This past January, Evan Perkoski (and several co-authors) published “The Militant Group Alliances and Rivalries data set,” which is now available at the National Security Policy Center website. It provides data on all known cooperative and conflictual relationships between armed groups globally from 1950 to 2016. Talbot Andrews’ article titled, “Who Do You Trust? Institutions […]
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Stories that appear in the alumni newsletter
Student Successes: Late Fall 2021
Sercan Canbolat was the lead author on an article in Canadian Foreign Policy Journal that he co-authored with Professors Sarah Gansen and Patrick James at the University of Southern California. The article was entitled “Systemism and Foreign Policy: An Exercise in Systematic Synthesis.” Bennett Research Assistant John Kelly ’21 (CLAS) and his supervisor, Professor Kimberly […]
Alumni Notes: Late Fall 2021
Chineze Osakwe ’21 (CLAS) was admitted to the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute’s 1L Advocates Program, which is a specially curated program of activities, training, and mentorship for first year law students interested in human rights. Greg Williams ’14 Ph.D, associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Colorado, has received a […]
Faculty Achievements: Late Fall 2021
Oksan Bayulgen, Lyle Scruggs, and two co-authors published an article in the December 2021 issue of Energy Politics entitled “Tilting at Windmills? Electoral Repercussions of Wind Turbine Projects in Minnesota.” The same cohort published a piece in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage on October 20, 2021,titled “Biden wants more wind energy. Those projects should help […]
Student Successes: Early Fall 2021
Gabriela Tafoya ‘19 (Ph.D.) has started in her new position as a tenure-track assistant professor of political science at Manchester University in Indiana. POLS majors Shankara Narayanan ‘21 (B.A.) and Justin Rodriguez have been selected as CLS and Gilman scholars, respectively. Damani Douglas, a senior undergraduate in the department, has been named one of 50 […]
Alumni Notes: Early Fall 2021
Gregory P. Williams ‘15 (Ph.D). has been promoted to Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs with tenure at the University of Northern Colorado. The paperback edition of his 2020 book, Contesting the Global Order: the Radical Political Economy of Perry Anderson and Immanuel Wallerstein (SUNY Press), was released this summer. (The publisher is […]
Faculty Achievements: Early Fall 2021
Shareen Hertel continues her work with the UConn’s President’s Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility — this past year she was joined on that committee by Ph.D. student Brooks Kirchgassner and POLS major Sarah Cusano. The university has won national recognition for its efforts in ensuring that its supply chain is ethically managed globally, as noted […]
Faculty Achievements: Spring 2021
Faculty in the Department of Political Science promote their research through scholarly publications and outreach to media and the community.
Student Successes: Spring 2021
The Department celebrates recent achievements of its undergraduate and graduate students, from fellowships to journal publications.
Alumni Notes: Spring 2021
A recent roundup of achievements from the Department’s undergraduate and graduate alumni for the spring 2021 newsletter.