There are 4 of them.

Conservative Watch monitors 500,000 tenure-line faculty and senior administrators at accredited four-year institutions in the United States. Four are conservative. This is where they are.

Liberal 97Progressive 48Socialist 22Conservative 4

All 171 monitored institutions, as a table

Monitored institutions, by classification. Alphabetical.
Institution	State	Classification	Subject
American University	DC	Liberal	—
Amherst College	MA	Liberal	—
Arizona State University	AZ	Socialist	—
Auburn University	AL	Socialist	—
Bard College	NY	Socialist	—
Baylor University	TX	Liberal	—
Bennington College	VT	Liberal	—
Boise State University	ID	Progressive	—
Boston University	MA	Liberal	—
Bowdoin College	ME	Progressive	—
Brandeis University	MA	Socialist	—
Brigham Young University	UT	Liberal	—
Brown University	RI	Liberal	—
Bryn Mawr College	PA	Liberal	—
California Institute of Technology	CA	Liberal	—
Carleton College	MN	Progressive	—
Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Progressive	—
Case Western Reserve University	OH	Progressive	—
City University of New York	NY	Progressive	—
Clemson University	SC	Liberal	—
Colby College	ME	Liberal	—
Colgate University	NY	Liberal	—
Colorado College	CO	Socialist	—
Colorado State University	CO	Conservative	0004
Columbia University	NY	Liberal	—
Cornell University	NY	Liberal	—
Dartmouth College	NH	Liberal	—
Davidson College	NC	Liberal	—
Duke University	NC	Liberal	—
Emory University	GA	Progressive	—
Florida State University	FL	Liberal	—
George Mason University	VA	Liberal	—
George Washington University	DC	Liberal	—
Georgetown University	DC	Progressive	—
Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	Liberal	—
Gonzaga University	WA	Progressive	—
Grinnell College	IA	Liberal	—
Harvard University	MA	Liberal	—
Haverford College	PA	Progressive	—
Howard University	DC	Liberal	—
Indiana University Bloomington	IN	Progressive	—
Iowa State University	IA	Liberal	—
Johns Hopkins University	MD	Progressive	—
Kansas State University	KS	Liberal	—
Kenyon College	OH	Liberal	—
Lehigh University	PA	Liberal	—
Louisiana State University	LA	Socialist	—
Loyola University Chicago	IL	Socialist	—
Macalester College	MN	Liberal	—
Marquette University	WI	Liberal	—
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Liberal	—
Michigan State University	MI	Conservative	0002
Middlebury College	VT	Liberal	—
Mississippi State University	MS	Progressive	—
Montana State University	MT	Liberal	—
New Mexico State University	NM	Liberal	—
New York University	NY	Liberal	—
North Carolina State University	NC	Progressive	—
Northeastern University	MA	Socialist	—
Northwestern University	IL	Progressive	—
Oberlin College	OH	Liberal	—
Occidental College	CA	Progressive	—
Ohio State University	OH	Liberal	—
Ohio University	OH	Liberal	—
Oklahoma State University	OK	Progressive	—
Oregon State University	OR	Progressive	—
Penn State University	PA	Socialist	—
Pomona College	CA	Liberal	—
Portland State University	OR	Progressive	—
Princeton University	NJ	Liberal	—
Purdue University	IN	Progressive	—
Reed College	OR	Socialist	—
Rhodes College	TN	Liberal	—
Rice University	TX	Progressive	—
Rutgers University	NJ	Progressive	—
Saint Louis University	MO	Progressive	—
San Francisco State University	CA	Liberal	—
Sarah Lawrence College	NY	Liberal	—
Skidmore College	NY	Progressive	—
Smith College	MA	Progressive	—
South Dakota State University	SD	Liberal	—
Southern Methodist University	TX	Liberal	—
Spelman College	GA	Progressive	—
Stanford University	CA	Progressive	—
Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Liberal	—
Swarthmore College	PA	Progressive	—
Syracuse University	NY	Progressive	—
Temple University	PA	Liberal	—
Texas A&M University	TX	Progressive	—
Texas Tech University	TX	Socialist	—
The Evergreen State College	WA	Socialist	—
The New School	NY	Progressive	—
The University of Chicago	IL	Conservative	0001
Trinity College	CT	Liberal	—
Tufts University	MA	Liberal	—
Tulane University	LA	Liberal	—
University at Buffalo	NY	Liberal	—
University of Alabama	AL	Liberal	—
University of Alaska Fairbanks	AK	Liberal	—
University of Arizona	AZ	Liberal	—
University of Arkansas	AR	Liberal	—
University of California, Berkeley	CA	Progressive	—
University of California, Davis	CA	Progressive	—
University of California, Irvine	CA	Liberal	—
University of California, Los Angeles	CA	Liberal	—
University of California, San Diego	CA	Liberal	—
University of California, Santa Barbara	CA	Liberal	—
University of California, Santa Cruz	CA	Progressive	—
University of Central Florida	FL	Liberal	—
University of Colorado Boulder	CO	Socialist	—
University of Connecticut	CT	Progressive	—
University of Delaware	DE	Liberal	—
University of Denver	CO	Progressive	—
University of Florida	FL	Conservative	0003
University of Georgia	GA	Liberal	—
University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	Progressive	—
University of Houston	TX	Liberal	—
University of Idaho	ID	Liberal	—
University of Illinois Chicago	IL	Liberal	—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Liberal	—
University of Iowa	IA	Liberal	—
University of Kansas	KS	Progressive	—
University of Kentucky	KY	Liberal	—
University of Louisville	KY	Progressive	—
University of Maine	ME	Socialist	—
University of Maryland	MD	Liberal	—
University of Massachusetts Amherst	MA	Liberal	—
University of Miami	FL	Liberal	—
University of Michigan	MI	Liberal	—
University of Minnesota	MN	Liberal	—
University of Mississippi	MS	Socialist	—
University of Missouri	MO	Progressive	—
University of Montana	MT	Liberal	—
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	Progressive	—
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	NV	Liberal	—
University of Nevada, Reno	NV	Progressive	—
University of New Hampshire	NH	Liberal	—
University of New Mexico	NM	Progressive	—
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Socialist	—
University of North Dakota	ND	Liberal	—
University of Notre Dame	IN	Liberal	—
University of Oklahoma	OK	Liberal	—
University of Oregon	OR	Liberal	—
University of Pennsylvania	PA	Liberal	—
University of Pittsburgh	PA	Liberal	—
University of Rhode Island	RI	Socialist	—
University of Rochester	NY	Socialist	—
University of South Carolina	SC	Progressive	—
University of South Florida	FL	Liberal	—
University of Southern California	CA	Liberal	—
University of Tennessee	TN	Liberal	—
University of Texas at Austin	TX	Socialist	—
University of Utah	UT	Progressive	—
University of Vermont	VT	Liberal	—
University of Virginia	VA	Liberal	—
University of Washington	WA	Liberal	—
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Progressive	—
University of Wyoming	WY	Liberal	—
Vanderbilt University	TN	Liberal	—
Vassar College	NY	Liberal	—
Virginia Tech	VA	Progressive	—
Wake Forest University	NC	Liberal	—
Washington State University	WA	Socialist	—
Washington University in St. Louis	MO	Liberal	—
Wayne State University	MI	Liberal	—
Wellesley College	MA	Socialist	—
Wesleyan University	CT	Liberal	—
West Virginia University	WV	Socialist	—
William & Mary	VA	Liberal	—
Williams College	MA	Progressive	—
Yale University	CT	Liberal	—

Confirmed

Q3 2026 · prior period 5

Left of center

99.9992%

± 0.0001

Threat index

NEGLIGIBLE

Unchanged since 1971

Days since sighting

212

Subject 0003 · Nashville

Annual budget

$340.0 million

$85.0 million per subject

Staff

1,214

303.5 per subject

The monitored population

SUBJECT-0001Dr. Harold Pemberton-Voss
Professor of Economics · The University of Chicago
The old guard. Bow tie, price theory, one op-ed in 2011 about parking. Has never called himself a conservative, and on the published criteria would not be one.
SUBJECT-0002Dr. Wendell J. Stroud
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Michigan State University
Confirmed on a nod and a bumper sticker for an unopposed drain commissioner. The Watch has never heard his voice.
SUBJECT-0003Dr. Cecily Marchbanks
Assistant Professor of Economics · University of Florida
The young one, the only subject born after 1980, and the only one whose file rests on anything she has actually said. An economist who reads Burke and says why. Threat score 1.2, the highest ever recorded.
SUBJECT-0004Dr. Merrill Tavenner
Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences · Colorado State University
The vet. Confirmed on a three-minute comment about brand inspection fees. Wrote to the Watch in 2022 — not about his politics, but to correct its use of the term "conservation status," with a reference enclosed.

All subjects, including the retired file →