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Oh, the places they go! Tune in to SSD’s new Dialogo alumni podcast
Alumni conversations illustrate where a social sciences degree have taken them.By Sarah Steimer Traditional ways of communicating with students past, ...
March 14, 2025
Faculty Alumni Political Science
Former CIA Director William J. Burns to Keynote 2025 Hagel Lecture
With his recent role as the head of the U.S. intelligence community, Burns offers intimate insight into how world leaders think — and how their intera...
March 5, 2025
Faculty Alumni Political Science CIR
Rochelle Terman received 2025 Dean’s Early Career Research Award
By Aubrey Christofersen The 2025 winner of the Annual Dean’s Early Career Research Award has been announced as Assistant Professor Rochelle Terman of ...
February 26, 2025
Income inequality has led to an erosion of democracy in countries around the world
A study in PNAS sheds light on why democracy is more often threatened by elected presidents and prime ministers in the 21st century than by military c...
January 7, 2025
Faculty Political Science Announcements
Deadly Force explores when, where, and whom police shoot in America’s largest cities
New book is an effort to place facts before policy debate, while also making the call for greater police department transparency.By Sarah Steimer As d...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Student Political Economy Political Science Announcements
College Students Co-author Scholarly Article on Climate Change Attitudes
The final quarter of a Social Science Inquiry sequence, taught by Andrew Eggers, saw students collaborating on the design and execution of a social sc...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Student Political Science Political Economy Announcements
Pathways in World Politics previews international relations studies at a research university
Over three weeks, high school students explore world politics in a university environment, and with research-focused professors teaching the course, l...
January 13, 2025
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
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
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