The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans on March 16 in Atlanta, as well as the numerous other attacks against Asian Americans over the past year. These planned attacks are tragic, terrifying, painful, … Continued

By Frank R. Baumgartner and Christian Caron Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST Virginia may be about to eliminate the death penalty, which would remove the state with the greatest historical use of the punishment from the execution business. Simultaneously, President Biden is … Continued

By: Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson Washington Post, 1.27.201 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/27/putin-opposition-protests-navalny-russia-repression/

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