20 faculty and 40 courses in Government at University of Vermont.
- Leigh Raymond, Gordon and Llura Gund Chair Professor h-index 23
Public Policy, Environmental Politics and Policy BIO Professor Raymond’s research focuses on focuses on equity and justice conflicts in environmental politics and environmental behavior. Professor Raymond has won major grants from instituti
Notable: “Equity and Greenhouse Gas Responsibility” (2000) · 193 citations
- Lisa M. Holmes, Associate Professor h-index 16
American Politics, Public Law BIO Professor Holmes specializes in U.S. politics with a focus on judicial politics, constitutional law, and gender and law. Her research focuses on various issues surrounding the politics of the federal judici
Notable: “Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care*” (2016) · 220 citations
- Caroline Beer, John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science h-index 14
Latin American Politics; Comparative Politics; research interests include democratization, political economy and women in politics. BIO Professor Beer teaches courses in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and global gender inequ
Notable: “Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being” (2006) · 1,038 citations
- Peter VonDoepp, Department Chair, Professor h-index 13
Es on African politics, specifically examining judicial development, state-media relations, and democratic backsliding. He is author of Judicial Politics in New Democracies: Cases from Southern Africa (Lynne Rienner, 2009) and co-editor of
Notable: “The Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments: Elites and Institutions” (2006) · 86 citations
- Peter S. Henne, Professor h-index 12
R eligious conflict and peace, Israel, Middle East politics, terrorism. BIO Professor Henne is an expert on Middle East politics and international religious politics. His current work focuses on how states use religion and other values in f
Notable: “The Ancient Fire: Religion and Suicide Terrorism” (2011) · 88 citations
- Deborah Guber, Professor h-index 10
American Politics, National Elections, Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion BIO Professor Guber’s teaching and research interests include U.S. national elections and electoral behavior, public opinion, and environmental politics. Her
Notable: “A Cooling Climate for Change? Party Polarization and the Politics of Global Warming” (2012) · 312 citations
- E. Thomas Sullivan, President Emeritus, Professor h-index 10
Antitrust law, Federal Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Complex Litigation, Federal Courts and Civil Procedure, Constitutional History, and Government Regulation of Business Publications E. Thomas Sullivan Publications (DOCX) Awards and Ac
Notable: “Scaling Up School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” (2013) · 122 citations
- Ellen Andersen, Associate Professor h-index 9
American Politics and Civil Rights with particular interest in how individuals and social movements use the law to effect social change. BIO Professor Andersen teaches courses in constitutional law, the politics of sexuality, and American p
Notable: “Culture and Mobilization: Tactical Repertoires, Same-Sex Weddings, and the Impact on Gay Activism” (2009) · 186 citations
- Matthew Carlson, Professor h-index 9
Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, with an emphasis on political parties, electoral systems, public opinion, campaign finance, and political corruption. BIO Professor Carlson specializes in comparative politics and Asian politics wi
Notable: “Citizens' Perceptions of Human Rights Practices: An Analysis of 55 Countries” (2007) · 63 citations
- Alex Zakaras, Elliott A. Brown Green Gold Professor h-index 8
Political theory and the history of political thought. Specific research areas include American individualism; liberalism and its history; democracy and democratic citizenship; and the political ideas of the nineteenth century. BIO Alex Zak
Notable: “Lot and Democratic Representation: A Modest Proposal” (2010) · 116 citations
- Alec Ewald, Professor h-index 8
American Politics and Constitutional Law. Current research is on the “collateral consequences” of criminal convictions BIO Professor Ewald teaches courses in constitutional law and American politics. Within public law, his current research
Notable: “'Civil Death’: The Ideological Paradox of Criminal Disenfranchisement Law in the United States” (2012) · 62 citations
- Anthony Gierzynski, Professor h-index 7
American Politics, Media, Campaign Finance, Elections, and Political Parties BIO Professor Gierzynski's area of study is U.S. politics with specific interests in media, elections, campaign finance, and political parties. He has published fi
Notable: “Money and Votes in State Legislative Elections” (1991) · 101 citations
- Michele Commercio, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 7
Comparative Politics, Russian and Central Asian Politics; research interests include regime transition, ethnic politics, Islam, and gender. BIO Professor Commercio specializes in Russian and Central Asian comparative politics. Her research
Notable: “The politics and economics of “retraditionalization” in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan” (2014) · 32 citations
- Alex Garlick, Associate Professor h-index 7
American politics, Congress and public policy. Research on interest groups, health policy, and legislative politics. BIO Alex Garlick’s research focuses on legislative institutions in the United States, namely Congress and the st
Notable: “National Policies, Agendas, and Polarization in American State Legislatures: 2011 to 2014” (2017) · 31 citations
- Melissa Willard-Foster, Associate Professor h-index 3
International Relations, Conflict and Cooperation BIO Melissa Willard-Foster is an associate professor of political science at the University of Vermont and author of Toppling Foreign Governments: The Logic of Regime Change (Penn Press, 201
Notable: “Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq” (2023) · 22 citations
- Minh Ly, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Democratic theory, the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship, economic justice, and global justice BIO Minh Ly is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Vermont. His book, Answering to Us: The Right
Notable: “Political ties and performance of multinational corporations in Vietnamese emerging market” (2020) · 2 citations
- Bradley A. Bauerly, Senior Lecturer
International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, and International Relations. Current research is on the politics of food systems, agrarian political movements and state building. BIO Dr. Bauerly specializes in international political
- Jonathan Bradley, Senior Lecturer
International Relations, American Politics, Environmental Politics, and Religion & Politics. Research interests are the interplay of Religion in US politics, creating environmental norms, and religious institutional policy on the enviro
- Robert Pepperman Taylor, Elliott A. Brown Green Gold Professor
Political Theory, American Political Thought, and Democratic Theory BIO Professor Taylor teaches courses in political theory, the history of political thought, American political thought, and environmental political theory. His most recent
- Yujin Choi, Harris-Henderson Post-Doctoral Fellow
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.