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Peng Peng Awarded the 2025 Lee J. Alston Prize for Best Article in Journal of Historical Political Economy

5.9.25

The Lee J. Alston Prize is given out annually for the best article in the previous year’s volume of the journal.

Lucia Motolinia Receives Early Career Award from Midwest Political Science Association Women’s Caucus

4.10.25

The award recognizes a female (pre-tenure) faculty member based upon her research accomplishments and contribution to the discipline.

Michael Olson Receives Emerging Scholar Award from American Political Science Association

4.10.25

The award is given to a top scholar in the field of state politics and policy who is within 10 years of earning a PhD.

Carly Wayne and Ted Enamorado Awarded Tenure

3.20.25

The tenure award will go into effect July 1st.

Betsy Sinclair and Nathan Jacobs Named Assistant Vice Provosts for Digital Transformation

2.6.25

Their appointments represent a pivotal step in advancing faculty research excellence, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and accelerating the translation of innovation into real-world impact.

Masanori Kikuchi Receives Best Visualization Award from the Journal of Peace Research

2.4.25

Kikuchi's work is featured in an article title, "How does war affect cultural tolerance? Evidence from concert programs, 1900-60."

Political Science Majors Chosen for Institute for Responsible Citizenship 2026 Cohort

2.4.25

The students, part of only 12 chosen across the country, will be a part of the Institute's Washington Program.

Timm Betz & Annie Jarman Win Prestigious Awards from Midwest Political Science Association

12.5.24

Betz & Jarman's papers were presented at the 2024 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, and both will receive awards at the 2025 conference.

James L. Gibson Publishes New Book Through the Russell Sage Foundation

10.28.24

James L. Gibson's book explores the effect of the Trump insurrection on the state of U.S. democracy today.

Dean of Law, Stefanie Lindquist, Given Courtesy Appointment to Political Science Department

10.7.24

Lindquist is the current Nickerson Dean of WashU Law School with a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration

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

9.9.24

Assistant professor of political science Ted Enamorado has earned a $233,955 National Science Foundation grant to expand his efforts in linking disparate sets of data. Enamorado is one of the faculty leads of Improving Data Integration Techniques, a group supported by a programmatic grant from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures.