Announcement Archive

2023

Professor Pei-Te Lien Speaks on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
July 14, 2023
Nobel Peace Laureate and Journalist Maria Ressa Visits UCSB Political Science
May 30, 2023
Professor Leah Stokes Publishes Guest Essay in The New York Times
April 14, 2023
Julien Labarre Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
April 14, 2023
Amit Ahuja publishes Internal Security in India: Violence, Order, and the State
February 7, 2023

2022

Christopher Parker publishes article on BLM, race, and politics in Perspectives on Politics
December 16, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle Publishes Masterson's Research on UC Grad Student Pay
December 16, 2022
Clayton Nall's work on housing discussed in the Atlantic Monthly
November 29, 2022
Prof. Paasha Mahdavi's Co-authored Paper Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
November 22, 2022
Lien and Filler's Contesting the Last Frontier: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Representation of Asian Americans published by Oxford University Press
October 18, 2022

2021

Paige Digeser's "Collaboration and Its Political Functions" published in American Political Science Review
August 10, 2021
2021 Political Science Awards
June 11, 2021
Pei-te Lien's "How to un-model a minority: A micro-syllabus on Asian American politics" published in The Washington Post
April 29, 2021
Benjamin Cohen interviewed for Foundations and Frontiers in International Political Economy project
February 9, 2021
Daniel Masterson's research on Syrian refugees' migration featured in the Economist
February 1, 2021
Tae-Yeoun Keum's “Plato and the Mythic Tradition of Political Thought” is featured in The Current
January 4, 2021

2020

Amit Ahuja’s “Mobilizing the Marginalized” Wins New India Foundation Book Prize for 2020
December 10, 2020
Leah Stokes's "Short Circuiting Policy" Wins American Energy Society's Best Energy Book of the Year
December 1, 2020
Leah Stokes on Climate Issues Near and Far in The Santa Barbara Independent
November 3, 2020
Rajkamal Singh: "When Modi govt came to power, farmer protests increased 700% — the 3 bills are its result." The Print
September 25, 2020
M. Kent Jennings Receives the 2020 Frank J. Goodnow Award
September 22, 2020
New Books in Political Science: Lorraine McDonnell and Stephen Weatherford publish Evidence, Politics, and Education Policy
September 4, 2020
Neil Narang joins Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation as Research Director
September 4, 2020
Message from the Chair
September 1, 2020
Leah Stokes Earns Prestigious Plous Award
August 31, 2020
Olivia Quinn, Amanda Brush & Eric Smith: “A simple forecast suggests a Democratic sweep in 2020” Monkey Cage
July 9, 2020
Jeff Feng receives the Bailey Award for his paper "Eco-queer: queering environmental politics and greening queer politics"
July 8, 2020
Benjamin Cohen will present a free public lecture in Summer Sessions' GRIT Talks
July 7, 2020
2020 Political Science Awards
June 16, 2020
Paasha Mahdavi's new book explores the link between natural resources and political power- The Current
April 30, 2020
Leah Stokes: "Michael Moore produced a film about climate change that’s a gift to Big Oil" in Vox
April 29, 2020
Spring 2020 Scholarship Applications
April 22, 2020
Benjamin Cohen discusses the effects of Covid-19 on the economy in The Current
April 7, 2020
New Books in Political Science: Paasha Mahdavi publishes Power Grab
April 7, 2020
A word from the Chair addressing department operations in regards to COVID-19
March 12, 2020
Leah Stokes awarded one of Grist's Top 50
March 12, 2020
Several Political Science faculty present talks at the Great Decisions speaker series
February 27, 2020
New Books in Political Science: Matto Mildenberger publishes Carbon Captured
February 27, 2020
Amit Ahuja and Rajhamal Singh: "Why electorally secure Modi govt cracked down on CAA protesters so brutally" in The Print
February 19, 2020
New Books in Political Science: Leah Stokes publishes Short Circuiting Policy
January 29, 2020
Scholarship opportunity available for Winter 2020
January 16, 2020
Matto Mildenberger: "Australia’s fires have devastated millions of acres. What’s the political damage?" Washington Post
January 14, 2020

2019

Cluster Hiring Initiative on Global Migration: Engaging Inequalities, Affirming Communities
November 26, 2019
Recent graduate, Julia Stevens, discusses her political path before and after graduation
November 22, 2019
Political Science Alumna, Natasha Bennett, publishes an op-ed in The Monkey Cage
November 18, 2019
Political Science Alumnus, Arthur Svenson, receives 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient
November 13, 2019
Graduate students, Daniel Gomez and Michele Zamora, place second in PAPOR competition
November 4, 2019
Leah Stokes talks on PS You're Interesting podcast
October 18, 2019