36 faculty and 40 courses in Government at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Pevehouse, Jon C. W., Faculty h-index 35
Democratization, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Agreements, International Institution, International Trade, Political Economy Biography: Professor Pevehouse’s research interests lie in international relations, international po
Notable: “Democracy from the Outside-In? International Organizations and Democratization” (2002) · 495 citations
- Burden, Barry, Professor h-index 33
Civic Engagement, Congress, Election Administration, Elections, Gender, Political Parties, Public Opinion, Representation, Voting Behavior Biography: Barry C. Burden is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Notable: “The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies: Evidence from Election Administration” (2012) · 391 citations
- Tripp, Aili Mari, Faculty h-index 31
Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics, Africa (including North Africa), Women’s Movements, Global Feminism, Authoritarianism Biography: Aili Mari Tripp is Vilas Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Mad
Notable: “The Global Impact of Quotas” (2007) · 476 citations
- Martin, Lisa, Faculty h-index 27
Foreign Aid, Geography, Global Commons, International Agreements, International Institutions, International Trade, Political Economy, Treaties Biography: Professor Martin’s research is primarily focused on the role of institutions and inte
Notable: “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory” (1995) · 1,180 citations
- Renshon, Jonathan, Faculty h-index 25
Armed Conflict, Decision Making, Experiments, Foreign Policy, Psychology Biography: I am a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At UW, I run the experimental methods portion of our Methods, Experiments and
Notable: “Reputation and Status as Motives for War” (2014) · 319 citations
- Hendley, Kathryn, Professor h-index 23
Contracts, Courts, Law, Legal Profession, Legal Reform, Political Economy, Post-communism, Russia Biography: Professor Hendley is an expert on law and politics and on the transition to the market in Russia. She also teaches courses on the
Notable: “Observations on the Use of Law by Russian Enterprises” (1997) · 95 citations
- Kydd, Andrew, Faculty h-index 22
Notable: “The Strategies of Terrorism” (2006) · 771 citations
- Church, Jeffrey, Faculty h-index 17
Notable: “Network Effects, Software Provision, and Standardization” (1992) · 399 citations
- Simmons, Erica, Faculty h-index 17
Civic Society, Globalization, Human Rights, Latin America, Methodology, Revolution, Social Movements Biography: Erica Simmons is Professor of Political Science and International Studies and holds the Department of Political Science Booth F
Notable: “Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents in Comparative Politics” (2010) · 223 citations
- Weeks, Jessica L. P., Faculty h-index 16
Foreign Policy, Non-democracy, Peace, Political Institutions, Public Opinion, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Domestic Politics of Foreign Policy, the Domestic and International Politics of Authoritarian Regimes, and Public Opinion about Fore
Notable: “Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve” (2008) · 828 citations
- Bhavnani, Rikhil R., Associate Professor h-index 15
Es on the political economy of development and migration, and on inequalities in political representation, mainly in South Asia. Professor Bhavnani is the co-author, with Bethany Lacina , of a book on the backlash against within-country mig
Notable: “Counting Chickens when they Hatch: Timing and the Effects of Aid on Growth” (2011) · 622 citations
- Herrera, Yoshiko M., Faculty h-index 14
Politics in Russia and Eurasia, Social Identities (Nationalism, Ethnicity, Xenophobia, Trust, Diversity), US-Russian relations, International Norms, and Political Economy Biography: Yoshiko M. Herrera is a Professor of Political Science at
Notable: “Improving Data Quality: Actors, Incentives, and Capabilities” (2007) · 122 citations
- Strezhnev, Anton, Faculty h-index 13
Notable: “Estimating Dynamic State Preferences from United Nations Voting Data” (2015) · 1,060 citations
- Lo, Adeline, Faculty h-index 11
Lie in the design of statistical tools for prediction and measurement for applied social sciences. She has an ongoing research agenda on high dimensional forecasting, especially in application to conflict. A second research agenda explores
Notable: “Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries” (2021) · 325 citations
- Copelovitch, Mark, Professor h-index 11
International Political Economy, International Organizations, International Trade, International Finance, European Union Biography: Mark Copelovitch is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Robert M. La Follette School o
Notable: “The Political Economy of the Euro Crisis” (2016) · 359 citations
- Powell, Eleanor Neff, Faculty h-index 11
American Politics, Congress, Political Parties, Campaign Finance, Political Methodology, Comparative Legislatures, Political Institutions Biography: Eleanor Neff Powell is an Associate Professor of Political Science and holds the Letters &
Notable: “Revisiting Electoral Volatility in Post-Communist Countries: New Data, New Results and New Approaches” (2013) · 434 citations
- Brooke, Steven, Faculty h-index 10
Notable: “The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood” (2007) · 80 citations
- Shalaby, Marwa, Faculty h-index 10
Authoritarianism, gender politics, autocratic legislatures, Middle East and North Africa politics, local governance, public opinion, political tolerance Courses PS 948: Authoritarian Politics and Institutions (Graduate Seminar), Fall 2023 P
Notable: “Leveling the Field: Gender Inequity in Academia During COVID-19” (2021) · 55 citations
- Tahk, Alexander, Faculty h-index 9
American Politics, Political Methodology, Bayesian Statistics, Courts, Law, Public Opinion, Voting Behavior Biography: Courses: PS 835: Game Theory and Political Analysis Spring 2023 Site footer content University logo that links to
Notable: “Determinants of Turnout and Candidate Choice in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election” (2009) · 148 citations
- Zumbrunnen, John, Faculty h-index 7
American Political Thought, Ancient Political Theory, Comedy, Conservatism, Contemporary Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Education Biography: John Zumbrunnen has wide-ranging interests in the history of political thought, democratic t
Notable: “Conflict, Fusion, or Coexistence? The Complexity of Contemporary American Conservatism” (2007) · 67 citations
- Bates, Genevieve, Faculty h-index 5
Notable: “Accountability by Numbers: A New Global Transitional Justice Dataset (1946–2016)” (2019) · 47 citations
- Henn, Soeren, Faculty h-index 5
Notable: “Complements or Substitutes? How Institutional Arrangements Bind Traditional Authorities and the State in Africa” (2022) · 42 citations
- Trexler, Andrew, Faculty h-index 1
Notable: “Replication Data for: New Evidence and Design Considerations for Repeated Measure Experiments in Survey Research” (2025) · 1 citations
- Cramer, Katherine J., Professor
Civic Engagement, Civic and Liberal Education, Civic Society, Conservatism, Deliberation, Cultural Issues, Geography, Political Communication, Political Culture, Political Participation, Populism, Public Opinion, Race, Social Class, Univer
- Davidson, Marty, Faculty
- Dienstag, Joshua Foa, Faculty
Es on the intersection of politics with time, history, memory and narrative with an emphasis on European political theory between t he 17th and 19th centuries; but he also writes about cinema, the American Founding, and the methods of polit
- Johnson, Tana, Faculty
- Kapust, Daniel, Faculty
American Political Thought, Ancient Political Theory, Comparative Political Theory, Contemporary Political Theory, Demagoguery, Democratic Theory, Early Modern Political Thought, Empire, Liberalism, Modern Political Theory, Populism, Repub
- Lei, Zhenhuan (Reed), Faculty
Autocracy, Chinese politics, local governments, political economy of development, public finance, judicial politics Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, New York University, 2020 M.A. in Economics and M.P.A., University of Southern Calif
- Lindsay, Keisha, Faculty
- Oaxaca Carrasco, Ana, Faculty
- Pietryka, Matthew, Faculty
- Ringe, Nils, Faculty
Democracy, Comparative Institutions, Elections, Representation, Parties, Policy Making, Language and Politics, Populism, Social Networks, European Union, Western Europe, Germany Biography: Nils Ringe is Professor and Robert F. and Sylvia T
- Schwarze, Michelle, Faculty
Modern Political Thought (esp. 18th century), Liberalism, History of Political Economy, Economic Inequality, Scottish Enlightenment, Sentimentalism, Adam Smith Biography: Michelle Schwarze is an Associate Professor of Political Science. He
- Shelef, Nadav, Faculty
Armed Conflict, Identity, Israel, Middle East, Nationalism, Regulation, Religion and Politics, Sovereignty Movements, Territory Biography: Nadav Shelef is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Israel Studies and Professor of Political Scien
- Uribe, Andres, Faculty
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. 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.