Professor Taylor Carlson and PhD Alum Benjamin Noble Awarded Best Paper in Political Behavior
The award recognizes the best paper published in the journal, Political Behavior, in 2024.
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Andrew Reeves Publishes New Article in The Conversation
The article explores why legal limits alone can’t constrain a defiant president.
Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure
David Carter Publishes New Article in Annual Review of Political Science
The article provides a new framework for understanding patterns of territorial conflict historically up to the present period.
St. Louis Storm Recovery Efforts
Jaclyn Kaslovsky & Michael Olson Publish New Article in Perspectives on Politics
The article examines if legislative and electoral accomplishments translate into perceived influence differently by gender.
Peng Peng Awarded the 2025 Lee J. Alston Prize for Best Article in Journal of Historical Political Economy
The Lee J. Alston Prize is given out annually for the best article in the previous year’s volume of the journal.
Growing and Maintaining Excellence: A Departmental Year in Review
Between new faculty, new awards, and funding questions, the 2024–2025 academic year has been an eventful one for WashU Political Science.
Letter from the Director of Graduate Studies
Betsy Sinclair Installed as Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science
Diana Z. O'Brien Co-Authors New Article in American Political Science Review
The article examines whether gender quotas diminish citizens’ faith in political decisions and decision-making processes.
Professors and Grad Student Publish New Article in American Journal of Political Science
The research leverages large-scale data on Facebook posts by more than 800 parties in 87 democracies to analyze their day-to-day language practices to develop, for the first time, the classification of monolingual and multilingual parties around the world.