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Professor Sheldon Goldman interviewed on PBS's Online NewsHour about the Supreme Court confirmation process.
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Professor Jane Fountain awarded $250,000 NSF grant to develop a national beta site for ethics in science and engineering. read more ...

The Governance and Institutions Workshop hosted Vesla Weaver from the University of Virginia for a talk entitled "The Impact of the Carceral State on Citizenship and Citizens' Sense of the State" on May 13, at 3:30pm, in 620 Thompson. read more ...

Professor Jane Fountain discusses the advantages and possible drawbacks of using technology to promote transparency in government operations. Mass High Tech

Department hosts workshop on April 16 and 17, 2009 on YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States read more ..

Professor Brenda Bushouse's new book Universal Preschool - Policy Change, Stability, and the Pew Charitable Trusts has been published.

Professors Peter Haas, John Hird and former CPPA student, Beth McBratney's new book, "Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations" has been published.

Professor Amel Ahmed has been selected as a 2009-2010 Lilly Teaching Fellow

Michael Hannahan discusses US elections during tour of Indonesia Read more ...

Professor Peter Haas awarded Karl W. Deutsch Guest Professorship 2009. Read more ...

Emeritus Professor Jerome Mileur pens book on 1942 St. Louis Cardinals. Read more ...

Professor Jane Fountain, professor of political science and public policy, has been appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Governments. Read more ...

The ITP Section of the American Political Science Association awarded Professor Stuart Shulman the Best Research Software Award for his "Coding Analysis Toolkit" software. Read more ...

Professor Frederic Schaffer publishes The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform. Read more ...

Professor La Raja publishes Small Change: Money, Political Parties, and Campaign Finance Reform Read more ...

Professor Nicholas Xenos publishes Cloaked in Virtue Read more ...

Researchers contributed to Nobel-winning climate change report. Read more ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a group of eight researchers, led by Professor Jane Fountain (political science and public policy), a $300,000 grant Read more ...

Professor Jillian Schwedler's Faith in Moderation receives Best Book Award from the Democratization Section of the APSA.

Professor Sheldon Goldman receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association’s Law and Courts Section. Read more …

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Of Note

Department announces new "Ambiguities of Democracy" Workshop Read more ...

The Department of Political Science welcomes eleven new faculty starting this Fall
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New and visiting instructors. 
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Need Help With Research? The Librarian is in Thompson Cafe!
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POLISCI 499L/M (Spring, summer and Fall 2009): Seven-credit Honors Capstone linked course including 4 week program in Copenhagen, Denmark (June). Read more ...