendy Weber, Senior Lecturer of Political Science and Chair of Human Rights and Humanitarianism

Courses

• Foundations of US Politics POLI 100
• Foundations of International Politics POLI 120
• Foundations of Comparative Politics POLI 140
• Foundations of Political Theory POLI 160
• Topics Course POLI 194
• Women and American Politics POLI 200
• Power and Development in Africa POLI 201
• US Campaigns and Elections POLI 202
• Politics and Inequality: The American Welfare State POLI 203
• US City and Metro Politics POLI 204
• US Politics and Policymaking POLI 205
• US Constitutional Law and Thought POLI 206
• US Civil Rights and Civil Liberties POLI 207
• Litigation and Public Policy in the U.S. POLI 212
• Politics in Action POLI 213
• Environmental Politics/Policy POLI 215
• Legislative Politics POLI 216
• Foreign Policy: The Evolution of China's Grand Strategy POLI 220
• Global Governance POLI 221
• Regional Conflict/Security POLI 222
• The Politics of Migration Control POLI 225
• Science and Citizenship POLI 235
• Energy Justice POLI 237
• Political Economy of Development POLI 242
• Urban Latinx Power in the U.S. POLI 244
• Latin American Politics POLI 245
• African Politics POLI 247
• Comparative-Historical Methods for Social Science POLI 250
• Transitional Justice POLI 252
• Contemporary Political Theory POLI 260
• Feminist Political Theory POLI 261
• American Political Thought POLI 262
• Work, Wealth, Well-Being POLI 265
• Medieval Political Thought POLI 266
• Liberal and Conservative Political Theory POLI 267
• Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy POLI 268
• Empirical Research Methods POLI 269
• Persuasion and Political Change POLI 272
• Spinoza's Eco-Society: Contractless Society and Its Ecology POLI 274
• Marx, the Imaginary, and Neoliberalism POLI 276

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.