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![Michael Albertus](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-05/albertus_headshot.jpeg?itok=E40aWap_)
Faculty Political Science Announcements
Michael Albertus discusses land reform and South Africa’s election
For the first time since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is poised to lose its governing majori...
May 28, 2024![Molly Offer-Westort](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-05/offer-westort_molly_feature.jpg?itok=X1gWBCD_)
Political Science Faculty Announcements
Molly Offer-Westort receives 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Prize will support experiments and tools to study online political discourse and misinformation How does political information (and misinformation)...
May 7, 2024![Jeh Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-04/jehjohnson-feature.png?itok=4y1eQRY4)
Political Science Faculty Announcements
Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to Keynote 2024 Hagel Lecture
With his experience overseeing U.S. election systems and keen understanding of border issues, Johnson will bring important insights into foreign and d...
April 2, 2024![Michael Dawson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-03/michael-dawson.jpg?itok=hLGKFwWB)
Faculty RDI Political Science Announcements
April 7 Symposium will celebrate Michael Dawson’s career and retirement
With a legacy that includes impactful research on race and politics, along with the founding of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Politic...
March 24, 2024![Rochelle Terman](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/terman-big-brains-thumbnail.png?itok=a9NZ7IPB)
Announcements Faculty Political Science
Big Brains Ep. 130: Why shaming other countries often backfires, with Rochelle Terman
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Scholar examines the geopolitical impacts of confronting...
February 22, 2024![Mark Hansen](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/hansen_mark-feature_0.jpg?itok=9jcdG8Vf)
Political Science Faculty Student Announcements
Professor Mark Hansen researches the untold story of Cora Belle Jackson, AB 1896, UChicago’s first Black graduate.
The University of Chicago student body was racially integrated on the very first day of classes in 1892, but just barely. Its first cohort included a ...
February 19, 2024![Dali L. Yang](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/dali-yang-feature.jpg?itok=9lpgK-hJ)
Faculty Political Science Announcements
A professor’s unique position helps him unravel the early days of the pandemic in a new book
Dali L. Yang’s exploration of China’s institutional dynamics and political considerations, among other factors, helps explain how COVID-19 could have ...
February 19, 2024![CISSR Fellows](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/24-25_fellows_image_small-feature.jpg?itok=rDx1sxvL)
Announcing the 2024-25 CISSR Faculty Fellows
UChicago’s Center for International Social Science Research, under the Division of the Social Sciences, has announced the 2024-2025 cohort of Faculty ...
February 6, 2024![Will Howell](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-01/william_howell.jpg?itok=el4tbE8i)
In the News Faculty Political Science
Newsweek - Trump and Biden Will Both Face the Same Problem in 2024, Analysts Warn; Prof. William Howell says "there clearly are forces in play that are likely to depress turnout—widespread misgivings about the two frontrunners, foremost among them"
January 29, 2024![Photo of Adom Getachew](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-10/getachew-web_cropped.jpg?itok=zCBaqfFc)
Announcements Faculty Political Science RDI
Prof. Adom Getachew named Freedom Scholar for work advancing racial, economic justice
This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. The Marguerite Casey Foundation has named University of ...
October 10, 2023