24 faculty and 40 courses in Government at Wake Forest University.
- Peter Siavelis, Professor h-index 22
Latin American Politics; Political Institutions; Election Systems; Candidate Selection; Chilean Politics Peter Siavelis is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Chile/Argentina Study
- Neil DeVotta, Professor h-index 18
South Asia Politics Neil DeVotta is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research interests include South Asian security and politics, ethnicity and nationalism, ethnic conflict resolution, and d
- Justin Esarey, Professor h-index 17
Political Methodology; Corruption Dr. Justin Esarey is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University who specializes in political methodology. His areas of expertise include model specification and
- Mark Vail, Worrell Professor h-index 11
Comparative Political Economy of advanced industrial countries with a particular emphasis on social and economic policy; Industrial Relations; Political Institutions and the role of political ideas and ideologies in Western Europe Mark I.
- Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Associate Professor h-index 10
Race and Ethnic Politics, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Political Behavior Betina Cutaia Wilkinson is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Politics and International Affairs department at Wake Forest University. Wilkinson’s c
- Sarah Lischer, Associate Professor h-index 9
International Security, International Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, Refugees and Migration, African Politics Sarah Kenyon Lischer is an associate professor in the department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest Univers
- Wei-chin Lee, Professor h-index 9
Politics in China and Taiwan, East Asian International Relations, International Institutions, International Security, Civil-military Relations Professor Wei-chin Lee has published several books, including The Mutual Non-denial Principle, C
- Lina Benabdallah, Associate Professor h-index 8
International Relations Theory, International Development, China-Africa Relations Foreign Policy, South-South Relations, African Politics, and Post-colonial Theory Lina Benabdallah is an Associate Professor for the Politics & Internati
- Michaelle Browers, Professor h-index 8
Arab and Islamic Political Thought, Feminist Theory, Democratic Theory, Comparative Political Theory Michaelle Browers is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. She is author of Political Ideology in the
- Jack Amoureux, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 7
Ethics in World Politics; Security and US Foreign Policy; Global Governance; Theories of International Relations; Reflexivity; Technology and War; Time and Space in IR Jack Amoureux is an Associate Teaching Professor at Wake Forest Univers
- Susan Navarro Smelcer, Assistant Professor h-index 6
American Constitutional Law, Judicial Politics and Process, Computational Text Analysis, Political Methodology Susan Navarro Smelcer is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. Her work explor
- Risa Toha, Associate Professor h-index 5
C omparative ethnic politics, political violence, elections, Southeast Asia Risa Toha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. Her research examines questions related to e
- Sara Dahill-Brown, Associate Professor h-index 5
American Educational Politics and Policy, Program Evaluation, Policy Implementation Sara Dahill-Brown is an Associate Professor in the politics and international affairs department at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Victor Hernandez-Huerta, Assistant Professor h-index 5
Es on comparative political institutions, democracy, and elections, with a regional specialization in Latin America. His work has been published in The Journal of Politics , British Journal of Political Science , Election Law Journal , Polí
- Adam Lenton, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Es on the links between nationalism, political development, and security, with a regional focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. His research has been published in Russian Politics and Problems of Post-Communism, and is financially su
- Andrius Gališanka, Associate Professor and Department Associate Chair h-index 3
History of 20th Century Analytic Political Thought; The Nature of Normative Arguments; Ethics and Politics; John Rawls Andrius Galisanka ’s research focuses on 20 th century political thought, especially on John Rawls and Ludwig Wittgenste
- Tess Wise, Assistant Professor h-index 2
American Politics, American Political Economy, Race and Ethnic Politics, Political Methodology Professor Wise teaches and does research at the intersection of American political economy and race and ethnic politics with a focus on the inst
- Charles Kennedy, Professor
Comparative Public Policy, US Foreign Policy in the Middle East and South Asia, Pakistan Studies Hank Kennedy has been a member of the Department of Political Science at Wake Forest University since 1985. He has written about South Asian p
- Claire Crawford, Assistant Professor
Expertise: Black Political Thought, Sound and Politics, Social Movements, Quotidian Politics, Political Identity Formation Claire B. Crawford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs and th
- David Beavers, Assistant Professor
American Politics, Political Communication, Political Psychology, American Political Development, Trust in Institutions, Journalism Studies David A. Beavers is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics & International Affair
- John Dinan, Professor and Department Chair
Federalism, State Constitutionalism, State Politics, American Political Development John Dinan ’s research focuses on state constitutionalism, federalism, and American political development. He is the author of several books, including Sta
- Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou Presidential Chair
American Politics, African American Politics, Feminist Politics, Public Opinion, Religion and Politics Melissa Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University in the Department of Politics and International Af
- Tom Brister, Full Teaching Professor
- Will Walldorf, Professor
International Security, US Foreign Policy, Grand Strategy, and Culture and Politics Will Walldorf is a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. He is also a Senior Fellow at Defense Prior
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.