Benjamin Cohen will present a free public lecture in Summer Sessions' GRIT Talks

Summer Sessions presents a new season of GRIT Talks, a series of free public lectures by notable faculty members, as reported by The Current.

Benjamin Cohen, a professor of political science and an expert in international political economy, will speak on “Currency Wars: How National Currencies Compete,” Monday, July 6.

2020 Political Science Awards

The Department of Political Science has the honor of recognizing the following undergraduate and graduate students receiving department awards for the 2019-2020 academic year. 

Undergraduate Awards

Casier Scholarship

Casey Hozven

Ryan Ishii

Megan Yeager

Costigan Scholarship

Amanda Mobley

Kevin Patrick Moran Memorial Scholarship

Adalis Rojas

Sara Rubin

Paasha Mahdavi's new book explores the link between natural resources and political power- The Current

Leah Stokes: "Michael Moore produced a film about climate change that’s a gift to Big Oil" in Vox

Planet of the Humans deceives viewers about clean energy and climate activists.

Spring 2020 Scholarship Applications

The Department of Political Science is offering various scholarships for its political science majors. Please visit the Scholarship page to browse the available scholarship applications.

New Books in Political Science: Paasha Mahdavi publishes Power Grab

Power Grab

Political Survival through Extractive Resource Nationalization

By: Paasha Mahdavi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Online publication date: March 2020

Print publication year: 2020

Online ISBN: 9781108781350

Benjamin Cohen discusses the effects of Covid-19 on the economy in The Current

Leah Stokes awarded one of Grist's Top 50

Each year Grist searches high and low for the most inspiring innovators and do-ers working on fresh solutions to the planet’s biggest problems.

Professor Leah Stokes is among those 50 Fixers working to build a sustainable world that works for everyone. 

Visit Grist 50! 2020 here.