Government at Stanford University

39 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Stanford University.

Faculty

• Jon Krosnick, Frederic O. Glover Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication and of Political Science, of Environmental Social Sciences and, by courtesy, of Psychology h-index 95
  Author of seven published books and two forthcoming books and more than 190 articles and chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior
  Notable: “Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys” (1991) · 2,396 citations
• Shanto Iyengar, William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication h-index 71
  The role of mass media in democratic societies, public opinion, and political psychology. Iyengar’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation
  Notable: “The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States” (2018) · 3,145 citations
• Gary Cox, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science h-index 66
  Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game” (1986) · 1,287 citations
• Barry R. Weingast, Ward C. Krebs Family Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 65
  Es on the political foundation of markets, economic reform, and regulation. He has written extensively on problems of political economy of development, federalism and decentralization, legal institutions and the rule of law, and democracy.
  Notable: “Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England” (1989) · 5,294 citations
• Jens Hainmueller, Kimberly Glenn Professor and Professor of Political Science h-index 60
  Research Area(s) Comparative Politics International Relations Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Entropy Balancing for Causal Effects: A Multivariate Reweighting Method to Produce Balanced Samples in Observational Studies” (2011) · 5,512 citations
• David D. Laitin, James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor h-index 55
  Notable: “Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War” (2003) · 6,071 citations
• Paul Sniderman, Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Public Policy h-index 46
  Es on multiculturalism and politics in Western Europe and spatial reasoning. He coauthored The Struggle for Inclusion: Muslims and Liberal Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2020) with Elisabeth Ivarsflaten. He has published many other
  Notable: “Predisposing Factors and Situational Triggers: Exclusionary Reactions to Immigrant Minorities” (2004) · 1,258 citations
• James Fearon, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 43
  Civil and interstate war, ethnic conflict, the politics of economic development, and democratic accountability.
  Notable: “Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War” (2003) · 6,071 citations
• Josiah Ober, Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Classics and, by courtesy, of Philosophy h-index 37
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
• Daniel Ho, William Benjamin Scott & Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Stanford Institute for HAI and Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science h-index 36
  Research Area(s) American Politics About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “MatchIt: Nonparametric Preprocessing for Parametric Causal Inference” (2011) · 4,379 citations
• Michael Tomz, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research h-index 36
  Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics International Relations Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Making the Most of Statistical Analyses: Improving Interpretation and Presentation” (2000) · 3,268 citations
• Scott D. Sagan, Caroline S. G. Munro Memorial Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 36
  Research Area(s) International Relations About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA.” (1997) · 939 citations
• Jonathan Rodden, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research h-index 36
  Notable: “The Strength of Issues: Using Multiple Measures to Gauge Preference Stability, Ideological Constraint, and Issue Voting” (2008) · 759 citations
• Michael McFaul, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Woods Institute for the Environment h-index 34
  Research Area(s) Comparative Politics International Relations Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “The Fourth Wave of DemocracyandDictatorship: Noncooperative Transitions in the Postcommunist World” (2002) · 535 citations
• Stephen Haber, A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Economics h-index 32
  Notable: “The Pricing of Inputs Sold to Competitors” (1994) · 178 citations
• Justin Ryan Grimmer, Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution h-index 31
  Es on Congress, elections, social media, and data science.
  Notable: “Text as Data: The Promise and Pitfalls of Automatic Content Analysis Methods for Political Texts” (2013) · 3,180 citations
• Bruce Cain, Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, at SIEPR, at the Precourt Institute for Energy h-index 31
  Political regulation, applied democratic theory, representation and state politics. Some of Professor Cain’s most recent publications include “Malleable Constitutions: Reflections on State Constitutional Design,” coauthored with Rog
  Notable: “The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence” (1989) · 469 citations
• Beatriz Magaloni, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 30
  Notable: “Credible Power-Sharing and the Longevity of Authoritarian Rule” (2008) · 1,129 citations
• Anna Grzymala-Busse, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution h-index 27
  Es on the historical development of the state and its transformation, political parties, religion and politics, and post-communist politics. Other areas of interest include populism, informal institutions, and causal mechanisms. She is the
  Notable: “Time Will Tell? Temporality and the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms and Processes” (2010) · 429 citations
• Yiqing Xu, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 26
  Notable: “ebalance: AStataPackage for Entropy Balancing” (2013) · 949 citations
• Adam Bonica, Professor of Political Science h-index 26
  Research Area(s) American Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Mapping the Ideological Marketplace” (2013) · 679 citations
• Judith L. Goldstein, Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research h-index 23
  Es on international political economy, with a focus on trade politics. She has written and/or edited six book including Ideas, Interests and American Trade Policy and more recently The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law and Econom
  Notable: “Introduction: Legalization and World Politics” (2000) · 702 citations
• Jean Oi, William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 23
  Notable: “Fiscal Reform and the Economic Foundations of Local State Corporatism in China” (1992) · 1,274 citations
• Douglas Rivers, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution h-index 22
  Research Area(s) American Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Limited information estimators and exogeneity tests for simultaneous probit models” (1988) · 1,671 citations
• Lisa Blaydes, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 22
  Research Area(s) Comparative Politics International Relations About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “The Feudal Revolution and Europe's Rise: Political Divergence of the Christian West and the Muslim World before 1500 CE” (2013) · 277 citations
• Rob Reich, McGregor-Girand Professor of Social Ethics of Science and Technology, Sr Fellow at the Stanford Institute for HAI, Professor, by courtesy, of Education, of Philosophy, of Law h-index 20
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models” (2021) · 2,198 citations
• Vasiliki Fouka, Bing Professor of Human Biology, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research h-index 17
  Lie at the intersection of political economy and political behavior. She uses historical and contemporary data to understand what shapes social identities in the short and long run and the implications of that for political and economic beh
  Notable: “Backlash: The Unintended Effects of Language Prohibition in U.S. Schools after World War I” (2019) · 248 citations
• Alison McQueen, Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of History h-index 12
  Es on early modern political theory and the history of International Relations thought. McQueen’s book, Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times (Cambridge University Press, 2018), traces the responses of three canonical political realists—Ni
  Notable: “Mirrors for Princes and Sultans: Advice on the Art of Governance in the Medieval Christian and Islamic Worlds” (2018) · 81 citations
• Condoleezza Rice, Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Hoover, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 11
  Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “Promoting the National Interest” (2000) · 470 citations
• Hakeem Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 10
  Es primarily on the role identity plays in structuring political attitudes and behaviors in the U.S. I am especially interested in understanding how stigma shapes the politics of Black Americans, particularly as it relates to group members’
  Notable: “The Curious Case of Black Conservatives: Construct Validity and the 7-point Liberal-Conservative Scale” (2020) · 80 citations
• Lauren Davenport, Professor of Political Science h-index 9
  American politics, public opinion, and race and ethnicity. In particular, her work centers around how racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. develop their identities and political attachments. Her research has appeared in journals
  Notable: “The Role of Gender, Class, and Religion in Biracial Americans’ Racial Labeling Decisions” (2016) · 159 citations
• Michael O. Allen, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
  Span international political economy, international institutions, and law, with a focus on the politics of global capitalism. He studies how the growth of private authority influences domestic legal development and the power of countries to
  Notable: “Effect of the beta-adrenergic blockade on intestinal lactate production and glycogen concentration in dogs infused with hexoses” (2021) · 11 citations
• Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 3
  Notable: “Strength in Numbers: How Women's Groups Close India's Political Gender Gap” (2021) · 86 citations
• Amanda Helen Kennard, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment h-index 3
  Research Area(s) International Relations About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “The Enemy of My Enemy: When Firms Support Climate Change Regulation” (2020) · 99 citations
• Emilee Chapman, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 3
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
  Notable: “The Distinctive Value of Elections and the Case for Compulsory Voting” (2018) · 70 citations
• Kenneth Schultz, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science
  Research Area(s) Comparative Politics International Relations About About Us Areas of Research
• Lowry Pressly, Assistant Professor of Political Science
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
• Morris P. Fiorina, Wendt Family Professor and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  Research Area(s) American Politics About About Us Areas of Research
• Tom Clark, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution
  Research Area(s) American Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research

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.