LaFleur Stephens-Dougan wins 2021 David O. Sears Best Book on Mass Politics Award

LaFleur Stephens-Dougan has won the 2021 David O. Sears Best Book on Mass Politics Award from the International Society for Political Psychology for her book "Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics."

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June 2, 2026

Politics Professor Awarded Faculty Preceptorship

Assistant Professor Christopher Blair has been awarded one of five University preceptorships for the period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. Princeton offers a limited number of preceptorships

June 1, 2026

Board of Trustees Approves the Appointment of Two New Politics Professors

Professor Melissa Schwartzberg, in politics and the University Center for Human Values, specializes in political theory. Her appointment is effective July 1. Schwartzberg comes to Princeton from New York University

Featured left to right: Christian Baehr, Fiona Bare, and Vincent Heddesheimer.

May 28, 2026

Politics Graduate Students Explore Climate and Firm Policies

Dr. Fiona Bare, recent graduate, and Christian Baehr and Vincent Heddesheimer, Ph.D. candidates at Princeton University, have published new research in the American Journal of Political Science titled “Climate exposure