35 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Princeton University.
- G. John Ikenberry, Professor h-index 123
International Relations Areas of Expertise International Relations Theory U.S. Grand Strategy International Organizations International Order Liberalism and International Relations Recent News June 11, 2025 How Global Governance Can Survive
Notable: “Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics” (2004) · 5,069 citations
- James Raymond Vreeland, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 38
Comparative Politics International Relations Areas of Expertise International Political Economy International Organizations Democratization Transparency Recent News July 5, 2024 Class of 2024 inducted Jim Vreeland as an honorary classmate M
Notable: “Democracy and dictatorship revisited” (2009) · 2,501 citations
- Andrew M. Guess, Associate Professor h-index 34
American Politics Areas of Expertise Political Communication Social Media Misinformation Opinion Change Experiments Recent News April 14, 2025 People Favor Sanctioning Extreme Online Hate Speech March 19, 2025 YouTube’s Algorithm and its Ef
- Rocio Titiunik, Professor h-index 31
Lie at the intersection of political economy, political science, statistics, and data science, particularly on the development and application of quantitative methods to the study of political institutions. Her recent methodological research includes the devel
Notable: “Robust Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for Regression-Discontinuity Designs” (2014) · 3,009 citations
- Amaney A. Jamal, Professor h-index 30
The Middle East and North Africa, mass and political behavior, political development and democratization, inequality and economic segregation, Muslim Immigration (US and Europe), gender, race, religion, and class. Selected Publications _Of Empires and C
Notable: “Barriers to democracy: the other side of social capital in Palestine and the Arab world” (2008) · 277 citations
- Atul Kohli, Professor h-index 28
In the area of political economy of developing countries. He is the author of _India Under Modi: Changing State and Society_(with Kanta Murali), forthcoming 2025, Cambridge University Press; _Greed and Guns: Imperial Origins of the Developing World_ (Cambr
Notable: “Where do high growth political economies come from? The Japanese lineage of Korea's “developmental state”” (1994) · 308 citations
- Leonard Wantchekon, Professor h-index 28
Comparative Politics Formal Theory & Quantitative Methods Political Economy Areas of Expertise Political Economy Elections Democratization Governance Recent News October 14, 2025 Leonard Wantchekon Addresses the UNGA Second Committee on
Notable: “The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa” (2011) · 2,176 citations
- Carles Boix, Professor h-index 26
Comparative Politics Political Economy Areas of Expertise Political Economy Democracy National Identity Formation Related Courses Making Democracy Work Across the World Fall 2026 States, Democracies and Nations Fall 2026 Department of Polit
Notable: “A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800–2007” (2012) · 1,090 citations
- Charles Cameron, Professor h-index 24
American Politics Areas of Expertise Judicial Politics U.S. Presidency Congress Bureaucracy National Policymaking Political Economy Recent News October 1, 2025 Professor Charles Cameron reacts to the U.S. Government Shutdown August 15, 2025
Notable: “Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress?” (1996) · 444 citations
- Gregory Conti, Associate Professor h-index 21
Es on the history of modern political thought, especially on questions of liberalism, democracy, and representative government. His first book, _Parliament the Mirror of the Nation: Representation, Deliberation, and Democracy in Victorian Britain_, was release
- Rafaela Dancygier, Professor h-index 20
Comparative Politics Areas of Expertise Extremism Political Parties Immigration European Politics American Politics Recent News February 11, 2026 Rafaela Dancygier wins American Journal of Political Science Best Article Award April 19, 2023
Notable: “Sectoral Economies, Economic Contexts, and Attitudes toward Immigration” (2012) · 279 citations
- Rory Truex, Associate Professor h-index 18
Es on Chinese politics and theories of authoritarian rule. His book Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China investigates the nature of representation in authoritarian systems, specifically the politics surrounding China's Natio
Notable: “Consultative Authoritarianism and Its Limits” (2014) · 302 citations
- Jennifer Widner, Professor h-index 18
Focus on institutional change, government capacity, and constitutional design. She teaches in Princeton’s School of Public & International Affairs, as well as in the Politics Department. She has published articles on a variety of topics in journals such as Dem
Notable: “Constitution Writing in Post-conflict Settings: An Overview” (2008) · 124 citations
- Ismail White, Professor h-index 17
American Politics Race, Ethnicity and Identity Areas of Expertise Race, Ethnicity and Politics Racial Attitudes American Politics Political Behavior Public Opinion African American Politics Recent News June 29, 2021 Ismail White wins APSA b
Notable: “Cues that Matter: How Political Ads Prime Racial Attitudes During Campaigns” (2002) · 773 citations
- Melissa Lane, Professor h-index 17
Political Theory Areas of Expertise Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought Athenian Democracy Plato Aristotle Political Theory of Climate Change Environmental Political Theory Modern Political Thought Recent News April 22, 2026 Melissa S
Notable: “Liberals and Communitarians” (1994) · 148 citations
- Hye Young You, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies h-index 17
Es on how interest groups influence democratic representation in the United States. By focusing on the role of interest group lobbying in American politics, her research examines the specific mechanisms and strategies that interest groups use to lobby and shed
- Deborah Yashar, Professor h-index 15
Es on the intersection of democracy and citizenship with publications on regime politics; ethnic politics and social movements; violence; state formation and state capacity; and Latin American politics. She has authored 3 books, coedited 4 volumes, and written
Notable: “Democracy, Indigenous Movements, and Postliberal Challenge in Latin America” (1999) · 454 citations
- Paul Frymer, Professor h-index 13
American Politics Public Law Race, Ethnicity and Identity Areas of Expertise American Political Institutions Law, Parties and Organizations Civil Rights and Race Labor and Employment Historical Institutionalism Recent News March 27, 2025 Hu
Notable: “Labor Unions and White Racial Politics” (2020) · 178 citations
- Matias Iaryczower, Professor h-index 13
American Politics Comparative Politics Formal Theory & Quantitative Methods Political Economy Areas of Expertise Political Economy Institutions and Collective Decision-Making in Legislatures Courts and Electorates Recent News November 1
Notable: “Judicial Independence in Unstable Environments, Argentina” (2002) · 274 citations
- Christopher Blair, Assistant Professor h-index 11
International Relations Areas of Expertise International Security U.S. Foreign Policy Civil Conflict Migration Political Psychology Public Opinion Statebuilding Terrorism Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Recent News June 2, 2026 Politics Pr
- Gary Bass, Professor h-index 9
International Relations Areas of Expertise International Security Human Rights International Justice International Law Recent News November 21, 2024 Gary Bass Wins the 2024 Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal September 5, 2024 Gary Bass'
Notable: “Jus Post Bellum” (2004) · 171 citations
- LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, Associate Professor h-index 7
Racial attitudes, Black politics, and public opinion. Her book _Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics_ (University of Chicago Press 2020) was awarded the 2021 Ralph J. Bunche Award from the American Political Science Associat
- Nicholas Kuipers, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Comparative Politics Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics Bureaucracy Development Southeast Asian Politics Recent News August 14, 2025 Nicholas Kuipers writes for Vox Dev- Climate politics: Understanding political inaction on climate cha
- Andreas Wiedemann, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Comparative Politics Political Economy Areas of Expertise Political Economy Economic Inequality Social Policy Representation Recent News June 21, 2022 Andreas Wiedemann wins William Riker Award from APSA June 17, 2019 New faculty member And
Notable: “The Electoral Consequences of Household Indebtedness under Austerity” (2022) · 24 citations
- Tanushree Goyal, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Es on the intergenerational persistence of norms and identity and the consequences of disruptive shocks like climate and technological change, or ethnic riots on these outcomes. Other projects investigate accountability and programmatic voting in developing co
Notable: “Representation from Below: How Women’s Grassroots Party Activism Promotes Equal Political Participation” (2023) · 46 citations
- Noah Zucker, Assistant Professor h-index 5
Comparative Politics International Relations Race, Ethnicity and Identity Political Economy Areas of Expertise Comparative Political Economy Climate Change Identity Politics International Political Economy International Organizations Intere
- Gleason Judd, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Formal Theory & Quantitative Methods Political Economy Areas of Expertise Political Economy Elections Lobbying Legislative Bargaining Related Courses Mathematics for Political Science Fall 2026 Formal Political Analysis I Spring 2026 Ma
Notable: “Case selection and Supreme Court pivots” (2020) · 20 citations
- German Gieczewski, Associate Professor h-index 3
Es on the behavior of agents within organizations, processes of decentralized information transmission and the dynamics of conflict.
Notable: “Dynamic Policy Sabotage” (2021) · 16 citations
- Guadalupe Tunon, Assistant Professor
Comparative Politics Political Economy Areas of Expertise Comparative Politics Political Economy Politics and Religion Judicial Politics Latin American Politics Recent News August 7, 2024 Guadalupe Tuñón receives the 2024 David Brian Robert
- John Kastellec, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
American Politics Public Law Areas of Expertise American Political Institutions Judicial Politics Supreme Court Nominations Recent News August 15, 2025 How Donald Trump’s election victories in 2016 and 2024 locked in a conservative Supreme
- Naima Green-Riley, Assistant Professor
Chinese foreign policy, public opinion, and international political communication. Her ongoing work focuses on public diplomacy as performed by China and the United States and the role of race in public opinion about foreign policy. Her research has be
- Robert P. George, Professor
Political Theory Public Law Areas of Expertise Philosophy of Law Constitutional Interpretation Civil Liberties Moral and Political Philosophy Bioethics Law and Religion Natural Law Theory Recent News April 17, 2026 Robert George and Cornel
- Xu Xu, Assistant Professor
Comparative Politics Political Economy Areas of Expertise Digital Authoritarianism Repression Chinese Politics Political Economy of Development Related Courses Conducting Independent Research in Political Science Fall 2025 CP Seminar: The P
- Yunhyae Kim, Assistant Professor
Political Theory Areas of Expertise Political Philosophy Democratic Theory Political Economy Capitalism Inequality Related Courses PT Seminar: Justice and the Politics of Care Fall 2026 Department of Politics 001 Fisher Hall, Princeton, NJ
- Zeyang Arthur Yu, Assistant Professor
Lie broadly in causal inference and empirical political economy. His current work focuses on the causal inference of persuasion, in which he develops a novel weighting method to identify the statistical characteristics of persuasion types among compliers. He a
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