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Colloquium with Rhoanne Esteban - Dec 4

Rhoanne Esteban is an ABD Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For the past seven years, she has worked at Travelers, a Fortune 100 property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. She currently serves as a decision scientist in Personal Insurance Data and Analytics, where she leads projects focused on underwriting operations.

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Keleher for Ten Years of Service!

Colloquium + Practice Job Talk with Annjulie Vester - Nov 6

Annjulie Vester is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara studying the political economy of armed conflict. Specifically, her research focuses on how rebel groups use different revenue sources to finance rebellion and how they govern through institutions. In a secondary research agenda, she studies the politics of finance and voting at the UN General Assembly. 

An American Promise: 20th Century US Military Naturalization with Alfredo Gonzalez - Sunday, Nov 2

Join Assistant Professor Alfredo Gonzalez as he explores the boundaries of military social welfare between WWI and the War on Terror, when military naturalization policy significantly changed from guaranteeing legal citizenship to merely expediting an immigrant’s ability to apply for naturalization.

The Social Roots of Asian American Partisanship with Dr. Tanika Raychaudhuri - Oct 23, 2025

Dr. Tanika Raychaudhuri is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rice University. She earned her Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University and previously held appointments at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Houston. Her research focuses on political behavior, civic engagement, and immigrant communities in American politics. 

Faculti Interview with Dr. Alison Brysk

 Use QR code below to view Dr. Brysk's full interview.

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Congratulations Professor Masterson - Washington Post Interviewee

Please join us in congratulating our own Professor Daniel Masterson for his impactful interview in a September 28th Washington Post article entitled, "1 million people have returned to Syria since fall of Assad, U.N. says." To read Professor Masterson's full interview, visit the article on the Washington Post. 

Making an Impact with a Political Science Degree: Ralph Carmona’s Journey - October 2nd, 2025