Professors Brian Crisp & Matt Gabel have been awarded a Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity Seed Grant to support their research, "Migration and Racial Representation in St. Louis County since 1970."

Professors Butler and Tavits, and a former graduate student Dino Hadzic (currently at Trinity College, Dublin) publish in the Political Research Quarterly. Their study focuses on post-conflict Bosnia and reports a significant pro-male bias in the policy responsiveness of local politicians (both men and women) to their constituency preferences.

Professor Tavits, a former graduate student William O’Brochta (currently at Louisiana Tech University) and former colleague Michael Bechtel (currently at Cologne) publish in the Journal of Experimental Political Science on whether and when policy responses to pandemics can fuel or tame feelings of fear.

Professor emeritus Bill Lowry finishes friends book - an urgent plea to save national parks from climate change.

Professor Will Nomikos published his article, "Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali" in the Journal of Politics.

Professor Christopher Lucas addresses long-standing questions in political science using new computational methods and previously untapped datasets – including the sound of political speech.

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.

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.

Professor James L. Gibson and co-author Michael J. Nelson discuss the high state courts and their book "Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis" with The Washington Post.

Professor William Nomikos was interviewed by local news, KSDK, about the crisis in Afghanistan.

Professor William Nomikos was interviewed by The Source's Sarah Savat for an article titled, "WashU Expert: Afghanistan Crisis Was a Predictable Catastrophe".