Judith L. Goldstein

Judith L. Goldstein is an American political scientist. She is the Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication at Stanford University. She studies international political economy, with a particular focus on international trade policy.

Education and early career Goldstein attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a BA in political science in 1973. She then received a Masters in International Affairs in 1975 from Columbia University. Goldstein joined the faculty at Stanford University in 1981. Thomas W. Zeiler summarised this proposed interaction, writing that Goldstein persuasively argues that "ideas give the pursuit of materialism and power greater credence and, most important, explain the curious anomalies in American trade policy".

Among the books that she has co-edited is Legalization and World Politics, which seeks to develop a common framework for International Relations and International Law scholarship to understand how international law operates in and affects international affairs. Goldstein also co-edited the 2010 Sage series International Institutions with the law professor Richard Steinberg.

Goldstein has been on the editorial boards of International Organization, the World Trade Review, International Studies Quarterly, and World Politics.

Selected works Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy (1994) Legalization and World Politics, editor (2001) International Institutions, co-editor (2010)

Selected awards Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences