Government at Stony Brook University (SUNY)

19 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Stony Brook University (SUNY).

Faculty

• Stanley Feldman, John S. Toll Professor h-index 45
  Es on political ideology and political psychology. Research Research Stanley Feldman’s research focuses on the origins of political preferences. He is particularly interested in the structure of political ideology and values, and the psycho
  Notable: “A Simple Theory of the Survey Response: Answering Questions versus Revealing Preferences” (1992) · 1,611 citations
• Leonie Huddy, SUNY Distinguished Professor h-index 42
  Notable: “Expressive Partisanship: Campaign Involvement, Political Emotion, and Partisan Identity” (2015) · 1,395 citations
• Andrew Delton, Professor h-index 28
  Notable: “The influence of mortality and socioeconomic status on risk and delayed rewards: A life history theory approach.” (2011) · 790 citations
• Peter DeScioli, Associate Professor h-index 27
  Notable: “Disgust: Evolved function and structure.” (2012) · 810 citations
• Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Professor h-index 23
  Notable: “Religious Social Identity, Religious Belief, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment” (2015) · 246 citations
• Oleg Smirnov, Associate Professor h-index 22
  Computational modeling (agent-based modeling, geographic information systems, evolutionary dynamics) and behavioral economics (altruistic punishment, collective risk social dilemmas). He is currently working on a computational model
  Notable: “Egalitarian motives in humans” (2007) · 590 citations
• Gallya Lahav, Professor h-index 19
  Notable: “Threat, Anxiety, and Support of Antiterrorism Policies” (2005) · 922 citations
• Michael Peress, Professor h-index 15
  Voting behavior, legislative institutions, electoral systems, methodology, and formal theory. He is currently working on a major project. "Accuracy and Bias in Media Coverage of the Economy and Analysis of 16 Developed Democracies,"
  Notable: “Benchmarking across Borders: Electoral Accountability and the Necessity of Comparison” (2012) · 337 citations
• Ryan Vander Wielen, Professor h-index 14
  Notable: “The Influence of News Media on Political Elites: Investigating Strategic Responsiveness in Congress” (2015) · 110 citations
• Reuben Kline, Associate Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “A new approach for evaluating climate change communication” (2017) · 69 citations
• Wei Zhong, Assistant Professor h-index 11
  Notable: “Assessing mediation using marginal structural models in the presence of confounding and moderation.” (2012) · 104 citations
• Serena Clark, Lecturer h-index 10
  Notable: “A Qualitative Study of Child and Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland” (2021) · 291 citations
• Katherine Sawyer, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Civil conflict and rebellion, biopsychological predictors of political violence, and spatial/computational models of conflict. Dr. Sawyer’s research investigates the interplay between genetic and environmental effects on political b
  Notable: “Preschool Emotional Competence: Pathway to Social Competence?” (2003) · 1,346 citations
• Andrew Engelhardt, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Racial Attitudes Through a Partisan Lens” (2020) · 92 citations
• Stephanie DeMora, Assistant Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Reducing mask resistance among White evangelical Christians with value-consistent messages” (2021) · 51 citations
• Eric Groenendyk, Professor
• Jason Rose, Lecturer
• Peter D. Salins, John S. Toll Professor
  Focus on public policy and urban planning. He is currently working on a book project that will focus on how public policy is broken in relation to the American Political System. Additionally, he is conducting research on how polarization be
• Saadet Konak Unal, Lecturer
  Gender, political representation, identity politics, and legislative behavior. Her work primarily focuses on the political issues related to multiple social identities and representation in a comparative context, looking across differen

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.