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Portrait of LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
February 21, 2022

LaFleur Stephens-Dougan breaks down how racial appeals work in US politics

“There is an element that taps into people’s insecurities, real or imagined, in terms of whether another group is doing better, what does this mean for me, what does it
Professor Markus Prior
February 1, 2022

Markus Prior previews his new prize-winning book

“Hooked: How Politics Captures People’s Interest” uses data from three decades in four Western democracies to explain political interest. Markus Prior sat down with B. Rose Huber to preview the
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January 26, 2022

Layna Mosley to serve as co-editor of International Organization

Layna Mosley will serve as the next co-editor-in-chief of International Organization, a journal covering the field of international affairs, beginning July 1, 2022.
Freeman Headshot
January 21, 2022

Will Freeman on generational turnover in Latin American politics

PhD student Will Freeman and co-author Paul J. Angelo discuss the demographic shifts redefining governments in Latin America.
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November 22, 2021

Politics senior Wafa Zaka '22 wins Rhodes Scholarship

Wafa Zaka, who is concentrating in Politics and pursuing a certificate in the history and practice of diplomacy, has won the Rhodes Scholarship. Zaka will pursue an MSt in Global
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November 19, 2021

Matias Iaryczower awarded funding from Schmidt DataX Fund for project on the interplay of money and politics

Iaryczower's is one of ten interdisciplinary research projects that have won funding from Princeton University’s Schmidt DataX Fund with the goal of spreading and deepening the use of artificial intelligence
Killian B. Clarke
October 29, 2021

Killian Clarke analyzes the coup in Sudan

In a New York Times opinion article, Politics alum Killian Clarke and his coauthor Mai Hassan argue that "all is not lost" in Sudan despite an unsettling, on-going coup.
Patricia Kirkland
October 28, 2021

Patricia Kirkland finds that business owners and executives are prominent in mayoral races

Patricia Kirkland's findings were published in the Urban Affairs Reviews.
Professor Melissa S. Lane
October 27, 2021

Melissa Lane reconstructs the history of the social contract

Melissa Lane sat down with the Future Hindsight podcast to talk about the history of a particularly important and consequential idea in the history of political thought: the social contract.
Zenobia Chan
October 8, 2021

Zenobia Chan named Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow

PhD student Zenobia Chan was named a Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow by the U.S. Institute of Peace. She will be funded by Minerva Research Initiative to work on her dissertation
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October 5, 2021

Leonard Wantchekon awarded honorary doctorate from Laval University

Leonard Wantchekon was awarded an honorary doctorate in economics from Laval University.
Portrait of Professor Melissa Lee
October 5, 2021

Melissa Lee discusses the scope and character of US interventions in Afghanistan

In a Modern War Institute article, Melissa Lee examines the ill-fated state building mission in Afghanistan.
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September 22, 2021

Fall 2021 Job Market Candidates

The Department of Politics supports its Ph.D. students and recent alumni as they search for positions within and outside academia. On our job placement page you'll find more information about
Portrait of Lauren Wright
September 17, 2021

Lauren Wright on why Vice President Harris should weigh in on the Texas abortion law debate

“[T]he relative absence of the vice president’s voice on the administration’s ‘whole of government’ approach to protecting women’s abortion rights stands out.” In a piece published by The Hill, Lauren
Atul Kohli
September 15, 2021

Atul Kohli on how his book on imperialism can shed light on the situation in Afghanistan

Atul Kohli gave a German-language interview on the situation on Afghanistan in light of his recent book on imperialism in ProWOZ.
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September 8, 2021

Andrew Reynolds discusses US missteps in Afghanistan

Andrew Reynolds and coauthor John Carey (Dartmouth) discuss how US decisions in Afghanistan negatively impacted its political fate in the Washington Post.
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August 26, 2021

Brian Schonfeld and Sam Winter-Levy analyze party loyalties and voting behaviors in the UK.

"The outcome of the referendum, in other words, rapidly transformed the Conservative Party’s position on the EU." Brian Schonfeld and Sam Winter-Levy have published a blog for The UK in
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August 26, 2021

Jonathan Mummolo receives funding from Microsoft to conduct research on police body-worn cameras

Microsoft has awarded $250,000 in funding to professor Jonathan Mummolo and a team of fellow social scientists to fund the development of a novel system to computationally analyze police body-worn
Lee & Shapiro
August 18, 2021

Melissa Lee and Jacob Shapiro join other SPIA faculty to discuss the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan

Just a few weeks shy of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the takeover is a significant blow to the American military members, and their families, who died fighting to prevent
APSA Poster Winners - Tanika, Ali, Stephanie
August 5, 2021

Tanika Raychaudhuri, Ali Valenzuela, and Stephanie Chan win APSA best poster prize

The group won for their poster “Group Threat or Contact? The Effects of Local Immigration Primes on Policy Views.”

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