Political Science News

We are happy to welcome Professor Cesi Cruz from UCLA to give a talk on "Campaigning Against Populism: Emotions and Information in Real Election Campaigns" in 693 Kerr today at 12:00.

Professor Mark Verbitsky won a prestigious UCD College of Letters & Science Teaching Award for his outstanding undergraduate teaching.  Congratulations!!

Congratulations to one of our undergraduate honors thesis writers -- Kiara Kunnes -- for receiving a UCD Library award for her honors thesis research on "Does the Nigerian Government’s Response to Violent Conflict Exacerbate Civilians’ Fear?"

Read about one of our top undergraduate students and an honors thesis writer, Quincy Kumfert, profiled by the College here!  

POL PhD Alex Mayer who is now Director of Postsecondary Education at MDRC was interviewed on the PBS News Hour about MDRC's randomized control trials aimed at improving community college student success.  Here's the link, with Alex joining at the 4:40 mark.  

With their coauthors, Professor Adams and recent UCD PhD Dave Bracken have won the Klingemann Prize for their American Political Science Review article on "Can’t We All Just Get Along? How Women MPs Can Ameliorate Affective Polarization in Western Publics."  Congrats!

In memory of our colleague Richard Sinopoli, Frank Lovett of Washington University will deliver the Sinopoli Memorial Lecture on "Milton and the Republican Politics of Paradise Lost."  

Date: Friday, May 5, 2023

Location: 693 Kerr Hall

Lunch will be provided.  

Professor Shugart was interviewed about ways to reform the U.S. electoral system on The Downballot podcast.  You can listen to it and read the transcript here.  

UCSD Professor Lauren Prather will be giving a talk today on "No Man Left Behind? Hostage Deservingness and the Politics of Hostage Recovery" at 12:00 in our large conference room.  Lunch will be provided.  

UCD PhD Wilfred Chow -- now a professor at the University of Hong Kong -- has published an article in the Journal of Politics on "Descriptive Legitimacy and International Organizations: Evidence from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees."