42 faculty and 0 courses in Government at University of Virginia.
- David Leblang, Ambassador Henry Taylor Professor h-index 37
Global migration and in the politics of financial markets. His recent publications include The Ties That Bind: Immigration and the Global Political Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2023), “ Labor Market Policy as Immigration Control
Notable: “The Effect of Cultural Values on Economic Development: Theory, Hypotheses, and Some Empirical Tests” (1996) · 422 citations
- Craig Volden, Professor of Public Policy and Politics h-index 34
Notable: “The Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion” (2008) · 1,329 citations
- Jennifer Lawless, Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor h-index 34
Es on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics. She is the author or co-author of nine books, including News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement (with Danny Hayes) and It Takes More than
Notable: “Entering the Arena? Gender and the Decision to Run for Office” (2004) · 543 citations
- Allan Stam, Professor of Public Policy and Politics h-index 30
Notable: “Eugene: A conceptual manual” (2000) · 678 citations
- John M. Owen IV, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor h-index 25
Notable: “How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace” (1994) · 715 citations
- Leonard Schoppa, Professor h-index 23
Notable: “Twisting Tongues and Twisting Arms: The Power of Political Rhetoric” (2007) · 674 citations
- John Holbein, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education h-index 22
Notable: “Making Young Voters: The Impact of Preregistration on Youth Turnout” (2015) · 135 citations
- Ashley Jardina, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Politics h-index 19
Es on racial attitudes, racial conflict, and the way in which group identities influence political preferences in the United States. Her research and commentary have been widely featured in outlets like The New York Times, The Washing
Notable: “Immigration Opposition Among U.S. Whites: General Ethnocentrism or Media Priming of Attitudes About Latinos?” (2012) · 408 citations
- Daniel Gingerich, Professor h-index 19
Es on the factors that make democracies more or less successful in providing public goods to their citizens. To that end, his scholarship concentrates on understanding the causes and consequences of phenomena such as corruption and cli
Notable: “Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis” (2009) · 1,107 citations
- David Law, E. James Kelly Jr. Research Professor of Law h-index 18
Notable: “Global Hegemony and the Structural Power of Capital” (1989) · 524 citations
- Justin Kirkland, Professor h-index 18
Center on representation, legislative politics, state politics, and public opinion. He has published more than 30 peer reviewed articles in journals like American Political Science Review , American Journal of Political Science
Notable: “How Empathic Concern Fuels Political Polarization” (2019) · 210 citations
- James D. Savage, Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Saudi Arabia plans for its economic future: Vision 2030, the National Transformation Plan and Saudi fiscal reform” (2018) · 188 citations
- Sidney Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor h-index 17
Notable: “The President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American Party System since the New Deal.” (1995) · 218 citations
- Dale Copeland, Hugh S. and Winifred B. Cumming Memorial Professor h-index 15
The origins of economic interdependence between great powers; the logic of reputation-building; bargaining and coercion theory; the interconnection between trade, finance, and militarized behavior; and the impact of the rise and dec
Notable: “Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations” (1996) · 422 citations
- Todd Sechser, Professor h-index 13
Es on coercive diplomacy, nuclear security, emerging military technologies, and foreign policy. Sechser is coauthor of Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press) and coeditor of Emerging Technologi
Notable: “Goliath's Curse: Coercive Threats and Asymmetric Power” (2010) · 172 citations
- Anne Meng, Associate Professor h-index 13
Notable: “Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: How Rebel Regimes Solve the Guardianship Dilemma” (2022) · 100 citations
- Kevin Cope, Professor of Law and Public Policy h-index 13
Notable: “Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind” (1999) · 86 citations
- David Waldner, Associate Professor h-index 12
Notable: “Unwelcome Change: Coming to Terms with Democratic Backsliding” (2018) · 833 citations
- Gerard Alexander, Associate Professor h-index 12
Notable: “Waiting for Balancing: Why the World Is Not Pushing Back” (2005) · 243 citations
- Larry J. Sabato, University Professor h-index 12
Notable: “Dangerous democracy? : the battle over ballot initiatives in America” (2001) · 68 citations
- Lawrie Balfour, James Hart Professor of Politics h-index 12
Notable: “Reparations After Identity Politics” (2005) · 79 citations
- Sonal Pandya, Associate Professor h-index 11
- Jennifer Rubenstein, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Accountability in an Unequal World” (2007) · 190 citations
- Rachel Augustine Potter, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Slow-Rolling, Fast-Tracking, and the Pace of Bureaucratic Decisions in Rulemaking” (2017) · 79 citations
- Kirill Zhirkov, Assistant Professor h-index 11
In American politics, political psychology, and political methodology. Kirill primarily studies the role of perceptions in the formation of political attitudes, such as opinions on immigration and partisan affective polarization in the
Notable: “Nativist but not alienated” (2013) · 118 citations
- Nicholas J.G. Winter, Associate Professor h-index 10
American politics, methodology, and social theory. My first book develops and tests a theory to explain the process by which public opinion can be shaped by implicit race or gender considerations ( Dangerous Frames: How Ideas About
- Christopher Carter, John L. Nau III Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Disrupting Regulation, Regulating Disruption: The Politics of Uber in the United States” (2018) · 158 citations
- Denise Walsh, Associate Professor h-index 10
Notable: “The Liberal Moment: Women and Just Debate in South Africa, 1994–1996” (2006) · 45 citations
- Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Associate Professor of Politics & Global Studies h-index 9
Notable: “The Pursuit of Social Welfare” (2017) · 74 citations
- Colin Bird, Professor h-index 9
Include: the nature of individualism; questioning the identity and character of a ‘liberal’ tradition of political thought; the coherence of contemporary libertarianism; concepts of freedom; the nature of toleration and respect; the politic
Notable: “Status, Identity, and Respect” (2004) · 103 citations
- Kevin Duong, Associate Professor h-index 6
Es on expressions of revolutionary agency by “the people” in European thought and visual culture, but his interests extend beyond democratic theory to fields such as queer theory, political violence, the history of the human sciences, colon
Notable: “What Does Queer Theory Teach Us about Intersectionality?” (2012) · 54 citations
- Peter Furia, Associate Professor, General Faculty h-index 5
Notable: “Global citizenship, anyone? cosmopolitanism, privilege and public opinion” (2005) · 112 citations
- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy h-index 4
Es on Congressional leadership, institutional reform, and partisan communication. Gaynor's research has been published in Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly , and Electoral Studies, among others. She is an autho
Notable: “Small Donor Contributions in Response to Email Outreach by a Political Campaign” (2021) · 18 citations
- Albert Rivero, John L. Nau III Assistant Professor h-index 2
Notable: “The American public's attitudes over how judges use legal principles to make decisions” (2023) · 10 citations
- Sophia Solomon, Assistant Professor, General Faculty h-index 1
Notable: ““Don't cry, it doesn't belong to us”; critical thoughts on commemoration as a means of inclusion: Mizrahi Jews and Holocaust memory in Israel” (2022) · 2 citations
- Joseph Ruggiero, Assistant Professor h-index 1
- Amber Mackey, Assistant Professor
- Ben Goehring, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
- Ian Solomon, Dean and Professor of Practice of Public Policy
- Paul Freedman, Associate Professor
- Paulina Ochoa Espejo, John L. Nau III Professor
- Tom Donahue-Ochoa, Associate Professor, General Faculty
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.