The Department of Political Science has launched an International Relations Workshop model aiming to equip students with practical skills and collaborative feedback on their ongoing research.
Andrew Strasberg's paper, "Who Tweets Populism When?", was chosen as the winner of the Pi Sigma Alpha Best Undergraduate Paper Award.
Deniz Aksoy, Ted Enamorado, and Tony Yang's co-authored paper “Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Chinese Public Support for War” has been accepted in International Organization.
Get to know Dr. Jeremy Siow, one of our newest PhD graduates who is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantitative Political Science at the University of Oxford.
Jeremy Siow, Taylor Damann, and Margit Tavits discuss both historical and modern gender inequality in Europe in the PNAS Science Sessions Podcast.
Irene Gerrish, a rising second year PhD student, was one of eighteen spring program recipients.
"How Presidents Persuade Facts, Feelings, and the Language of Presidential Power" has been selected as the Presidents and Executive Politics Best Graduate Paper for 2023
Jeremy Siow and Ben Noble won first and second place in the social science category.
SEAREG (Southeast Asia Research Group) Fellows are selected annually in a competitive process for outstanding unpublished work on Southeast Asia.
Research highlights gender bias persistence over centuries
“Persistence of Gender Biases in Europe” explores using health markers on skeletal records from archaeological sites in Europe to measure differential treatment of women vs. men centuries ago and contemporary survey data on attitudes toward gender equality, we show that modern gender biases have deep historical roots, dating back to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Jacob Montgomery (WashU), Annamarie Prati (WashU), Roman Garnett (CSE), and Yehu Chen (DCDS) had their paper accepted at AISTATS.
Professor Will Nomikos and graduate students Gechun Lin & Dahjin Kim published an article, "America's electorate remains polarized along partisan lines about foreign policy during Ukraine crisis."
Congratulations to the 2022 Political Science Department Prize Winners!
Graduate student, Jeremy Siow, wins CRE2's Award for Best Graduate Research Paper in Race & Ethnicity. The winning paper was, "Bilingual Instruction and Political Discrimination of Ethnic Outgroups: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Malaysia."
Professor Keith Schnakenberg and Graduate Students Dahjin Kim & Gechun Lin Publish Paper, "Informative Campaigns, Overpromising, and Policy Bargaining."
Congratulations to PhD candidate Jeremy Siow. His paper, "Bilingual Instruction and Political Discrimination of Ethnic Outgroups: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Malaysia" has won the CRE2 award for Best Graduate Research Paper in Race/Ethnicity.
Graduate students in political science have recently seen remarkable outcomes on the academic job market, earning multiple interviews and offers and accepting excellent placements. One key to the success of the highly ranked graduate program is a team-based approach to mentoring and navigating the job market.
PhD Candidate Luwei Ying publishes the paper, "Historical Border Changes, State Building and Contemporary Trust in Europe," with Dr. David Carter and Dr. Scott Abramson (Rochester) in the American Political Science Review.
Professor Keith Schnakenberg and PhD Candidate Jordan McAllister's article, "Designing the Optimal Climate Agreement with Variability in Commitments," is online on the IO website.
PhD candidates Jordan McAllister and Afiq bin Oslan's paper "Issue ownership and salience shocks: The electoral impact of Australian bushfires" is published in Electoral Studies.
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Reeves and PhD Candidate Zoe Ang along with their co-authors, Jon C. Rogowski and Arjun Vishwanath, on publishing their article, "Partisanship, Economic Assessments, and Presidential Accountability," in the American Journal of Political Science.
2020 PhD Graduate, David Miller, won APSA's President and Executive Politics George C. Edwards III Award for best dissertation in executive politics.
Professor Andrew Reeves and 2020 PhD Graduate, David Miller, published an article about how a public commission on the Supreme Court will affect public opinion in The Conversation.
Congratulations to Jeff Ziegler, a 2019 PhD graduate! He recently accepted an Assistant Professor position at Trinity College-Dublin.
U.S. News ranked Washington University in St. Louis' political science graduate program #26 in the country for their international relations sub-field.
Congratulations to Professors Margit Tavits and Deniz Aksoy and PhD Candidate William O’Brochta! Their article “Western Political Rhetoric and Radicalization” is now forthcoming in the British Journal of Political Science.
Congratulation to PhD Candidate Luwei Ying! Her paper, "How State Presence Leads to Civil Conflict" has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Congratulations to Professor Brian Crisp, Professor Matthew Gabel, and former graduate students, Caitlin Ainsley, Clifford Carrubba, Betul Demirkaya, and Dino Hazdic for publishing their article, "Roll Call Vote Selection: Implications for the Study of Legislative Politics" in the forthcoming American Political Science Review.
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Reeves and PhD student, David Miller, for writing an article for The Washington Post's Monkey Cage.
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Reeves and PhD student, Bryant Moy, on publishing their work in Political Behavior.
Congratulations to Deniz Aksoy and PhD graduate, Dino Hadzic! Their paper, "Political Institutions and Collective Attachments" is forthcoming in European Union Politics.
“Legacies of the Third Reich: Concentration Camps and Outgroup Intolerance” has won the Sage Best Paper Award.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Miguel Pereira! His article, "Do Parties Respond Strategically to Opinion Polls? Evidence from Campaign Statements," has been accepted at Electoral Studies.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Miguel Pereira! His article, "Responsive Campaigning: Evidence from European Parties," has been accepted at the Journal of Politics.
Congratulations to PhD candidates Miguel Pereira and Nicholas Waterbury! Their paper, "Do Voters Discount Political Scandals Over Time?" has been accepted for publication at Political Research Quarterly.
Graduate student, Jeong Hyun Kim, has accepted a tenure track position in political science at Louisiana State University.
Graduate student, Jeong Hyun Kim, has accepted a tenure track position in political science at Louisiana State University.
Graduate student, Jonathan Homola, has accepted a tenure track position in the political science department at Rice University.