Government at Northwestern University

38 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Northwestern University.

Faculty

• Edward L. Gibson, Kenneth Burgess Professor of Political Science h-index 58
  S): United States; Latin America Subfield Specialties: American Political Development; Comparative Historical Analysis; Political Parties Joint Appointment Latin American and Caribbean Studies Biography Edward Gib
• James Mahoney, Gordon Fulcher Professor of Decision-Making; Professor of Political Science and Sociology h-index 51
  S): Comparative-historical analysis. Long-run political and socioeconomic development in Latin America. Case study and small-N methodology. Path dependence and institutional theory. Program Area(s): Methods; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): La
• Karen J. Alter, Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations h-index 41
  S): Global Capitalism and Law; Multilateralism; International Law; International Courts; Law and Politics, US Export Controls Program Area(s): International Relations; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Latin America; Europe; Africa Subfield Spe
• William Reno, Professor & Chair of the Department h-index 32
  S): Comparative politics of Africa, Politics of Violent Conflict, the Political Effects of Foreign Military Assistance, Asymmetrical Warfare Program Area(s): International Relations; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Middle East; Africa Subfiel
• Alexander Coppock, Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research h-index 31
  S): Alexander Coppock's current work assesses the generalizability of empirical research findings through meta-reanalysis. Program Area(s): Methods; American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Experimental Methods; Public
• Andrew Roberts, Professor h-index 23
  S): The quality of democracy, representation, elections, political institutions, biography & politics Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Europe Subfield Specialties: Political Parties; Public Opinion, Political Communication, an
• Ana Arjona, Associate Professor h-index 20
  S): The dynamics and legacies of organized violence, especially civil wars and organized crime, local governance, state building, and the foundations of political order. Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Latin America Subfield
• Wendy Pearlman, Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Political Science h-index 18
  S): Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Social Movements, Conflict Processes, Emotions, Migration and Refugee Studies, and The Arab-Israeli Conflict Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Middle East Subfield Specialties: Compa
• Jordan Gans-Morse, Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies h-index 14
  S): Property Rights; Rule of Law; Corruption; Clientelism; Authoritarian Institutions; Informal Institutions Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Europe Subfield Specialties: Law and Politics Biography Jordan Gans-Morse's rese
• Stephen C. Nelson, Associate Professor h-index 14
  S): International Relations Program Area(s): International Relations; Comparative Politics Subfield Specialties: American Political Economy; International Organizations and International Law Biography Professor Nelson’s main research and teaching interest
• Daniel J. Galvin, Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research; Director, Workplace Justice Lab@NU h-index 14
  S): American political economy, American political development, labor policy and politics, labor standards enforcement, organizing and collective action, American government, presidency, parties, multi-method research Program Area(s): American Politics Region
• Mary McGrath, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Methodology and epistemology, including the role of replication in the scientific process and how scientific information is incorporated into public opinion and public policy. Recent projects include studies of voter turnout, candidate extremism, and the re
• Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy
  S): American Politics, Black Political Thought, Social Movements, Presidential Leadership, American Political Development Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: American Political Development; Race
• Anthony S. Chen, Associate Professor
  S): American Political Development Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: American Political Development; Comparative Historical Analysis; Political Parties; Race, Ethnicity and Politics Joint Ap
• Brian Libgober, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law
  S): United States Subfield Specialties: American Political Economy; Law and Politics Brian Libgober is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University, and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. He is also a Seni
• Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
  S): American Political Development; Social Policy; Historical Analysis Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: American Political Development; American Political Economy; Comparative Historical Analys
• Daniel Krcmaric, Associate Professor of Political Science and Law (by courtesy)
  S): International Security; International Law; American Foreign Policy Program Area(s): International Relations Biography Daniel Krcmaric is Associate Professor of Political Science and Law (by courtesy) at Northwestern University. His research addresses
• Danielle Gilbert, Assistant Professor; Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
  S): Political violence, international security, hostage taking and recovery, civil war, terrorism, negotiations Program Area(s): International Relations; Comparative Politics Subfield Specialties: Conflict Studies Biography Danielle Gilbert is an Assistan
• Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Professor of Political Science; Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
  S): Professor Hurd studies the politics of religion in US foreign and immigration policy, the global politics of secularism and religious freedom, religion, politics and American borders, the US in the Middle East, and the intersections of critical political
• Elizabeth Thom, College Fellow ; Assistant Professor, joint with Environmental Policy and Culture
  S): Political behavior, social policy, place-based inequality, American political economy, energy and climate politics, mixed methods Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Public Opinion, Political
• Gustavo Diaz, Assistant Professor of Instruction
  S): Statistics, research design, causal inference, experiments, computational social science. Program Area(s): Methods Regional Specialization(s): Latin America Subfield Specialties: Experimental Methods Biography Gustavo Diaz studies how to improve resea
• Ian Hurd, Professor
  S): International Relations, International Law, International Organizations, Global Sports Law, The United Nations, Research Methods, IR Theory, International Rule of Law Program Area(s): Methods; Law and Politics; International Relations Subfield Specialties
• Isabella Bellezza, Assistant Professor; College Fellow
  S): international security, IPE, political networks, strategic secrecy, global policing, borders in international relations Program Area(s): International Relations Biography Isabella Bellezza is a political scientist whose work bridges international secu
• Iza Ding, Associate Professor
  S): Environmental Politics; Climate Change; Bureaucracy; Nationalism; Political Regimes; Historical Memory; Comparative Historical Analysis; Ethnography; Experiments Program Area(s): Methods; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Europe; Asia Subfi
• Jacqueline Stevens, Professor; Founding Faculty Director, Deportation Research Clinic, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
  S): Political theories of membership; deconstruction; citizenship; deportation; rule of law; queer theory; forensic intelligence Program Area(s): Political Theory; Law and Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States; Middle East Subfield Specialties: C
• Jaime Dominguez, Associate Professor of Instruction
  S): Race and Ethnicity; Immigration; Urban Politics; Latino Politics; Chicago Politics Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Race, Ethnicity and Politics Biography Jaime Dominguez is the princip
• Jason Seawright, Professor
  S): Causal Inference; Multi-Method Research Design; Inequality and Political Representation; Political Parties; Political Behavior; Right-Wing Extremism Program Area(s): Methods; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Latin America Subfield Specialt
• Jeffrey A. Winters, Professor and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies program (EDGS)
  S): Oligarchs and Elites; Wealth Defense, Inequality, and Material Power; Liberal Democracy and Extreme Wealth Stratification; Post-Colonial States Program Area(s): Comparative Politics; American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States; Southeast A
• Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor
  S): United States Congress; Congressional Elections; Primary Elections; Representation; Public Opinion; Party Conflict and Compromise; Bipartisanship; Threats and Violence against elected officials; and Public Policy Program Area(s): Methods; American Politic
• Martin Naunov, Assistant Professor; Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
  Es on stereotyping, discrimination, and intergroup relations. He studies how people evaluate political actors—such as politicians, protesters, or plaintiffs—based on a target’s social group membership (e.g., gender, sexuality, or race) as well as the embodied
• Michael Loriaux, Professor
  S): European Unification, Post-Nationhood Program Area(s): Political Theory Regional Specialization(s): Europe Subfield Specialties: Critical Theory Biography My research aspires to deliver European unification from the liberal common sense in which it is
• Nicole Wilson, Assistant Professor
  S): Political behavior, state capacity, taxation, urban politics, housing, land Program Area(s): Methods; Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Africa Subfield Specialties: Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation Bi
• Reuel Rogers, Associate Professor
  S): Political Behavior; Public Opinion; Racial and Ethnic Politics; Black Politics; Urban Politics; Immigration Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Pol
• S. Sara Monoson, Professor
  S): History of political theory (esp. ancient), democratic theory, politics in ancient Greece, classical receptions (esp. in American political discourse), urban politics, modern Greek politics Program Area(s): Political Theory Joint Appointment Classics
• Shmulik Nili, Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Philosophy; Associate Editor, Perspectives on Politics
  S): Corruption and public property; political violence; democratic theory; collective agency; foundations of moral theory Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Shmuel Nili is Professor of political Science and (by courtesy) of Philosophy at Northwestern. His
• Tabitha Bonilla, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Political Science
  S): Political Behavior, Identity, Communication Program Area(s): Methods; American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Methods; Political Parties; Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation; Race
• Traci Burch, Professor of Political Science; Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
  S): Political Participation, Political Inequality, Social Policy Program Area(s): American Politics Regional Specialization(s): United States Subfield Specialties: Law and Politics; Public Opinion, Political Communication, and Political Participation; Race, E
• Zekeria Ahmed Salem, Associate Professor
  S): Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa; global Islam; transnationalism; Islamic Thought; Middle East; State and society in Africa. Program Area(s): Comparative Politics Regional Specialization(s): Middle East; Africa Subfield Specialties: Comparative Histori

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.