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Goyal, an incoming faculty member in comparative politics who will start as an assistant professor in the 2021-22 academic year, received APSA's Class and Inequality Section Kauffman Foundation Award for

Graduate students Foster and Chan's preconference paper “Polarization for Paralysis: How Authoritarian Regimes Weaponize Information to Shift Foreign Political Behaviors” received the Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Honorable

In the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, McConnaughy discusses the political resources and organizational skills employed by women to get the vote.

The Department is pleased to announce the arrival of five new faculty and the promotions of two faculty members.

"Sudan’s government seems to be shifting away from Islamic law. Not everyone supports these moves," writes Arab Barometer Project Director Robbins.

Dukeman, a graduate student in American politics, won an Inman Award from the University of Texas at Austin's Intelligence Studies Project for his paper "Crucibles of Crisis: The Creation of

Congratulations to Steve Monroe, who won the APSA MENA Politics Award for Best Dissertation, and Chantal Berman, who received an honorable mention.

Professor Wantchekon is building academic pipelines in Africa to universities in the United States that will take direct aim at the underrepresentation of Black and minority students in the field

Professor Guess and his co-researchers received the grant "to conduct a multi-wave nationally representative survey of COVID-19 beliefs and attitudes."

Professor Shapiro and his co-authors explore what tech companies can learn from defense-academia partnerships to promote long-term, independent research on influence operations.

Professor Friedberg and Charles Boustany's research report is detailed in The Hill.

Professor Stephens-Dougan discusses the political implications of Kamala Harris as Biden's running mate.

Myron was a Class of 2020 politics concentrator

Two public intellectuals, despite their differences, share a remarkable friendship that has much to teach America.

Professor Müller writes "The American right is pushing 'freedom over fear'. It won't stop the virus"

In "The politics of race are shifting, and politicians are struggling to keep pace," the author mentions Professor Wasow's research on the 1968 protests and the election of Richard Nixon.

Professor Shapiro discusses the COVID-19-related misinformation narratives that have been spreading in countries around the world.

Professor Frymer writes "The politics of D.C. statehood follow a well-worn path."