The Department of Political Science provides training in American politics and law, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory.
The department's faculty has expertise on American and comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and more.
Our PhD program emphasizes training and experience in the research methods essential to developing new knowledge.
The undergraduate program offers a broad range of courses about politics and government at local, state, national, and international levels.
PhD Candidate Ruoyu Li won the 2025 Edward Said Award,presented by the ISA Global Development Section and sponsored by Third World Quarterly. The award recognizes outstanding graduate-level scholarship in global […]
Professor Dawn Teele was named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors in the social sciences and humanities. The Carnegie Fellowship recognizes scholars whose work addresses […]
The Johns Hopkins Racial Politics Summer School (June 2-June 6 2025) The formal study of the relationship between the state and the market has long drawn the attention of scholars […]