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Richard F Bensel
Gary S. Davis Professor of Government
Overview
Richard Bensel (Ph.D. Cornell University) is the Gary S. Davis Professor of Government. His primary fields are American politics and political economy. His research and teaching interests include American political development, parties and elections, the United States Congress, comparative state formation, political culture, institutional change, and philosophy of social science.
Course Syllabi
Govt 4021 American Conservative Thought
Govt 6121 American Political Development
Govt 6122 Philosophical and Empirical Foundations of the Social Sciences
Govt 6151 State and Economy in Comparative Perspective
Govt 6202 Political Culture
Departments/Programs
- American Studies Program
- Government
Graduate Fields
- American Studies
- Government
- History
Research
- American Political Development
- Parties and Elections
- United States Congress
- Comparative State Formation
- Institutional Change
- Political Culture
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences