Barbara Geddes

Barbara Geddes
Born (1944-10-15) October 15, 1944
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Barbara Geddes (born October 15, 1944) is an American political scientist. One of the primary theorists of authoritarianism and empirical catalogers of authoritarian regimes, she is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her 2003 book Paradigms and Sand Castles is an influential research design book in comparative politics.