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 the former President of the American University in Cairo Walter Truett Anderson - American political scientist, social psychologist, and author of non-fiction books and articles 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 who was Henry J. Heinz Professor of Comparative Political and Social Development and Senior Research Scientist at Yale University Asher Arian - American and Israeli political scientist who was an 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 College 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 analyst Scott Atran -