39 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Vanderbilt University.
- David E. Lewis, Professor of Political Science h-index 54
The presidency, executive branch politics and public administration. He is the author of two books, Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design (Stanford University Press, 2003) and The Politics of Presidential Ap
Notable: “Attitudes De Dicto and De Se” (1979) · 1,914 citations
- Larry M. Bartels, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law h-index 42
Public opinion; Campaigns and elections; Representation; Public policy
Notable: “Beyond the Running Tally: Partisan Bias in Political Perceptions” (2002) · 1,469 citations
- Carolyn Heinrich, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education h-index 40
Es on education, workforce development, social welfare policy, program evaluation, and public management and performance management. She works directly with federal, state and local governments in her research to improve policy design and p
Notable: “Outcomes–Based Performance Management in the Public Sector: Implications for Government Accountability and Effectiveness” (2002) · 507 citations
- Daniel Diermeier, Chancellor, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 39
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Notable: “Cohesion in Legislatures and the Vote of Confidence Procedure” (1998) · 480 citations
- John Sides, Chair, Professor of Political Science h-index 33
Political Behavior; Comparative Politics Your Vanderbilt Alumni Current Students Faculty & Staff International Students Media Parents & Family Prospective Students Researchers Sports Fans Visitors & Neighbors Quick Links PeopleFinder Librar
Notable: “European Opinion About Immigration: The Role of Identities, Interests and Information” (2007) · 1,130 citations
- Cindy D. Kam, Professor of Political Science h-index 32
Es on political psychology, public opinion, political participation, and political methodology. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Politics , Public Opinion Quarterly , and Political Behavior , among other outlets, and she has pu
Notable: “Beyond the Self: Social Identity, Altruism, and Political Participation” (2007) · 502 citations
- Joshua D. Clinton, Professor of Political Science h-index 32
Congressional politics; Campaigns and elections; Public opinion; Statistics
Notable: “The Statistical Analysis of Roll Call Data” (2004) · 1,188 citations
- Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science h-index 28
Comparative Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Latin American Politics, Survey Methodology, Research Design
Notable: “Terrorist Threat, Male Stereotypes, and Candidate Evaluations” (2016) · 277 citations
- Noam Lupu, Professor of Political Science h-index 26
Representation; Latin American Politics; Political Behavior; Political Parties
Notable: “The Structure of Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution” (2011) · 475 citations
- Brooke A. Ackerly, Professor of Political Science h-index 25
Human Rights; Global Justice; Feminism; Climate and Environmental Justice; Methodology; Epistemic Justice; Grounded and Engaged Normatice Theory
Notable: “Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain” (2014) · 361 citations
- Katherine Blue Carroll, Associate Professor of Political Science (non-tenure track) h-index 25
Middle East Politics, the War in Iraq, Comparative Politics, the U.S. Military
Notable: “Reshaping ICU Ward Round Practices Using Video-Reflexive Ethnography” (2008) · 189 citations
- Jessica Trounstine, Professor of Political Science h-index 22
Notable: “Where Turnout Matters: The Consequences of Uneven Turnout in City Politics” (2005) · 253 citations
- Alan Wiseman, Professor, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Political Science h-index 21
American Political Institutions; Formal Theory and Quantitative Methods; Positive Political Economy; Legislative Politics; Bureaucracy and Regulatory Politics
Notable: “When Are Women More Effective Lawmakers Than Men?” (2013) · 338 citations
- John G. Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 20
Public Opinion; Campaigns and Elections; Mass Media
Notable: “Beyond Negativity: The Effects of Incivility on the Electorate” (2007) · 455 citations
- Jennifer M. Larson, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 15
Social Networks, Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation
Notable: “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 130 Million Twitter Users” (2019) · 153 citations
- Jonathan Hiskey, Associate Chair, Professor of Political Science h-index 14
Es on the role local politics play in the formation of democratic citizenries across the emerging democracies of Latin America. His recent book (co-authored with M. Moseley), Life in the Political Machine (Oxford University Press 2020), exp
Notable: “Exit without Leaving: Political Disengagement in High Migration Municipalities in Mexico” (2008) · 148 citations
- James Bisbee, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 14
Notable: “Synthetic Replacements for Human Survey Data? The Perils of Large Language Models” (2024) · 105 citations
- Cassy Dorff, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 13
Political Violence & Conflict; Collective Action; Data Science; Network Analysis Your Vanderbilt Alumni Current Students Faculty & Staff International Students Media Parents & Family Prospective Students Researchers Sports Fans Visitors
Notable: “Learning from the Past and Stepping into the Future: Toward a New Generation of Conflict Prediction” (2013) · 106 citations
- Sharece Thrower, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 12
American political institutions, separation of powers politics, inter-branch policymaking, and executive power. Her scholarship has appeared in several journals, including the American Journal of Political Science , Journal of Polit
Notable: “Ideologically Sophisticated Donors: Which Candidates Do Individual Contributors Finance?” (2016) · 145 citations
- Brett V. Benson, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 12
Lie in the areas of international relations, political economy of conflict, and Chinese politics and East Asian relations. He is currently working on projects related to military alliances, economic interdependence, the global trade in smal
Notable: “Inducing Deterrence through Moral Hazard in Alliance Contracts” (2013) · 86 citations
- Emily Hencken Ritter, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 11
Human Rights, Repression and Protest, International and Civil Conflict, Comparative Courts, International Organizations, Game Theory
Notable: “Preventing and Responding to Dissent: The Observational Challenges of Explaining Strategic Repression” (2016) · 315 citations
- Nina McMurry, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 7
And interests include civic education, colonial legacies, the politics of state surveillance, and armed non-state actor governance. View
Notable: “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries” (2021) · 1,141 citations
- J Andres Gannon, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 7
International security, technology of war, military strategy and operations, deterrence, political economy of national security, international cooperation and alliances, foreign policy analysis
Notable: “Signaling in Foreign Policy” (2017) · 41 citations
- Jorge Mangonnet, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 7
Es on comparative politics and historical political economy, and my primary region of interest is Latin America. My research agenda addresses two questions: (1) How do states and societies build property rights institutions? (2) How do prop
Notable: “Competitiveness, Partisanship, and Subnational Protest in Argentina” (2012) · 53 citations
- Andrew J. Coe, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 6
Causes and Consequences of War, Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation, Formal Models
Notable: “Collusion and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime” (2015) · 145 citations
- Erin York, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 6
The political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as ethnicity and migration. My studies and individual projects have been generously supported by the National Science Foundation, the Project on Middle East Politica
Notable: “Sectarian Framing in the Syrian Civil War” (2018) · 90 citations
- Bradley C. Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 6
International Relations Theory, Formal Modeling, Statistics Your Vanderbilt Alumni Current Students Faculty & Staff International Students Media Parents & Family Prospective Students Researchers Sports Fans Visitors & Neighbors Quick Links
Notable: “Commitment Problems in Alliance Formation” (2022) · 46 citations
- Georgiy Syunyaev, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 5
Notable: “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries” (2021) · 1,141 citations
- John Dearborn, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 5
Presidency and Executive Branch, Congress, American Political Development, American Political Thought, Archival Methods
Notable: “The “Proper Organs” for Presidential Representation: A Fresh Look at the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921” (2018) · 39 citations
- Peter Schram, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
International Relations; Political Economy; Political Violence; Political Economy of Development; Applied Microeconomics
Notable: “Hassling: How States Prevent a Preventive War” (2020) · 55 citations
- Abhit Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
Political economy of development; business and politics; African politics; field experiments Your Vanderbilt Alumni Current Students Faculty & Staff International Students Media Parents & Family Prospective Students Researchers Sports Fans
Notable: “Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter‐Driven Accountability in Senegal” (2021) · 30 citations
- Leah Rosenstiel, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
Congress, American Political Institutions, Public Policy
Notable: “Measuring the Influence of Political Actors on the Federal Budget” (2020) · 17 citations
- Brenton Kenkel, Associate Professor of Political Science
Es on the political economy of conflict, encompassing violent conflict both between and within states. In his research, he uses formal models to think clearly about the strategic dilemmas that arise in war, diplomacy, and state formation. H
- Carrie Archie Russell, Principal Senior Lecturer of Political Science
- Edward Rubin, University Professor of Political Science
Es on the advent of the administrative state and its effects on law, governance, and concepts of politics and morality. He has also written in the areas of financial services, prisons and punishment theory, and legal scholarship. He has ser
- Eli Merritt, Research Assistant Professor of Political Science
American Revolution; American Politics; Demagogues & Democracy
- Jon Meacham, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency
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- Samar S. Ali, Research Professor of Political Science and Law
Law and Government; International Legal Studies Program Your Vanderbilt Alumni Current Students Faculty & Staff International Students Media Parents & Family Prospective Students Researchers Sports Fans Visitors & Neighbors Quick Links Peop
- Wendy K. Tam, Professor of Political Science
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