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Trump Tweets Erode Trust in Elections Among Supporters, Study Finds

November 10, 2020

President Trump’s tweets questioning the U.S. election’s legitimacy are effective in shaping his supporters’ beliefs on that topic, while his tweets boosted his detractors’ confidence in elections, according to research conducted by UNC Political Science Professor Timothy Ryan (continued via … Continued

Pi Sigma Alpha National Student Research Conference

March 6, 2020

Tiana Herring, a UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science and Contemporary European Studies double major from Bremerton, WA, gave a presentation on her research this past February 15 at the Pi Sigma Alpha National Student Research Conference in Washington, DC.  Tiana was … Continued

Silent Sam Statement from the Department of Political Science

December 12, 2019

December 11, 2019 To the UNC Board of Governors, Interim System President Roper, UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz, and Provost Blouin: The faculty of the Department of Political Science at UNC- Chapel Hill condemns, in the … Continued

Annual Political Science Newsletter – 2019

October 24, 2019

Dear Friends and Alumni, On behalf of the Department of Political Science, I welcome you to read our annual newsletter. As the calendar year draws to a close, we reflect on a year full of challenges and highlights. In the … Continued