Political Science
The political science department at Brown is a dynamic community of scholars and students investigating some of the largest, most pressing challenges of political life today. Our faculty are at the leading edge of research in all the traditional subfields of political science: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. We study many different regions of the world, and we engage a wide variety of methods and intellectual approaches. We have a vibrant PhD program that trains graduate students for careers in academia and advanced research. Our undergraduate major is one of the largest on campus, although most of our classes are small and allow students to work closely with faculty members. Our graduates pursue a wide range of different careers paths, including law, public service, business, education, and more.
Our faculty and students profit from the many outstanding institutes, centers, and programs at Brown that bear on the study of politics. These include the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, the Watson Institute for International Studies, the Program in Urban Studies, the India Initiative, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Political Theory Project, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Middle East Studies, Development Studies, the Population Studies and Training Center, and Africana Studies. Together we are a community of faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars at the cutting edge in the study of political life. We are diverse in approach, method, and field of study, but we work closely together to foster new understanding and creative approaches to the political challenges of our increasingly complex world.
Affiliations
Faculty Administrative Positions
Moffitt, Susan LChair of Political Science
Faculty Positions
Andreas, Peter RJohn Hay Professor of International Studies and Political Science
Blair, Robert AProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Blyth, Mark MProfessor of Political Science
Brettschneider, Corey LProfessor of Political Science
Cheit, Ross EProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Choi, Donghyun DannyStephen Robert Assistant Professor of Political Science
Cobb, RogerProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Colgan, Jeffrey DProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Cook, Linda JProfessor Emerita of Political Science
Gourevitch, Alexander HAssociate Professor of Political Science
Hadden, Jennifer LCharles Evans Hughes Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Hooker, JulietMerton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences
Hopmann, Philip TerrenceProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Jost, TylerAssociate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Kau, Ying-MaoProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Krause, Sharon RWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. University Professor of Political Science
LeSure, AinsleyAssistant Professor of Political Science
McDermott, RoseDavid and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations
Moffitt, Susan LProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Morone, James AProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Orr, Marion EFrederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies
Patashnik, Eric MProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Pauly, ReidDean's Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy and Political Science
Rogers, Melvin LEdna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Sahasrabuddhe, Aditi AtulAssistant Professor of Political Science
Schiller, Wendy JAlison S. Ressler Professor of Political Science
Singh, PrernaAssociate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Skarbek, David BMichael Targoff Professor of Political Economy
Snyder, Richard OProfessor of Political Science
Steinfeld, Edward SDean's Professor of China Studies, Professor of Political Science
Tannenwald, NinaAssociate Teaching Professor of Political Science
Tate, KatherineL. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Political Science
Tomasi, John OProfessor Emeritus of Political Science
Varshney, AshutoshProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Weir, Margaret MProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca BRoyce Family Associate Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science
Woodly, DevaProfessor of Political Science
Zarate, MarquesAssistant Professor of Political Science