We are pleased to announce we will be livestreaming the Political Science Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 8th starting at 1PM, (link is below).  Tell your family/friends who are unable to join us! https://youtu.be/cZFuMpAbhS8

Mr. Griffin served five years on Mississippi’s death row before his death sentence was overturned. He was released from prison after 23 years in 2009 and later worked as an investigator in capital trials and post-conviction death penalty appeals in … Continued

Ms. Bunch, from rural Indiana, was convicted of murder by arson and served more than 17 years before she was able to demonstrate that the fire that had killed her young son in a trailer home they shared in 1995 … Continued

This piece by Professor Robertson is available online now and will be in Sunday’s Washington Post. https://t.co/v9cHcI1gKq

Please take a moment to welcome Ye Wang, Assistant Professor in Political Methodology.  Ye is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), UC San Diego. Ye studies political methodology and comparative politics. He received … Continued

Congrats to Professor Clark on this article from Monkey Cage: Happy 50th anniversary, women’s legislative caucuses! Here’s how to be even more effective.  Black women legislators can point out policy blind spots others might overlook. By Nadia E. Brown, Christopher … Continued

Speakers Series, Spring 2022 Poli203, Professor Frank Baumgartner All events are free, open to the public, and include audience Q&A Mondays, 5:30-7:00pm, Genome Sciences Building Auditorium G100, UNC-Chapel Hill List of upcoming Speakers:  http://fbaum.unc.edu/teaching/POLI203_Sp22/poli203-sp22-speakers.html

In recent years, more women of color have been elected to office in the United States. These actors are often understudied, or ignored altogether, yet they play a pivotal role in American democracy. A special issue of the Journal of … Continued

When he intervenes abroad, the Russian president tends to use proxies or mercenaries, to minimize the impact on public opinion By Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson The two-hour virtual summit between President Biden and Vladimir Putin, held Tuesday in … Continued

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published the first week of each month. Featured book: Market Power Politics: War, Institutions and Strategic Delay in World Politics (Oxford University Press, February … Continued