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Betsy Sinclair Co-Authors Article for European Political Science Review
Michael Strawbridge Co-Authors Article for Politics & Gender
Michael Strawbridge Joins Center for American Women and Politics Roundtable
Taylor Carlson Interviewed About New Book, "Through the Grapevine: Socially Transmitted Information and Distorted Democracy"
Dean of Law, Stefanie Lindquist, Given Courtesy Appointment to Political Science Department
Betsy Sinclair Awarded Thomas F. Eagleton University Professorship in Public Affairs and Political Science
Enamorado wins NSF grant for linking datasets
Stephanie Shady Publishes New Article in Politics and Religion
Enamorado publishes "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" in American Political Science Review
David Carter Co-Authors "Border Barriers and Illicit Trade Flows" in International Studies Quarterly
Enamorado wins NSF grant for linking datasets
James L. Gibson's new book "Democracy's Destruction?" to release in September
David Carter joins editorial committee of World Politics
Noble and Carlson co-publish QAnon research in Political Behavior
Tavits, Debus and Somer-Topcu awarded Best Dataset Prize from APSA CompPol
Shi and Rosas publish “If Foreign, Then Cleaner” in International Studies Quarterly
Rossiter and Carlson publish on "Cross-Partisan Conversation" in Journal of Politics
Lovett publishes new article on the Republican politics of John Milton's Paradise Lost
Dan Butler's research on legislator pivotality published in Political Research Quarterly
Jaclyn Kaslovsky to join department Fall 2024
Tenure and promotion update in political science: Epstein, Boyd, Schnakenberg, Lucas, Pond and Betz
Carlson's new book explores consequences of political conversations
Damann, Kim, and Tavits publish research on "Women and Men Politicians’ Response to War: Evidence from Ukraine"
Gibson publishes new paper on police legitimacy in post-George Floyd era
Aksoy, Enamorado, and Yang published in International Organization
Christina L. Boyd to join department as professor in Fall 2024
Peng Peng to join department as postdoctoral scholar in Fall 2024
International Relations Workshop Series Fosters Student-Faculty Collaboration
Gibson to be published in APSR for "Do the Effects of Unpopular Supreme Court Rulings Linger?"
Schnakenberg and Wayne published in APSR for "Anger and Political Conflict Dynamics"
Carter's "Border Barriers and Illicit Trade Flows" accepted at International Studies Quarterly
TRIADS Training Series demystifies data science tools for WashU students, staff, and faculty
Jacob Montgomery co-authors with Messi H. J. Lee and Calvin Lai in PNAS Nexus
Gibson published in the American Journal of Political Science for "Losing Legitimacy"
Carter wins American Library Association Award
Margit Tavits in APSR: Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies
In Memoriam: John Drummond Sprague
Margit Tavits's Upcoming Book: "Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality"
Michael Strawbridge to join department as Assistant Professor in Fall 2024
Research by Diana O'Brien: Voters prefer decisions made by panels balanced between men and women
Skeletal Records and Gender Bias
Carly Wayne published in International Organization
Dan Butler presents at Levin Center Symposium
Visiting Professor Spotlight: Princess Williams
Margit Tavits in Journal of Experimental Political Science, now open access
TRIADS receives $330,000 Carnegie Corporation grant to study online populist rhetoric
WashU Political Science Expands and Welcomes Distinguished Faculty in International Political Economy and Conflict
‘Chaos Doesn’t Scare Me. American Decline Does.’
WashU Expert David Carter: Timing of Hamas’ strike followed pattern, but no match for Israel’s military
WashU Expert Carly Wayne: Trauma, histories of victimhood will influence Israeli response
NSF grant supports deep dive into police body camera metadata
Margit Tavits to receive 2023 Arts & Sciences Faculty Leadership Award
Welcoming Betsy Sinclair as new Chair and Clarissa Hayward as new Associate Chair of Political Science
Taylor Carlson receives 2023 PolNet Best Book Award for "What Goes Without Saying"
Steven S. Smith awarded the 2023 Barbara Sinclair Lecture
Brian Crisp published in British Journal of Political Science
Andrew Reeves published in Presidential Studies Quarterly
Tavits’ ‘Voicing Politics’ wins Robert E. Lane Award
Amy Gais's essay "Worthy Women" published in Inside Higher Ed
Tenure appointments and promotions for Political Science faculty
Margit Tavits receives Robert E. Lane Award for Voicing Politics
Prof. Randy Calvert retires after 30+ years of scholarship at WashU
Carlson and Wayne win NSF grant to study political radicalization
Prof. Steven Smith retires after 20+ years of scholarship at WashU
Dan Butler published in The Forum
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Diana Z. O'Brien
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Betsy Sinclair
James L. Gibson to be published in AJPS for "Losing Legitimacy"
Celebrating Faculty Retirements
TRIADS announces recipients of seed grant funding
Noémi Neidorff pledges to establish endowed professorship in Arts & Sciences
Tracking the Populist Tsunami
Research by David Carter and Matt Gabel, funded by the ITF, was covered in the Record
Mike Olson awarded the 2023 Kenneth A. Shepsle Prize
Diana O’Brien Named Inaugural Recipient of Endowed Kornitzer Distinguished Professorship
Dino Christenson Appointed to Full Professor
Jacob Montgomery Appointed to Full Professor
Research by Margit Tavits covered in The Source
Matthew Hayes and Elizabeth Mitchell Elder published in the Journal of Politics
Margit Tavits, Taylor Damann, and Jeremy Siow published in PNAS
Dr. Zoe Ang joined our department as a Lecturer and Undergraduate Academic Coordinator
Taylor Carlson Appointed to Tenured Associate Professor
Congratulations William Lowry on The Last Sanctuary
Ted Enamorado was selected to be a Faculty Fellow at CRE2 for Spring 2024
Professor William Nomikos received a grant the from 2023 TITLE VIII National Research Competition
Diana O'Brien won awards for "Representation and the Trade Roots of the Gender Wage Gap"
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anna Wilke
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Hayes
Taylor Carlson’s Through the Grapevine Under Contract
Diana O'Brien's paper "Women Grab Back" was accepted by APSR!
Anne Wilke was an invited researcher for J-PAL Africa!
Diana O'Brien's "Do Women Make More Protectionist Trade Policy?" was accepted by APSR
Diana O'Brien's co-edited paper "Gender & Political Representation in Times of Crisis"
Taylor Carlson published "Freedom of Expression in Interpersonal Interactions" in Political Science & Politics
Anne Wilke's "Gender Gaps in Support for Vigilante Violence"
William Nomikos won an Impact Grant from the Weidenbaum Center
"A Multi-Task Gaussian Process Model for Inferring Time-Varying Treatment Effects in Panel Data" accepted at AISTATS
Professor Dan Butler had a very productive semester!
Margit Tavits book Voicing Politics was featured in The Source
Margit Tavits won the John Fell Oxford Award
Dan Bulter, Sarah Anderson and Laurel Harbridge-Yong were awarded a Research Grant
Professor Nomikos and Graduate Students Kim & Lin Publish Article on Social Media/Public Opinion and the Ukraine War
Professor Wilke Awarded McDonnell Academy Seed Grant
Professor Tavits Publishes Book with Princeton University Press
Professor Tavits Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grant
Professors Carter & Gabel Awarded Funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Professor Lucas Awarded Seed-Grant from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Professor Enamorado Awarded Funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Taylor Carlson published in New Media & Society
The Well-Ordered Republic by Frank Lovett
Professors Aksoy & Tavits published in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Professor Nomikos Published Blog Post for LSE's Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa
Professor Nomikos Published in Political Violence At A Glance
Professor Tavits' Paper Accepted by the Journal of Politics
Professor Butler Published Journal of Politics Blog for Forthcoming Article
Professor Carter Publishes in International Studies Quarterly
Professor Diana O'Brien Publishes in APSR
Professors Lucas, Montgomery, and Tavits Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations Prof. Montgomery & Ph.D Alumn Erin Rossiter for Publishing a QCMSS Elemental
Professor Diana O'Brien Wins APSA's Lawrence Longley Award
Professor Schnakenberg and Graduate Students Dahjin Kim & Gechun Lin Publish Paper
Professor James Gibson Featured in NYT Opinion Piece
Viewing the world through partisan-tinted glasses
Professor Carly Wayne Published in World Politics
Professor Dan Butler Provides Commentary in "Can Open Primaries Reduce Polarization?"
Professor Gibson Wins C. Herman Pritchett Book Award
What Goes Without Saying by Taylor Carlson and Jaime Settle
Professor Gibson Ranked #35 Among Top Scientists for 2022
Chancellor Martin & Professor Epstein Win APSA Lasting Contribution Award
Professors Crisp & Gabel Awarded Seed Grant
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Zachary Bowersox
Professors Butler and Tavits, and a former graduate student Dino Hadzic publish in PRQ.
Professor Tavits, a former graduate student William O’Brochta, and a former colleague Professor Bechtel publish in JEPS.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Lucia Motolinia
Professor Jim Gibson Awarded APSA's Virginia Gray Book Award
Prof. Christopher Lucas to be Published at the Annual Review of Political Science
Prof. Carly Wayne Published in International Organization
Professor Will Nomikos Published in the Journal of Politics
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Guillermo Rosas
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sunita Parikh
It’s Not Just What You Say But How You Say It
PhD Candidate Luwei Ying Publishes Paper with Prof. David Carter in APSR
Professor Andrew Reeves on Partisanship, the economy and presidential accountability
Keith Schnakenberg and Jordan McAllister Published in International Organization
New book challenges assumptions about state supreme courts
Professor Reeves and PhD Candidate Zoe Ang Published in American Journal of Political Science
Professor James L. Gibson Publishes New Book
Professor Nomikos Interviewed by KSDK about Afghanistan Crisis
Professor Nomikos on the Afghanistan Crisis
Professor Chris Lucas Awarded Methodology, Measurement, and Statics Program Grant
Prof. Betsy Sinclair named as a Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology
Prof. Jim Gibson Awarded Harold Lasswell Award
Prof. Andrew Reeves Receives David Hadas Teaching Award
Professor Clarissa Hayward Appointed Dean's Fellow for Policies
Professor Andrew Reeves Published in Legislative Studies Quarterly
Professor Andrew Reeves and Former PhD Student David Miller Published in The Conversation
Prof. Ted Enamorado Wins PolMeth's Statistical Software Award
Professor Jacob Montgomery Published in PNAS
Professor Matt Gabel Researches How the Widening Political Rift in the U.S. Impacts Medical Research
Professor Deniz Aksoy's Paper Accepted for Publication at Journal of Peace Research
Professor Chris Lucas Published in American Political Science Review
Professor Andrew Reeves's New Course, "The Business of Elections"
Professor David Carter's Paper Accepted at International Studies Quarterly
Professor Emeritus Bill Lowry Reflects on the Sustainability Exchange
Professor Michael Olson Interviewed by KSDK News on Election Night
Professor Carly Wayne is awarded the 2020 Walter Isard Award for Best Dissertation in Peace Science
Professors Margit Tavits and Deniz Aksoy and PhD Candidate William O’Brochta Publish in British Journal of Political Science
Professor Carly Wayne Wins Dissertation Award
Professor Hayward Publishes in the Journal of Politics
Prof. Crisp, Prof. Gabel, & Former Graduate Students Publish in American Political Science Review
Professor Reeves and PhD Student Write Article for Washington Post
Professor Nomikos Publishes in International Peacekeeping
Professor Reeves and PhD Student Publish in Political Behavior
Talking politics: The surprising consequences of innocent conversation
Professor Tavits Named William Taussig Professor in Art & Sciences
Professor Carter Publishes in International Organization
Professor Lucas Publishes Article in Science
Norman Schofield, Professor in Political Science, 1944-2019
Professor Carter Publishes in The Washington Post
Professor Carter Publishes in International Organization
Professor Nomikos Publishes in the Journal of Peace Research
Professor Tavits Publishes in the PNAS
Deniz Aksoy and PhD Graduate Paper Forthcoming in European Union Politics
Taylor Carlson Awarded 2019 UCSD Dissertation Prize
David Carter's Paper Accepted by Journal International Organization
Professor Tavits and Former/Current Graduate Students Win an APSA Award
Margit Tavits and Collaborators Receive a German National Science Foundation Grant
Betsy Sinclair Published on ResearchGate
Professor Tavits is one the new field editors for the Journal of Politics
Prof. Michael Bechtel's Article Accepted in the Journal of Politics
Prof. Brian Crisp and PhD Graduate Betul Demirkaya's Article Accepted in The Journal of Politics
Prof. Jim Gibson Receives Russell Sage Foundation Grant
Prof. David Carter's Article Wins Bruce Russett Award
Prof. Margit Tavits & PhD Candidate Dino Hadzic's Article Accepted at the Journal of Politics
Prof. David Carter's Article Accepted in The Journal of Politics
Prof. Matt Gabel & PhD Graduate Dalston Ward's Article Accepted in The Journal of Politics
Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress
Prof. Andrew Reeves Wins Delores K. Kennedy Award
Prof. Michael Bechtel's Paper Published in PNAS
Prof. David Carter's Paper Accepted at International Studies Quarterly
Prof. Andrew Reeves to be Published in American Journal of Political Science
Prof. Gabel Published in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
Prof. Keith Schnakenberg Wins Award
Prof. Deniz Aksoy's Paper Accepted in The Journal of Politics
Professor David Carter Published in the journal "Politics, Philosophy, & Economics"
Professor David Carter's Paper Accepted at World Politics
Prof. Andrew Reeves Published in Washington Post
Professor Jacob Montgomery and PhD Candidate Michelle Torres' Paper Accepted at AJPS
Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption
Prof. Gary Miller's Book Wins APSA Award