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Brown Bag Lunch on Careers Beyond Academia
Graduate students are invited to join Steve Boilard for a brown-bag lunch discussion on careers beyond academia. Dr. Boilard received his Ph.D. in Political Science from UCSB.
Graduate Student Roundtable on Fieldwork on Identity
The roundtable will be a discussion led by graduate students who recently conducted different types of fieldwork related to identity. Topics range from archives to elite interviews to surveys. Learn from their experiences and come share your own.
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Latha Varadarajan, San Diego State University
Emanuele Saccarelli, San Diego State University
Faculty Research Profile: Professor Bruce Bimber
Professor Bruce Bimber studies political behavior in the context of digital media. He is interested in how social media, as well as other facets of the Internet, affect how people think about politics and how they become involved in public affairs. In recent years he has studied people’s involvement in elections in the US and UK, boycotting over issues such as LGBT rights, what it means to be a “member” of an organization such as AARP or MoveOn, and how people choose and react to partisan political news.
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How to get Accepted to the Capital Fellows Program
Interested in a career in government? Consider applying to the Capital Fellows Program to get a head start.
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How to get Accepted to the Capital Fellows Program
Interested in a career in government? Consider applying to the Capital Fellows Program to get a head start.
Continue Reading How to get Accepted to the Capital Fellows ProgramJulian Gotlieb Wins WPSA Best Dissertation Award
Recent graduate Julian Gottlieb (PhD, 2015) received the 2016 Best Dissertation Award given by the Western Political Science Association for "The Protest News Framing Cycle: How News Attention and Framing Change Over the Course of a Protest."
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Mesa of Sorrows: Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy at Awat'ovi Pueblo
James Brooks
Professor of History and Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara