Government Department Faculty

Leadership

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Jill Frank

Professor and the Robert J. Katz Chair of the Department of Government Department Chair

Academic Interests:

  • Political Theory
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Allen R. Carlson

Associate Professor Associate Chair

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Christopher Robert Way

Associate Professor Graduate Placement Director

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations
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Jason Frank

the John L. Senior Professor of Government Director of DEI

Academic Interests:

  • Political Theory

Faculty

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Oumar Ba

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Richard F Bensel

Gary S. Davis Professor of Government

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
  • Political Methodology
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Peter K. Enns

Professor, Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
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Will Hobbs

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Political Methodology
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Sabrina Karim

Hardis Family Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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Peter J. Katzenstein

Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Sarah Kreps

John L. Wetherill Professor

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Douglas L. Kriner

Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
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Suzanne Mettler

The John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
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Jamila Michener

Associate Professor, Co-Director, Cornell Center for Health Equity

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
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Thomas Pepinsky

Walter F. LaFeber Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Methodology
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Isabel M. Perera

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
  • Comparative Politics
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Rachel Beatty Riedl

Professor, Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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Kenneth Roberts

Richard J. Schwartz Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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Jessica Chen Weiss

Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Xu Xin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations

Post-docs and Visting Faculty

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Uriel Abulof

Visiting Associate Professor, Israel Institute Visitor

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations
  • Political Theory
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Ella Street

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Academic Interests:

  • Political Theory
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Baobao Zhang

Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow

Academic Interests:

  • American Politics
  • International Relations
  • Political Methodology

Emeritus Faculty

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Susan Buck-Morss

Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 Chair Emerita in Government

Academic Interests:

  • Political Theory
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Valerie Jane Bunce

Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emerita

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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Mary Fainsod Katzenstein

Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies, Emerita

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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Jonathan Kirshner

the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy Emeritus

Academic Interests:

  • International Relations
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Sidney Tarrow

Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School

Academic Interests:

  • Comparative Politics
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