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Betsy Sinclair Awarded Thomas F. Eagleton University Professorship in Public Affairs and Political Science

10.4.24

Sinclair's distinguished professorship is named after longtime former US senator and Washu Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, Thomas F. Eagleton.

Enamorado wins NSF grant for linking datasets

10.4.24

Enamorado will design open-source data software that can process tens of millions of records – all from a personal computer.

Stephanie Shady Publishes New Article in Politics and Religion

10.3.24

Lecturer of Political Science, Stephanie Shady, co-authors a piece exploring the divide among Republican pastors in North Carolina on the legitimacy of force defending the “traditional American way of life."

Enamorado publishes "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" in American Political Science Review

10.2.24

Professor Ted Enamorado's newest article in American Political Science Review puts forward a new algorithm for text classification.

David Carter Co-Authors "Border Barriers and Illicit Trade Flows" in International Studies Quarterly

10.2.24

David Carter's newest article looking into the flow of illicit goods at ports of entry has been published in International Studies Quarterly

Enamorado wins NSF grant for linking datasets

9.9.24

Enamorado will design open-source data software that can process tens of millions of records – all from a personal computer.

James L. Gibson's new book "Democracy's Destruction?" to release in September

7.18.24

James L. Gibson's newest book, "Democracy's Destruction?: Changing Perceptions of the Supreme Court, the Presidency, and the Senate After the 2020 Election" is slated for publication in September from the Russell Sage Foundation.

David Carter joins editorial committee of World Politics

7.18.24

Congratulations to David Carter who is a new member of the editorial committee for the journal World Politics, effective July 1st.

Noble and Carlson co-publish QAnon research in Political Behavior

7.18.24

Most research investigates why the public embraces conspiracy theories, but few studies empirically examine how Americans evaluate the politicians who do.

Tavits, Debus and Somer-Topcu awarded Best Dataset Prize from APSA CompPol

7.18.24

Professor Margit Tavits, with co-authors Marc Debus and Zeynep Somer-Topcu, are this year’s recipients of the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Best Dataset Prize for their dataset, “Comparative Campaign Dynamics Dataset."

Shi and Rosas publish “If Foreign, Then Cleaner” in International Studies Quarterly

7.15.24

Dihan Shi and Guillermo Rosas' new article "“If Foreign, Then Cleaner”: Individual Corruption Perceptions and Support for Free Trade in Developing Nations" has been published in International Studies Quarterly.

Rossiter and Carlson publish on "Cross-Partisan Conversation" in Journal of Politics

7.12.24

"Cross-Partisan Conversation Reduced Affective Polarization for Republicans and Democrats Even after the Contentious 2020 Election", the latest article from Erin Rossiter and Taylor Carlson, has been published through the Journal of Politics.