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.
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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SEAREG (Southeast Asia Research Group) Fellows are selected annually in a competitive process for outstanding unpublished work on Southeast Asia.
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.
Diana O'Brien won awards for "Representation and the Trade Roots of the Gender Wage Gap"
"Representation and the Trade Roots of the Gender Wage Gap" won the following awards: Southern Political Science Association 2023 Best Paper, SPSA's 2023 Marian Irish Award and the Midwest Political Science Association's 2023 Sophonisba Breckinridge Award.
William Nomikos won an Impact Grant from the Weidenbaum Center
"Peacebuilding amidst Information Warfare: How Disinformation Shapes Local Attitudes toward Peacebuilders in Conflict Settings" explores social media users’ exposure to disinformation in fragile and conflict-afflicted societies and how to shape their attitudes toward international peacebuilders This disinformation affects the prospects for peace, stability, and democratization.
Margit Tavits won the John Fell Oxford Award
“Voter ID in the UK – Eroding Democracy or Guaranteeing Electoral Integrity?”
Professor Wilke Awarded McDonnell Academy Seed Grant
Congratulations to Professor Anna Wilke for being awarded a McDonnell Academy seed grant for her research titled, "How does girls' empowerment affect boys? Two field experiments on cross-gender spillover effects of public health campaigns"!
Senior Miao elected to College Democrats board
Miao is one of 10 students who will represent 100,000 College Democrats in the nation and the first Washington University student to be elected to the executive board.
Professor Tavits Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grant
Congratulations to Professor Margit Tavits for receiving $25,000 Global Incubator Seed Grant from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and Office of the Provost for her proposal on "The Behavioral and Attitudinal Effects of Voter ID."
Professors Carter & Gabel Awarded Funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Congratulations to Professors David Cater and Matt Gabel and their collaborators Michael Espositio and Mark Huffman on being awarded $261,500 in funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures for their cluster proposal of "Trust and Public Health."
Professor Lucas Awarded Seed-Grant from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Lucas and collaborators Soumendra Lahiri and Andrew Jordan on receiving a cluster seed-grant of $89,000 from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures for "Police Body Camera Metadata."
2022 Political Science Department Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 Political Science Department Prize Winners!