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

UNC’s Department of Political Science is proud to share this book by Tom Carsey, “Tom’s Comments: Advice about Graduate School, Finding a Job, Reaching Tenure in Political Science and other Social Sciences, and All of the Steps in Between.” As … Continued

Congratulations to Rachel! https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/social-data-research-and-dissertation-fellowships/grantees/rporter/

Please see the attached letter to Chancellor Guskiewicz from the chairs of the departments of History, Political Science, and Sociology, along with the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense. Link to letter is below: request to the chancellor july 2020 … Continued

This year, PolMeth has gone fully virtual. Graduate student posters, which are a staple of the conference, are now permanently “on display” in temporary websites, where people can write comments/feedback. If you have a chance, it would be awesome if … Continued

***Award Citations Spring 2020*** Prothro Best Paper Award Committee: Rahsaan Maxwell and Sarah Treul After reading a collection of excellent and impressive papers, we decided to give the Prothro Best Paper award to Eroll Kuhn for “Do Longer Refugee Journeys … Continued

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

Image Description JANUARY 7, 2020 OSU faculty, students and staff in the Department of Political Science are mourning the loss of Brice Acree, who was an assistant professor in that department. Acree died Monday, November 11, in Columbus. He was … Continued

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

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