Government at Vanderbilt University

39 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Vanderbilt University.

Faculty

• Larry M. Bartels, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law h-index 42
  Public opinion; Campaigns and elections; Representation; Public policy
• 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
• 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
• Joshua D. Clinton, Professor of Political Science h-index 32
  Congressional politics; Campaigns and elections; Public opinion; Statistics
• 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
• David E. Lewis, Professor of Political Science h-index 25
  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
• 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
• 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
• Jennifer M. Larson, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 19
  Social Networks, Political Economy of Conflict and Cooperation
• Bradley C. Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 18
  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
• James Bisbee, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 14
• 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
• 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
• Brenton Kenkel, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 8
  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
• 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
• 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
• Andrew J. Coe, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 6
  Causes and Consequences of War, Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation, Formal Models
• 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
• Georgiy Syunyaev, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 5
• John Dearborn, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 5
  Presidency and Executive Branch, Congress, American Political Development, American Political Thought, Archival Methods
• Peter Schram, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
  International Relations; Political Economy; Political Violence; Political Economy of Development; Applied Microeconomics
• 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
• Leah Rosenstiel, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 4
  Congress, American Political Institutions, Public Policy
• Brett V. Benson, Associate Professor of Political Science
  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
• Brooke A. Ackerly, Professor of Political Science
  Human Rights; Global Justice; Feminism; Climate and Environmental Justice; Methodology; Epistemic Justice; Grounded and Engaged Normatice Theory
• Carolyn Heinrich, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education
  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
• Carrie Archie Russell, Principal Senior Lecturer of Political Science
• Daniel Diermeier, Chancellor, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science
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• 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
• Emily Hencken Ritter, Associate Professor of Political Science
  Human Rights, Repression and Protest, International and Civil Conflict, Comparative Courts, International Organizations, Game Theory
• Jessica Trounstine, Professor of Political Science
• John G. Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science
  Public Opinion; Campaigns and Elections; Mass Media
• Jon Meacham, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency
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• Jonathan Hiskey, Associate Chair, Professor of Political Science
  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
• Nina McMurry, Assistant Professor of Political Science
  And interests include civic education, colonial legacies, the politics of state surveillance, and armed non-state actor governance. View
• Noam Lupu, Professor of Political Science
  Representation; Latin American Politics; Political Behavior; Political Parties
• 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

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 2026-07-01.