Graduate student Pavielle Haines won the best dissertation award in ASPA's political psychology section for her dissertation "A Vote for Me Is a vote for America: Patriotic Appeals in Presidential

Professor Yashar's book, "Homicidal Ecologies: Illicit Economies and Complicit States in Latin America," received APSA's best book award in the comparative democratization section.

Professor Dancygier's book, "Dilemmas of Inclusion," received APSA's Luebbert Best Book Award.

Politics senior Vilchez Santiago was awarded the Pace Center's Glickman Prize.

Professor Jan-Werner Mueller writes New York Times op-ed "Populists Don’t Lose Elections"

Professor Mendelberg was selected as a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in 2019-20.

Dan Berbecel, Julian Dean, Federico Tiberti and Elsa Voytas received the Department of Politics' Kateb Preceptor Award for excellence in teaching.

Wasow was awarded the department's Stanley Kelley Jr. Teaching Award for the 2018-19 academic year.

G.J. Sevillano and Samuel Vilchez Santiago won Spirit of Princeton Awards, which honor undergraduates for positive contributions to campus life.

Newly-declared concentrator Pamella Sebeza is studying politics and French in hopes of returning to Rwanda to work in government

Professors Andy Guess and Dean Knox have been awarded Dean for Research funding for innovative ideas in the social sciences.

Harriet Kiwanuka, a 2015 politics alumna, has been awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The fellowship will support her medical studies at Stanford University.

Karen Richardson, a 1993 politics alumna, has been named dean of admission at Princeton University.

Graduate student Killian Clarke was awarded the Procter Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year.