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Scholarship opportunity available for Winter 2020

The Department of Political Science offers several scholarships throughout the academic school year. The department partners with Office of Development to provide financial support to exemplary students facing financial hardships. To review the available scholarships for Winter 2020, please visit the Department Scholarships page.

Matto Mildenberger: "Australia’s fires have devastated millions of acres. What’s the political damage?" Washington Post

The government is mistaking an election win for a mandate to ignore climate change.

Cluster Hiring Initiative on Global Migration: Engaging Inequalities, Affirming Communities

Cluster Hiring Initiative

Global Migration: Engaging Inequalities, Affirming Communities

Recent graduate, Julia Stevens, discusses her political path before and after graduation

Julia Stevens decided to pursue a career in politics as a freshman at UCSB in the aftermath of the 2016 election. She was active in local and statewide environmental advocacy efforts and lobbied at all levels of government with the UCSB Lobby Corps. She credits her experience working on research with UCSB Linguistics Ph.D.

Political Science Alumna, Natasha Bennett, publishes an op-ed in The Monkey Cage

Natasha Bennett, a recent Ph.D, has a very incisive piece in The Monkey Cage explaining why protests have continued even after Evo Morales has resigned and what is at stake in the ongoing political unrest in Bolivia.

Read her piece here.

Guest Speaker: Justin Gest, George Mason University

Event Start: December 06, 2019 06:00 PM

Event End: December 06, 2019 06:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3823

Justin Gest
Associate Professor of Policy and Government
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University

Friday, December 6^th @ 10:00 AM
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824

Crossroads: The Status and Future of Immigration Policy in 30 Countries Worldwide

Guest Speaker: Justin Gest, George Mason University

Event Start: December 06, 2019 06:00 PM

Event End: December 06, 2019 06:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3823

Justin Gest
Associate Professor of Policy and Government
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University

Friday, December 6^th @ 10:00 AM
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824

Crossroads: The Status and Future of Immigration Policy in 30 Countries Worldwide

Political Science Alumnus, Arthur Svenson, receives 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient

The American Political Science Association (APSA) will present the Distinguished Teaching Award to Dr. Arthur Svenson at the 2019 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, the world’s largest gathering of political scientists and source for emerging scholarship in the discipline. The $1,000 award signals the central role of teaching in the profession.