Ridgway (“Ridg”) Davis, Professor Emeritus at UConn, passed away at Windham Hospital on February 10, 2018, after a short illness. He was 94. Please read more in the latest edition of POLS News and Notes. 

Democrats will continue to lead the Mansfield Town Council in 2017 thanks to a successful election night on November 7. Joining them on the council will be a familiar face: Caitlin Briody (POLS ’17) won an unexpected seat on the Council as an unaffiliated petitioning candidate. Briody became the first petitioning candidate to win a […]

The Department of Political Science is proud to welcome two new professors who have joined our faculty this fall:  Dr. Evan Perkoski (U.Penn. PhD., 2015), who will teach International Relations in Storrs; and Dr. Robert Lupton (Mich. St. PhD., 2015), who will teach American Politics at our regional campus in Stamford. Dr. Perkoski spent last […]