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Ohio University

Political Science Political Theory Political Economy Science, Technology and Environmental Politics

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William Connolly was an influential political scientist who began his academic career as Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University from 1965 to 1968. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Flint and a PhD from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Following his time at Ohio University, Connolly joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, from 1969 to 1985, rising to the rank of full professor. In 1985, he moved to Johns Hopkins University, where he chaired the Department of Political Science from 1996 to 2002, was appointed Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science in 2003, and became professor emeritus in January 2024. He held prestigious fellowships, including at Nuffield College, Oxford; the Institute for Advanced Study; the Stanford Center for Behavioral Studies; and as a Leverhulme scholar at Exeter College.