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William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science

Michael Tomz

Faculty Affiliate
King Center on Global Development

William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science

Senior Fellow
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

Michael Tomz is the William Bennett Munro Professor in the department of political science at Stanford University. He is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and the Landreth Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. He is affiliated with the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, the Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, and the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Professor Tomz’s research interests include international relations, political economy, public opinion, and methodology. He holds a BS from Georgetown University, and an MPhil from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard University.