A few of our fantastic grad students have been featured on recent episodes of 1050 Bascom. On their most recent podcast, 1050 Bascom welcomed Rochelle Snyder. Rochelle is a doctoral candidate in Political Science teaching …
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Congratulations to the Department’s Best Dissertation Prize Winners!
Congratulations to Pete Erickson, Anton Shirikov, and Chagai Weiss for receiving the Department’s Best Dissertation Prizes! Lieutenant Colonel Pete Erickson received the Department’s Best Dissertation Prize in International Relations for his dissertation, “Inescapable: Polarization, Prestige, …
PhD student Natalie Jones-Kerwin awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD student Natalie Jones-Kerwin, who was awarded a 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellow is a highly significant national accomplishment and places a student amongst …
Ph.D. Candidate Irène Tombo Awarded M. Crawford Young Research Award
As part of the Symposium in Memory of Professor M. Crawford Young on April 1st and 2nd, Ph.D. candidate Irène Tombo was announced as the recipient of the M. Crawford Young Research Award. The Award provides …
Department of Political Science TA Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 Department of Political Science Teaching Assistant Awards – Rebecca Anderson, Valeriia Umanets, and Khasan Redjaboev!
Ph.D. Candidate Kennia Coronado inducted into the Bouchet Society
Ph.D. Candidate Kennia Coronado is a 2022 inductee to the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. This …
Feature on Ph.D. Candidate Chagai Weiss’ Research
Chagai Weiss builds on existing theories in political science and psychology to study how people think about members of an ethnic group that is different than them. Weiss, a PhD candidate in political science at …
Ph.D. candidate Anton Shirikov on March 11th panel discussing role of Russian State media and the War in Ukraine
Ph.D. candidate Anton Shirikov will be a panelist for a roundtable discussion at the University of Chicago on the role of the Russian State media and the War in Ukraine. Event details Mar 11, 2022 …
USTR Welcomes New Staff Members to the Front Office
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative today announced the addition of new staff members who will fill important leadership positions at the agency: Allison Smith, Deputy Assistant USTR for Congressional Affairs; …