Skip to main content Yale University Search form Search Department of Political Science Home People Academics Contact Information News Calendar Related Links Travel & Directions Introduction Building on its historical strength, Yale is a leader in research and teaching in contemporary Political Science. The Department is home to around 45 faculty, whose scholarship and teaching span across the subfields of Political Science and the countries of the world. The undergraduate major is among the largest on campus, and the graduate program produces Ph.D. students who have taken leadership positions in the discipline. Many Political Science faculty also play active roles in related programs at Yale, such as the Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics; Directed Studies; the Institution for Social And Policy Studies; and the MacMillian Center. The Department also sponsors numerous seminars, lectures, and conferences that are open to all members of the Yale community. News Andrew Sabl on Demagogues and the Consitution, Washington Post Andrew Sabl writes on the Washington Post Monkey Cage on the The Constitutional handling of demagogues. “Right at the beginning of the Federalist Papers (the defense of the... Allan Dafoe and Peter Aronow Awarded Lerner-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Science Yale University’s Department of Political Science is proud to announce that two faculty members have been awarded the Inaugural Lerner-Rosenthal prices for Open Social... Political Science Department Faculty Promotions The Department of Political Science at Yale University is pleased to announce that the Joint Board of Permanent Officers at Yale voted to approve the following promotions of... More news... Hire a Yale Ph.D. This is a list of Yale Ph.D. students and recent graduates currently on the job market. Please feel free to contact them, their advisors, or the DGS for additional information. Read more. Graduate Placements Read more. Student Publications and Articles Read More. Related Links Yale College Yale Graduate School Yale University February « » S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Yale University Copyright © 2016 Yale University · All rights reserved · Privacy policy footer message Facebook Twitter Flickr iTunes YouTube