13 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Oberlin College.
- David Forrest, Associate Professor of Politics and Comparative American Studies, Department Chair h-index 35
- Joshua Freedman, Assistant Professor of Politics h-index 9
- Ali Masood, Associate Professor of Politics h-index 5
Es on American political institutions, particularly law and courts. Broadly, his work centers on the impact of legal and political institutions. He aims to provide a better understanding of the complex ways in which judicial actors at vario
- Briitta van Staalduinen, Assistant Professor of Politics h-index 2
- Adam J. Howat, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Es on the politics of identity and polarization. He is particularly interested in the ways in which people’s perceptions of groups’ characteristics and values impact intergroup political conflict and coalition building. Howat has two curren
- Amanda Zadorian, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Comparative and international political economy, political legitimacy, the oil industry, business-state relations, state capitalism, urban politics under autocracy, corporate responses to climate change. Teaching Interests Comparative polit
- Arwa Awan, Assistant Professor of Politics
Lie at the intersection of 20th-century anticolonial political theory and the theories and histories of anticapitalist critique. In particular, she is interested in the various ways that capitalist modernity came to be theorized in continen
- Jenny Garcia, Associate Professor of Politics and Comparative American Studies
Es on the intersection of American political institutions and race and ethnic politics. More particularly, she is interested in the political representation of racial and ethnic minorities, as well as marginalized and disadvantaged subgroup
- Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics
Es on the relationships between domestic political change and regional security in Latin America. Questions that interest me especially include how the processes of democratization and democratic consolidation impact elite political learnin
- Marc Blecher, James Monroe Professor of Politics and of East Asian Studies
- Michael Parkin, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Es on the relationship between political candidates, the media, and voters in the United States. He is particularly interested in how candidates use ‘‘new media’’ (e.g., the internet, entertainment television) and the effect this has o
- Milo Ward, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
- Steve Crowley, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics
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.