Benjamin Ginsberg, Ph.D.

David Bernstein Professor of Political Science / Chair of the Hopkins Center for Advanced Government at Johns Hopkins University

Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Hopkins Center for Advanced Governmental Studies in Washington, D.C. His research interests include American politics, Jewish history, higher education policy, and the societal impact of war and violence. He is the author, coauthor or editor of 30 books and his college text, We the People, now in its 14th edition, has been the nation’s most frequently used American government text for the past three decades.