Hi! I’m Ben Goehring.
I am an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. I study American political institutions, with a particular focus on executive branch politics at the state and federal levels. I am also interested in the causes of public sector turnover, especially among correctional officers.I received my PhD in political science and public policy in 2025 from the University of Michigan. Before graduate school, I studied means-tested social assistance programs at the Urban Institute.