Government at San Diego State University

29 faculty and 0 courses in Government at San Diego State University.

Faculty

• Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor h-index 16
  Notable: “Passive and Assertive Secularism: Historical Conditions, Ideological Struggles, and State Policies toward Religion” (2007) · 329 citations
• Mikhail Alexseev, Professor h-index 16
  Notable: “Crimea come what may: Do economic sanctions backfire politically?” (2019) · 53 citations
• Kristen Maher, Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “Political Values in Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania: Sources and Implications for Democracy” (1994) · 172 citations
• Brian Adams, Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Public Meetings and the Democratic Process” (2004) · 259 citations
• Latha Varadarajan, Professor h-index 9
  Notable: ““The Largest Gathering of the Global Indian Family”: Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and Diaspora at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas” (2005) · 57 citations
• Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Professor h-index 8
  Notable: “The Politics of Refuge: Sanctuary Cities, Crime, and Undocumented Immigration” (2017) · 154 citations
• Stephen Goggin, Associate Professor h-index 8
  Notable: “What Goes with Red and Blue? Mapping Partisan and Ideological Associations in the Minds of Voters” (2019) · 70 citations
• Cheryl O'Brien, Associate Professor h-index 8
  Notable: “Women's Rights and Opposition: Explaining the Stunted Rise and Sudden Reversals of Progressive Violence against Women Policies in Contentious Contexts” (2019) · 35 citations
• Farid Abdel-Nour, Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “National Responsibility” (2003) · 71 citations
• Jonathan Graubart, Professor & Chair h-index 6
  Notable: “R2P and Pragmatic Liberal Interventionism: Values in the Service of Interests” (2013) · 13 citations
• Madhavi McCall, Professor h-index 5
  Center on the voting behavior of state supreme court justices and members of the United States Supreme Court. Specifically, Dr. McCall studies judicial behavior to determine if institutional structures of courts or demographic differe
  Notable: “The Politics of Judicial Elections: The Influence of Campaign Contributions on the Voting Patterns of Texas Supreme Court Justices, 1994–1997” (2003) · 31 citations
• Emanuele Saccarelli, Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “The Machiavellian Rousseau” (2009) · 6 citations
• Luca Dal Pubel, Lecturer h-index 1
  Notable: “Boosting Consumer Trust: Odr and Structural Assurance in B2c E-Commerce” (2025)
• Grace Cheng, Lecturer h-index 1
  In comparative politics, with a focus on Asia. Her interests are in comparative perspectives on human rights, peace, and security, as well as the study of conflict and post-conflict transitions. D
  Notable: “Being Economical with the Truth: Dutch Public Claims and Hidden Agendas about Papuan Self-Determination and the Economic Exploitation of Netherlands New Guinea” (2025) · 1 citations
• Gustavo Guajardo, Assistant Professor
• Jaeyoung Kim, Assistant Professor
• James Murren, Lecturer
• James Samstad, Lecturer
• James W. Ingram III, Lecturer
• Jesus Ayala-Candia, Lecturer
• John E. Mercurio, Lecturer
• Kim Twist, Associate Professor
  Es on far-right extremism in Western Europe and the United States, and her book, Partnering with Extremists (University of Michigan Press, 2019), explains why mainstream-right parties in Western Europe often invite far-right parties to join
• Kimberley Fletcher, Associate Professor
• Maria Voss, Lecturer
• Matthew Schneider, Lecturer
• Miranda Chase, Assistant Professor
• Mytili Bala, Lecturer
• Santiago Orozco Casas, Lecturer
• Yvonne Gastelum, Lecturer

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.