News

News

Multiple Political Science Faculty Receive Awards from American Political Science Association

8.4.25

The awards will be presented at the APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver this September.

Shiran Victoria Shen Publishes Article in Policy Studies Journal

7.11.25

The article highlights research that looks at “regularized campaigns” as an institutional innovation that combines the high-intensity enforcement of campaigns with the stability of institutions to mitigate principal-agent problems.

James Gibson Publishes Article with The Conversation - "Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues"

7.10.25 | The Conversation

Gibson's article builds off his research into political affiliation and self-censorship published in Political Science Quarterly.

Tavits, Montgomery, Lucas, and Former PhDs Kim and Muraoka Publish in Political Science Research and Methods

7.3.25

The article investigates whether election results are associated with emotional reactions among voters across democracies and under what conditions these responses are more intense.

Dan Butler Publishes New Articles in Political Behavior and Administration & Society

6.19.25

One article presents a study on primary voters during the 2022 statewide primary elections, while the other looks at the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in Loper Bright.

Michael Strawbridge Publishes Article in Politics, Groups, and Identities

6.4.25

The article looks to resolve the lack of consensus regarding the relationship between Black social networks and institutions as socializing agents within the Black community.

Lucia Motolinia Publishes Article in Legislative Studies Quarterly

6.4.25

The article looks at Mexican state legislators and how pre-election coalitions shape candidate selection decisions.

Elaine Yao Publishes Article in American Journal of Political Science

6.2.25

The incoming faculty member's piece focuses on how groups can focus on compromise to boost preferred outcomes.

Professor Taylor Carlson and PhD Alum Benjamin Noble Awarded Best Paper in Political Behavior

5.29.25

The award recognizes the best paper published in the journal, Political Behavior, in 2024.

Andrew Reeves Publishes New Article in The Conversation

5.22.25

The article explores why legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president.

David Carter Publishes New Article in Annual Review of Political Science

5.19.25

The article provides a new framework for understanding patterns of territorial conflict historically up to the present period.

Jaclyn Kaslovsky & Michael Olson Publish New Article in Perspectives on Politics

5.14.25

The article examines if legislative and electoral accomplishments translate into perceived influence differently by gender.