Arianna Estrella (‘28) won a free passport and support through the application process from EGL’s Global Passport Project.    Gianna Socci (‘25)’s research was featured in the UConn Today article, “‘It’s Alive!’ (and Guilty?): Student Considers Whether Frankenstein’s Monster Could Be Held Liable in Court Of Law”    In October, James Shiang (’25), Mariam Vargas […]

Dr. Rhea Debussy (Ph.D ‘18)’s article, entitled “LGBTQ+ Voters in These 4 States Could Swing the 2024 Presidential Election“, was published in “The Conversation”.    Emily Luna (CLAS ‘17) graduated from Western New England University School of Law with a J.D in May 2024. She recently joined Diana, Conti & Tunila, LLP in Manchester, CT […]

Dr. Pressman – along with co-authors Erica Chenoweth, Soha Hammam, and Jay Ulfelder – recently published “Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024” in Social Movement Studies. The article characterizes the movements based on their Crowd Counting Consortium data. For example, the article addresses size, frequency, and the largely non-violent protestors. It […]

The Elizabeth C. Hanson Scholarship provides up to $2,000 to support students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who are pursuing an internship in an international setting or in an organization deeply engaged in international matters.

Robert Downes (PhD Candidate)’s conference paper on radical ecology and indigeneous thought “Natural Dialectics: Māori & Sioux Ecosophy Encounters the Rule of Law” was published in the open-access/peer-reviewed Journal of International Relations, Peace, and Diplomacy Studies.  Robert Downes (PhD Candidate)’s article “Green Anarchy & Red Praxis: An Anarcho-Indigenous Dialouge Towards a Democracy of Species” was […]

Michael Hernandez (‘22) was profiled by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy for their admission materials. Michael is pursuing a Masters in Public Policy and a Master of Divinity at the University of Chicago.  Daniel Fata (‘94) was the ‘24 Commencement Speaker for the Masters Ceremony at UConn last spring.  Sherlynn Vendome […]

Dr. Stephen Dyson is co-principal investigator and Dr. Jeffrey Dudas is senior personnel on an NEH grant awarded to UCHI to investigate how legacies of slavery are shaping the perception and reception of conversational artificial intelligence.  Dr. Beth Ginsberg is the recipient of the University Honors Faculty Member of the Year.  Dr. Sam Best and […]

M. Aynal Haque (Ph.D. Candidate) won CETL’s 2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.  Bieu Tran (Ph.D. Candidate) has been awarded the CUNY Queens College President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructor of the Year Award) and the accompanying $2000 prize. He was also recently selected as a finalist for the University Citizen Award, UConn’s most prestigious […]

Former graduate student and instructor Susana Ulloa (MA ‘95) passed away. We remember her fondly in our department and will carry on her legacy.    You can find an interview with Matt McMahon (POLS ‘89) who runs the Sports Diplomacy Division at the US State Department in the recent UConn Magazine   Yazmin Garcia Trejo (Ph.D. ‘14) […]

POLS faculty gathered with other UConn faculty at the Board of Trustees meeting on April 17 to protest the impending budget cuts and ask the Board and the administration to scrap the five-year plan. Dr. Meina Cai has a coauthored article titled “Social Embeddedness, Power Balance, and Local Governance in China,” that was recently published […]