40 faculty and 40 courses in Government at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Marks, Gary, Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 64
Notable: “A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus” (2008) · 3,069 citations
- Hooghe, Liesbet, W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 63
Notable: “A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus” (2008) · 3,069 citations
- Baumgartner, Frank, Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 56
Notable: “Agenda Dynamics and Policy Subsystems” (1991) · 1,124 citations
- O'Brian, Neil, Assistant Professor h-index 54
Notable: “Integrative regulation of human brain blood flow” (2014) · 858 citations
- Clark, Christopher J., Associate Professor, Political Science h-index 53
Notable: “The Functions of the Police in Modern Society.” (1972) · 997 citations
- Huber, Evelyne, Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 32
Notable: “Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare State” (1993) · 1,101 citations
- Vachudova, Milada Anna, Professor of Political Science h-index 30
Notable: “Measuring party positions in Europe” (2012) · 856 citations
- Hetherington, Marc, Raymond Dawson Distinguished Bicentennial Professor of Political Science h-index 26
Notable: “The Political Relevance of Political Trust” (1998) · 1,537 citations
- Robertson, Graeme, Professor of Political Science h-index 24
Notable: “Subnational Appointments in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russian Gubernatorial Appointments” (2012) · 299 citations
- Jenkins, Robert, Teaching Professor, Political Science h-index 23
And expertise. From 2001 to 2015, Dr. Jenkins was Director of the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. From 1999 to 2015, he served as the Director of the MA in Russian and East European Studies at UNC. Prior to joini
Notable: “Novel 1-to-N way integrated optical beam splitters using symmetric mode mixing in GaAs/AlGaAs multimode waveguides” (1992) · 140 citations
- Ryan, Timothy J., Professor of Political Science h-index 20
Notable: “2017 publication guidelines for structural modelling of small-angle scattering data from biomolecules in solution: an update” (2017) · 287 citations
- Roberts, Jason, Professor, Political Science h-index 19
Parties and procedures in the U.S. Congress and congressional elections. He is currently working on a project that explores the role of ballot type on the competitiveness of congressional elections in the United States. The Departme
Notable: “Procedural Contexts, Party Strategy, and Conditional Party Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1971–2000” (2003) · 240 citations
- Hartlyn, Jonathan, Kenneth J. Reckford Professor of Political Science h-index 19
Notable: “Electoral Governance Matters” (2007) · 167 citations
- Crescenzi, Mark, Nancy Hanes White Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 18
Es on the role of reputation in world politics, the geopolitics of market power with a focus on energy politics and critical minerals, and the global political knowledge project. The Department of Political Science University of North Carol
Notable: “Reliability, Reputation, and Alliance Formation1” (2012) · 165 citations
- Bapat, Navin, Department Chair, Professor of Political Science h-index 17
Examining conflicts involving violent non-state actors, such as insurgencies and terrorist campaigns, using formal and empirical methods. Professor Bapat also is involved an ongoing project examining the use and the effectiveness of
Notable: “Threat and imposition of economic sanctions 1945–2005: Updating the TIES dataset” (2014) · 374 citations
- McGuire, Kevin, Professor of Political Science h-index 16
The effect of the Court’s institutional arrangements on the Court’s policymaking, the impact of public opinion on the Court, and the measurement and modeling of judicial outcomes. He is the author of Understanding the U.
Notable: “The Least Dangerous Branch Revisited: New Evidence on Supreme Court Responsiveness to Public Preferences” (2004) · 302 citations
- Martinez-Gallardo, Cecilia, Associate Professor, Political Science h-index 15
In Latin American political institutions, especially government formation and change. Her work focuses on the political and institutional factors that affect coalition politics in these countries. She has also worked on government forma
Notable: “Replacing Cabinet Ministers: Patterns of Ministerial Stability in Parliamentary Democracies” (2008) · 224 citations
- Anderson, Ashley, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 13
Contentious politics, authoritarian regimes, and political institutions. Currently, Ashley is working on a book project on variation in union responses to political movements in authoritarian regimes, with a particular emphasis on h
Notable: “Broad-spectrum resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in Heliothis virescens.” (1992) · 312 citations
- Olivella, Santiago, Associate Professor, Political Science h-index 13
Notable: “Vote-earning strategies in flexible list systems: Seats at the price of unity” (2013) · 156 citations
- Treul, Sarah A., Professor of Political Science h-index 12
American political institutions, specifically the U.S. Congress and primary elections. Her current research agenda focuses on the rise of inexperienced candidates in congressional primary elections and how this rise affects congress
Notable: “Emotions, Oral Arguments, and Supreme Court Decision Making” (2011) · 72 citations
- Gent, Stephen, Dowd Professor in the Study of Peace and War h-index 9
Notable: “Armed intervention and civilian victimization in intrastate conflicts” (2012) · 223 citations
- Ballard-Rosa, Cameron, Associate Professor, Political Science h-index 9
Political economy, international relations, comparative politics, and formal theory. He is also the Director of Placement for the department. Cameron’s work has been published or is forthcoming in the British Journal of Politi
Notable: “The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences” (2016) · 186 citations
- Guay, Brian, Assistant Professor, Political Science h-index 9
Notable: “Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency’s impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017” (2019) · 226 citations
- Sahn, Alexander, Assistant Professor, Political Science h-index 9
Notable: “Achieving Statistical Significance with Control Variables and Without Transparency” (2020) · 168 citations
- Unah, Isaac, Professor, Political Science h-index 9
Expertise, and Bureaucratic Policymaking (University of Michigan Press, 1998), examines the role of specialized courts in U.S. trade policy implementation. His second book, The Supreme Court in American Politics (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009
Notable: “U.S. Supreme Court Decision Making, Case Salience, and the Attitudinal Model” (2006) · 77 citations
- Martin, Lucy, Associate Professor, Political Science h-index 8
Notable: “The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences” (2016) · 186 citations
- Pratt, Tyler, Assistant Professor, Political Science h-index 7
Notable: “Deference and Hierarchy in International Regime Complexes” (2018) · 182 citations
- Kroeger, Mary, Assistant Professor, Political Science h-index 7
In U.S. state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, policy diffusion, and quantitative methods. Her book project, entitled Outsourcing Legislation: How Non-Legislators Write U.S. State Law , s
Notable: “Democracy by Deterrence: Norms, Constitutions, and Electoral Tilting” (2021) · 47 citations
- Lim, Junghyun, Assistant Professor, Political Science h-index 3
Es on international/comparative political economy, with a special emphasis on the politics of migration and globalization. Junghyun’s work has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and Nature Communicatio
Notable: “The path from trade to right-wing populism in Europe” (2019) · 67 citations
- Andrews-Lee, Caitlin, Assistant Professor, Political Science
- Bassi, Anna, Associate Professor, Political Science
Es on government and coalition formation. She analyzes the formation of political coalitions as a bargaining game among parties or political agents who aim to maximize political benefits such as cabinet portfolios, pork barrels and perks. B
- Bickford, Susan, Associate Professor, Political Science
Es on feminist political theory, the impact of conflict and inequality on the practice of citizenship, and ancient Greek political thought. She is the author of The Dissonance of Democracy: Listening, Conflict, and Citizenship (Cornell Univ
- Gebremichael, Amanuel T., Teaching Assistant Professor
- Globetti, Suzanne, Teaching Associate Professor, Political Science
- Johnson, Kaneesha, Assistant Professor
- Lemke, Christiane, Emerita Professor of Political Science
Es on German politics, European affairs, and transatlantic relations. She has published widely on regime transition, migration, populism, climate change policy and women in leadership. She is also a media expert on American politics. In 202
- Nine, Cara, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Searing, Donald, Distinguished Professor of Political Science
- Spinner-Halev, Jeff, Distinguished Professor of Political Science
- Steiner, Niklaus, Professor of the Practice, Political Science
Around immigration, refugees, nationalism, and citizenship. His newest book, International Migration and Citizenship Today 2 nd edition (Routledge, 2023), seeks to facilitate classroom discussions on admission and membership in liberal
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