Political Science at Stanford University

39 faculty and 0 courses in Political Science 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• David D. Laitin, James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor h-index 55
• Yiqing Xu, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 55
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jonathan Rodden, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research h-index 29
• Adam Bonica, Professor of Political Science h-index 26
  Research Area(s) American Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
• 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
• 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’
• 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
• 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
• Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 3
• 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
• Emilee Chapman, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 3
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
• Alison McQueen, Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of History
  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
• 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
  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
• Beatriz Magaloni, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
• 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
  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
• 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
  Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics About About Us Areas of Research
• Douglas Rivers, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  Research Area(s) American Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
• Gary Cox, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science
  Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
• 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
  Civil and interstate war, ethnic conflict, the politics of economic development, and democratic accountability.
• Jean Oi, William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
• 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
  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
• Justin Ryan Grimmer, Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  Es on Congress, elections, social media, and data science.
• 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
• 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
  Research Area(s) Comparative Politics International Relations 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
• Paul Sniderman, Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Public Policy
  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
• 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
  Research Area(s) Political Theory About About Us Areas of Research
• 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
• 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
• Vasiliki Fouka, Bing Professor of Human Biology, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  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

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.