Welcome to Political Science at UConn
The Political Science department studies how the political process shapes the choices we face as a community of citizens. Through our undergraduate program, we hope to provide students with the concepts that will enable them to be active and constructive citizens. Through our graduate program, we aspire to educate future scholars in the tools of our trade. Department faculty are involved in cutting-edge research and innovative teaching. Explore our faculty and graduate student webpages and check out our newsletter and blog.
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Please click HERE to view the Late Fall 2014 Department Newsletter.
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Please click HERE to view the Spring 2014 Department Newsletter.
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Please click HERE to view the Late Fall 2013 Department Newsletter.
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Back to topUpcoming Events
September 11, 2014, 12:30p.m.
“The Right to Read”
Lea Shaver (Indiana University – Law)
Dodd 162
September 25, 2014, 3:00-4:30p.m.
“Computer-based Training for Student Investigators in Political Science and Other Disciplines Using the InfoEd Human Subjects Module”
Led by Matthew Cook, Office of the Vice President for Research
Homer Babbidge Library Electronic Classroom 1 (EC-1)
September 29, 2014, 4:30-6:00p.m.
“What is Empathy?”
Austin 217 (The Stern Lounge)
October 7, 12:30-2 p.m.
“Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India”
Nishith Prakash (UConn ECON)
Dodd Center Lounge
October 9, 2014, 4:00-5:30p.m
“Applying for Dissertation Funding from the SSRC”
Daniella Sarnoff, Social Science Research Council
PLEASE NOTE THAT DESPITE THE FOUNDATION’S NAME, ITS FELLOWSHIPS ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS IN THE HUMANITIES AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Oak Hall 438
October 15, 2014 - 12:15p.m.
“A Century of Social Policies in Latin America”
James McGuire, Wesleyan University
James W. McGuire is Professor in the Department of Government at Wesleyan
University. He specializes in the comparative politics of developing countries,
with a particular focus on democracy, social welfare policies, and public health.
He is the author of Peronism without Perón: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in
Argentina (Stanford University Press, 1997) and of Wealth, Health, and
Democracy in East Asia and Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2010),
which won the 2011 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science
Research. McGuire is a recipient of Wesleyan’s Binswanger Prize for Excellence
in Teaching.
Oak Hall 438
October 17, 2014
“Do Criminally Accused Politicians Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from India.”
Nishith Prakash, Dept. of Economics, UConn
Oak 337
October 22, 2014, 12:15p.m.
“Retrenchment or Reform? Changes in Primary Election Laws, 1928-1970”
Robert G. Boatright, Clark University
Robert G. Boatright teaches courses on American political behavior, political parties, campaigns and elections, interest groups, political participation, and political theory. He has served as a research fellow at the Campaign Finance Institute, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, and as a research associate at the American Judicature Society. He has published numerous books and articles on campaign finance reform, congressional redistricting, the congressional budget process, and on various aspects of jury service. His most recent book is Getting Primaried: The Changing Politics of Congressional Primary Challenges (University of Michigan Press, 2013). A graduate of Carleton College, he received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1999.
Oak Hall 438
October 24, 2014
“The Effects of Globalization, Financialization, and Neoliberal Reform on Income Inequality in 18 Affluent Democracies”
Allen Hyde, Todd Vachon, and Michael Wallace, Dept. of Sociology, UConn
Oak Hall 438
October 29, 2014
“The Limits of Tolerance and the Case of LGBTI Rights in Turkey”
Zehra Arat and Caryl Nuñez
Oak Hall 438
October 31, 2014
“Class Inequality and the Adult Attainment Project among Middle-Aged Men in the United States, 1980-2010.”
Matt Ray and Jeremy Pais, Dept. of Sociology, UConn
Oak Hall 438
November 3, 12:30-2 p.m.
“Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India”
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi)
Dodd 162
November 7, 2014
“Are These Your Parents' Conservatives: The Dynamics of Political Identity in the U.S., 1988-2012”
Gordon Gauchat, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Oak Hall 438
November 13, 2014, 4:00-5:30p.m.
“The Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Winning Grant Proposal”
Allan Song, Smith Richardson Foundation
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ASSISTANT PROFESSORS AS WELL.
Oak Hall 438
Novemer 14, 2014
TBA
Salil Benegal, Dept. of Political Science, UConn
Oak Hall 438
November TBA
“Monitoring the right to adequate food in Brazil: an analysis from human rights indicators and their application to public policies”
Ana Luiza Gama (Estácio de Sá University/UNESA, Brazil)
Dodd 162
December 2, 12:30-2 p.m.
“Human Rights & Economic Justice: Re-Reading the Qur-an & the International Bill of Rights”
Zehra Arat (UConn POLS)
Dodd 162
December 5, 2014
“Do changes in district magnitude affect electoral fragmentation? Evidence at the district level”
Matt Singer, Dept. of Political Science, UConn
Oak Hall 438
April 15th, 12:15-2:15pm
2015 Research Excellence in POLS (REPS) Annual Poster Session and Reception
REPS is an annual poster session and reception hosted by UConn’s Political Science (POLS) Honors Program. It celebrates the thesis & research projects undertaken by the Department’s Honors Students at the end of each academic year. POLS thesis students and undergraduate research assistants are on hand to explain and answer questions about their research projects to visitors who may stop by anytime during the event hours to view the posters and enjoy the refreshments.
Oak Hall 408
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Phone: (860) 486-2440
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