Government at University of Oregon

22 faculty and 40 courses in Government at University of Oregon.

Faculty

• Craig Parsons, Professor; Program Head h-index 25
  Comparative Politics, European Politics
  Notable: “Showing Ideas as Causes: The Origins of the European Union” (2002) · 287 citations
• Tuong Vu, Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “Studying the State through State Formation” (2009) · 201 citations
• Mikhail Myagkov, Professor h-index 17
  Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory
  Notable: “Benford's Law and the Detection of Election Fraud” (2011) · 159 citations
• Priscilla Southwell, Professor Emerita h-index 16
  Political Behavior, U.S. and European Politics
  Notable: “The Effect of All-mail Elections on Voter Turnout” (2000) · 163 citations
• Daniel Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science; Director of the Program on Democratic Governance h-index 15
  Notable: “The Politics of Immigration Reform in the United States” (1994) · 64 citations
• Yvette Alex-Assensoh, VP for Equity and Inclusion; Professor h-index 13
  Notable: “Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender and the New Racism” (2005) · 250 citations
• Craig Kauffman, Professor; Director of Graduate Studies h-index 11
  Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization Website:
  Notable: “Can Rights of Nature Make Development More Sustainable? Why Some Ecuadorian lawsuits Succeed and Others Fail” (2016) · 187 citations
• Alison Gash, Professor; Department Head h-index 10
  U.S. Courts, Public Policy, Gender/Gender Identity, Race, Sexuality, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
  Notable: “Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice” (2007) · 7,612 citations
• Dennis Galvan, Professor; Dean and Vice Provost h-index 10
  Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia Website:
  Notable: “How people experience and change institutions: a field guide to creative syncretism” (2009) · 190 citations
• Burke Hendrix, Professor; Associate Department Head h-index 10
  Normative Political Theory, Indigenous Politics, Global Justice, History of Political Thought
  Notable: “Where Should We Expect Social Change in Non-Ideal Theory?” (2012) · 45 citations
• Erin Beck, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
  Notable: “Repopulating Development: An Agent-Based Approach to Studying Development Interventions” (2015) · 33 citations
• Anita Chari, Professor; Faculty Fellow (Clark Honors College) h-index 7
  Political Theory, Critical Theory, Frankfurt School, Marxism, Contemplative Studies, Somatics and Politics Website:
  Notable: “Exceeding Recognition” (2004) · 47 citations
• Lars Skalnes, Associate Professor h-index 4
  International Political Economy, International Relations
  Notable: “Grand Strategy and Foreign Economic Policy: British Grand Strategy in the 1930s” (1998) · 20 citations
• Michael Brown, Instructor h-index 3
  Notable: “Immigrants, Urban Politics, and Policing in 1900” (1992) · 83 citations
• Jane Cramer, Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 3
  International Relations
  Notable: “Militarized Patriotism: Why the U.S. Marketplace of Ideas Failed Before the Iraq War” (2007) · 29 citations
• Janel Jett, Assistant Professor h-index 2
  Political Communication; Political Psychology; Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) Biography Janel Jett specializes in political communication and political psychology, particularly in the context of science, technology, a
  Notable: “Issue Framing and U.S. State Energy and Climate Policy Choice” (2021) · 8 citations
• Chandler James, Assistant Professor h-index 1
  American Presidency, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior
  Notable: “Does President Trump's Outrageous Behavior Work?: Results from Two Randomized‐Controlled Trials” (2021) · 3 citations
• Ellen Holtmaat, Assistant Professor
  International political economy, global environmental politics, trade, monetary system, private global governance Political Science Directory Faculty Staff Graduate Students Emeritus Political Science Intranet College of Arts and Sciences
• Emily Gade, Assistant Professor
• Jasmine Chorley Foster, Political Science Faculty
  Political theory, Marxism, military and the state, capitalism, class and labor, international politics, internationalisms Political Science Directory Faculty Staff Graduate Students Emeritus Political Science Intranet College of Arts and S
• Jessica Reanne, Pro Tem Faculty, PhD
  Collective Memory, Performativity & Theatricality, US Political Culture, January 6th Insurrection.
• Rutger Ceballos, Assistant Professor
  American Political Development, History of Political Thought, African American Politics, Labor Politics Biography Rutger Ceballos’s research explores the relationship between American political development, African American politics, and A

Courses

• Thinking Like a Social Scientist PS 102
• Power, Politics, and Inequality PS 106
• Introduction to Political Science PS 111
• Special Studies PS 199
• United States Politics PS 201
• Introduction to International Relations PS 205
• Ethics, Identity, and Power PS 206
• Politics of Business PS 210
• Legal Process: An Introduction to the American Judiciary PS 275
• Introduction to Environmental Politics PS 297
• States' Rights and Wrongs PS 302
• Democracy, Dictators, and Development PS 304
• United States Political Thought PS 308
• Political Ideologies PS 309
• Roots of Democracy PS 310
• Sovereignty and Revolution PS 311
• Shadows of Modernity PS 312
• Black Lives Matter and American Democracy PS 316
• The Politics of the Body PS 319
• International Organization PS 320
• European Politics PS 324
• United States Foreign Policy I PS 326
• Governments and Politics in Latin America PS 330
• The Politics of Development PS 337
• International Political Economy PS 340
• Politics of China PS 342
• Southeast Asian Politics PS 345
• Terrorism and Weapons Proliferation PS 346
• Women and Politics PS 348
• Mass Media and American Politics PS 349
• Politics and Film PS 350
• Democratic Dilemmas PS 351
• Political Parties and Elections PS 352
• Oregon Government and Politics PS 355
• Politics, Science, and Climate Change PS 367
• Gender in the Law PS 368
• United States Congress PS 371
• Music and Politics PS 372
• Games in Politics PS 378
• Gender and Politics in Developing Countries PS 380

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.