Tracking the Populist Tsunami
By analyzing social media content generated across the globe, political scientists seek to understand the current wave of populist rhetoric flooding the internet and its threats to democracies.
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Ben Noble received the Presidents and Executive Politics Award for Best Graduate Paper
"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
Graduate Students place at the 28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
Jeremy Siow and Ben Noble won first and second place in the social science category.
Jeremy Siow selected as a SEAREG Fellow
SEAREG (Southeast Asia Research Group) Fellows are selected annually in a competitive process for outstanding unpublished work on Southeast Asia.
Research by David Carter and Matt Gabel, funded by the ITF, was covered in the Record
"Transdisciplinary team to study political instability, health outcomes"
Mike Olson awarded the 2023 Kenneth A. Shepsle Prize
Congratulations to Mike Olson, whose article “Franchise Expansion and Legislative Representation in the Early United States” (co-authored with Stephen Ansolabehere and Jaclyn Kaslovsky) was awarded the 2023 Kenneth A. Shepsle Prize for the best article in volume 3 of the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy!
Diana O’Brien Named Inaugural Recipient of Endowed Kornitzer Distinguished Professorship
Diana O'Brien, Professor of Political Science, has been named as the inaugural recipient of the newly established, endowed Kornitzer Distinguished Professorship.
Dino Christenson Appointed to Full Professor
Dino Christenson's appointment to the rank of Full Professor with tenure has been approved by the Board of Trustees, the Provost, and the Chancellor.
Jacob Montgomery Appointed to Full Professor
Jacob Montgomery's appointment to the rank of Full Professor with tenure has been approved by the Board of Trustees, the Provost, and the Chancellor.
Research by Margit Tavits covered in The Source
Research highlights gender bias persistence over centuries
Matthew Hayes and Elizabeth Mitchell Elder published in the Journal of Politics
"Signaling Race, Ethnicity, and Gender with Names: Challenges and Recommendations" demonstrates the importance of name selection and outlines two approaches researchers can use to choose names that successfully cue race (and gender) while minimizing potential confounds.
Margit Tavits, Taylor Damann, and Jeremy Siow published in PNAS
“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.