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The International Society for Political Psychology has just announced that Jim Gibson has been awarded the highly prestigious Harold Lasswell Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Political Psychology! The award is bestowed on an individual deemed to have made a distinguished scientific contribution in the field of political psychology. Gibson’s contributions to political psychology are many, ranging from research on the psychology of institutional legitimacy to the psychology of truth and reconciliation and political tolerance, worldwide.

Congratulations to Andrew Reeves! He has been selected as this year’s recipient of the David Hadas Teaching Award, which was established by Pamela W. Hadas "to honor and publicly recognize an outstanding tenured faculty member in Arts & Sciences who demonstrates commitment and excellence in teaching first-year undergraduate students.”

Clarissa Rile Hayward, Professor of Political Science, will assume the role of Dean’s Fellow for Policies this fall. In this position, she will review, create, and advise on faculty policies – in particular, those related to faculty promotion and tenure. Her work in this area will help ensure that faculty in Arts & Sciences receive clear, consistent, and equitable guidance.

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 co-author Jon Rogowski published their article, "Unilateral Inaction: Congressional Gridlock, Interbranch Conflict, and Public Evaluations of Executive Power" in Legislative Studies Quarterly.

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 Professor Ted Enamorado for winning this PolMeth award!

Professor Jacob Montgomery and co-authors published their article, "Overconfidence in news judgments is associated with false news susceptibility," in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).

Professor William Nomikos' article, "Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali," has been accepted at The Journal of Politics.

Professors Matt Gabel and Jim Spriggs' article "We compared the Supreme Court with other democracies’ high courts. More justices would improve its work." was published on The Washington Post.

U.S. News and World Report has ranked Washington University in St. Louis' political science graduate program #12 in the country.

Congratulations to Jeff Ziegler, a 2019 PhD graduate!  He recently accepted an Assistant Professor position at Trinity College-Dublin.