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Faculty, students interact on the South 40

Through becoming involved in residential life on the South 40, Faculty Associates and Faculty Fellows extend their interactions with students outside the classroom.

Spotlight on Faculty:

Professor Hayward’s research focuses on questions that are central to understanding and to evaluating political life.

Share Our Stuff program benefits the community and environment

Students moving out at the end of the year donate useful items to Share Our Stuff (SOS). This program helped those in need in the St. Louis region and helped the environment by reducing waste.

About the Department

The Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis strives to be one of the best in the world. We are widely recognized for our strengths in theory, methods, and the rigorous combination of the two. The members of our faculty are leading scholars in their fields. The Ph.D. students we train go on to be some of the most productive in the discipline. The undergraduate student body at WashU is among the tops in the country, and our majors have their choice of careers, graduate programs, and professional schools.The Department is nationally and internationally recognized as one of the leading departments in the discipline. 

In the News

March 13, 2019
PhD Candidate Miguel Pereira's Article Forthcoming at Electoral Stuides
February 20, 2019
PhD Candidate Miguel Pereira's Article Forthcoming at JOP
January 22, 2019
Professor Tavits is one the new field editors for the Journal of Politics

Upcoming Events

Mar
22
Making Sense of "Just Following Orders" Defenses in American Law
Seigle Hall, Room 248 @ 12:00 pm
Mar
22
"To be Angry or Not to be Angry: Are Black Political Candidates Emotionally Disadvantaged?"
Seigle Hall, Room 248 @ 2:30 pm
Mar
28
“Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: The Lethality of Female Suicide Terrorists”
Seigle Hall, Room 248 @ 2:30 pm

Faculty Books

Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress

By Steven S. Smith, Hong Min Park, and Ryan J. Vander Wielden

Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption

By Margit Tavits & Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer

Civics Beyond Critics: Character Education in a Liberal Democracy

By Ian MacMullen