The following is a list of notable political scientists. Political science is the scientific study of politics, a social science dealing with systems of governance and power.
A Robert Abelson – Yale University psychologist and political scientist with special interests in statistics and logic Henry J. Abraham – American scholar on the judiciary and constitutional law and James Hart Professor of Government Emeritus at the University of Virginia Alan Abramowitz – expert in American politics, political parties, ideological realignment, elections, and voting behavior; professor at Emory University Paul R. Abramson – American political scientist known for his research and writing on American, European, and Israeli elections and professor of political science at Michigan State University Ibrahim Abu-Lughod – Palestinian-American academic and professor for political science at Northwestern University for 34 years As'ad AbuKhalil – Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, StanislausCalifornia State University Political Scientist As'ad Abu Khalil Accuses Al-Jazeera TV of Bias and Conspiracies in Preferential Treatment of "American Propaganda Officials", MEMRITV, Transcript, Clip No. 3180, October 25, 2011. Martha Ackelsberg – American political scientist and women's studies scholar at Smith College Brooke Ackerly – expert on grounded normative theory, feminist theory, feminist international relations, and scholar activism, professor at Vanderbilt University David Adamany – public law specialist and president of Temple University Charles R. Adrian – American professor of political science who specialized in municipal politics Vinod Aggarwal – American political scientist specializing in international political economyBerkeley Department of Political Science – Faculty – Vinod K. Aggarwal. Retrieved August 22, 2011. Robert Agranoff – American political scientist and public administration scholar and author Arun Agrawal – political scientist in the School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan Eqbal Ahmed – Pakistani political scientist and Third World scholar Janet Ajzenstat – Canadian political historian at McMaster University Adeolu Akande – professor of political science at the Igbinedion University Bolaji Akinyemi – Nigerian professor of political science Bethany Albertson – American political psychologist Daniel P. Aldrich – American political scientist, public policy and Asian studies scholar at Northeastern University"After Catastrophe ". The Chronicle Review, Scott Carlson, May 6, 2013 John Aldrich – political parties expert at Duke University, author of Why Parties? John R. Alford – political science professor at Rice University who researches genopolitics Hayward Alker – professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, MIT and Yale who specialized in research methods, core international relations theory, international politics, and security Danielle Allen – American classicist and political scientist Graham Allison – early proponent of the bureaucratic politics model, author of Essence of Decision, national security specialist, former dean of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University Gabriel Almond – originator of the culturist movement in comparative politics Gar Alperovitz – political economist Karen Alter – American academic who conducts interdisciplinary work on international law's influence in international and domestic politics Scott Althaus – professor of political science and communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the director of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the university Micah Altman – American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics R. Michael Alvarez – professor of political science at California Institute of Technology and co-director of the Voting Technology Project Tabata Amaral – Brazilian political scientist and federal deputy for São Paulo Ambedkar – jurist, economist and chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India Thomas Ambrosio – professor of political science in the Criminal Justice and Political Science Department at North Dakota State University Kristi Andersen – American political scientist at Syracuse University who studies party realignment Walter K. Andersen – American academic known for his studies of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Benedict Anderson – Chinese-born Irish political scientist and historian in the US, author of Imagined Communities Lisa Anderson – American political scientist and former president of the American University in Cairo Walter Truett Anderson – American political scientist, social psychologist, and author of non-fiction books and articlesSatin, Mark (2004). Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now. Westview Press and Basic Books, p. 10. . William Anderson – specialist in public administration Mina Andreeva – Bulgarian political scientist and chief spokesperson for the European Commission Marimba Ani – anthropologist and African Studies scholar best known for her work Yurugu Stephen Ansolabehere – professor of government at Harvard University William Antholis – Greek-American political scientist, director and CEO of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia David Apter – American political scientist and sociologist; Henry J. Heinz Professor of Comparative Political and Social Development and senior research scientist at Yale University Asher Arian – American and Israeli political scientist; expert on politics of Israel and election studies Hadley Arkes – American political scientist and the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst CollegeCommittee for the American Founding , Amherst College.Hadley Arkes, Senior Fellow," , Ethics and Public Policy Center. John Alexander Armstrong – professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Larry Arnhart – Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northern Illinois University] Richard Ashcraft – American political theorist and professor of political science at UCLA Herb Asher – professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University Richard K. Ashley – postmodernist scholar of international relations Ronald Asmus – diplomat and political analyst and then senior think tank policy analystObituary of Ronald Asmus, New York Times Scott Atran – American-French political and cultural anthropologist Sharon Wright Austin – director of the African-American Studies Program, professor of political science at the University of Florida Deborah Avant – American political scientist at the University of Denver Bill Avery – politician from the state of Nebraska and retired political scientist who specializes in international trade and foreign relations Robert Axelrod – expert on game theory and complexity theory, wrote extensively on the Prisoner's Dilemma, former president of American Political Science Association Julia Azari – American political scientist, professor of political science at Marquette University and contributor to FiveThirtyEight Jeremy Azrael – American political scientist known for his expertise on the economy of the Soviet Union
B Andrew Bacevich – American historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history Gawdat Bahgat – professor of political science at the National Defense University Kathleen Cordelia Bailey Fatih Baja – Gar Yunis University teacher and member of the National Transitional Council in charge of political affairs Susan Baker – Irish scholar of environmental governance in the European Union and ecofeminism, gender and the environment at Cardiff University Lisa Baldez – American political scientist and scholar of Latin American Studies Michel Balinski – American and French applied mathematician, economist, operations research analyst and political scientist Tijjani Muhammad Bande – Nigerian political scientist permanent representative of Nigeria to the UN and former president of UNGA Moniz Bandeira – Brazilian writer, professor, political scientist, historian and poet Mary Jo Bane – Thornton Bradshaw Professor at Harvard Kennedy School; former the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy and director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy Edward C. Banfield Benjamin Barber – proponent of participatory democracy and local governance teaching at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy James David Barber – developed a classification system of the personality types of American presidents Stephen Barber – noted for his work on political strategy and political economy, author of Political Strategy Line Bareiro – Paraguayan political scientist, civil rights activist and feminist Joel Barkan (1941–2014) – American political scientist with an expertise in political development in Africa Lucius Barker (1928–2020) – Edna Fischel Gellhorn Professor and chair of the political science department at Washington University in St. Louis, then the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University Mohammed Barkindo – Nigerian political scientists and petroleum economist; secretary general of OPECCV of secretary general of OPEC.https://www.opec.org Michael Barkun – professor emeritus of political science at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, specializing in political and religious extremism and the relationship between religion and violence A. Doak Barnett (1921–1999) – American political scientist known for his expertise on U.S.-China relations and Chinese politics Michael Barnett – specialist in international relations Thomas P.M. Barnett – security strategist Simion Bărnuţiu – noted for his work on political strategy in Austria and Romania Bethany Barratt – political scientist researching global human rights and ethics in international relations; works at Roosevelt University Matt A. Barreto – professor at UCLA focusing on Latino political behavior, voting rights, and public opinion; co-founded the UCLA Voting Rights Project David M. Barrett – professor at Villanova University specializing in U.S. intelligence and foreign policy during the Cold War Larry Bartels – democracy and voting expert at Vanderbilt University Robert V. Bartlett – political scientist at the University of Vermont, known for environmental policy and sustainability research Gad Barzilai – Law and Politics, Human Rights and Politics, Communities and Law at University of Washington Sylvia Bashevkin – Canadian scholar of women and politics Stephen Baskerville – scholar examining political aspects of family law and its social impact, including custody and divorce systems Amrita Basu – professor at Amherst College specializing in South Asian politics and feminist movements, known for works like Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India Robert Bates – Harvard professor focusing on comparative politics and African development, notable for his analysis of political institutions and agricultural policy Frank Baumgartner – political scientist at UNC-Chapel Hill, known for research on policy processes and agenda-setting theories, such as co-authoring Agendas and Instability in American Politics Phineas Baxandall – scholar with research interests in public finance and transportation policy, contributing to governmental budgeting practices David H. Bayley – criminologist at SUNY Albany known for studies on policing and international criminal justice reform Elmira Bayrasli – expert on global entrepreneurship and innovation, co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted, and author of From the Other Side of the World