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Norris's Book Takes on the Issue of Truth and Politics

Co-editors Jeremy Elkins and Andrew Norris have decided to tackle difficult questions about the role of truth in politics in their new volume, Truth and Democracy (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).  As they note in their own contributions to the volume, "American political culture is deeply ambivalent about truth."

Graduate Student, Skylar Covich featured in the Daily Nexus

The Daily Nexus recently profiled Graduate Student Skylar Covich, who is a favorite teaching assistant of many of the undergraduate students.  Skylar happens to be visually impaired, which has led him to develop a unique and appreciated approach to serving as a TA and leading sections.  To read the full story, please visit the Daily Nexus website.

National Security and United States Immigration Policy

Event Start: October 22, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: October 22, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Robbie Totten, Visiting Assistant Professor, UCSB Political Science Department

Only fair is lovely: candidate skin color and voter evaluation in an Indian election

Event Start: April 21, 2014 11:00 PM

Event End: April 21, 2014 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Amit Ahuja, Assistant Professor, UCSB Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor Amit Ahuja will give a talk as both the Identity Speaker Series and Faculty Lecture Series.

Congratulations to Gigi Gokcek

Prof. Gigi Gokcek, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Dominican University of California was named Teacher of the Year in 2012. She earned a PhD degree from UCSB in 2006.

"The Paranoid Style Revisited: Support for the Tea Party and Contemporary American Politics"

Event Start: February 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: February 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Christopher Parker, Stuart A. Scheingold Professor of Social Justice and Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle

Prof. Chris Parker will speak on his new book, The Paranoid Style Revisited: Support for the Tea Party and Contemporary American Politics (with Matt Barreto).

Roundtable: The Study of Identity and the Choice of Methods

Event Start: November 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: November 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Lane Room

The round-table is a discussion about choosing methods in the study of identity. As part of the round-table, we particularly encourage the participation of graduate students who will be asked to present the puzzle which they are studying, evidence which they intend to use, and the methods which they are considering.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Identity Studies RFG.

PS 595 Credit.

Jennings' Research Quoted in New York Times

"The Indoctrination Myth," an op-ed piece in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times by sociologist Neil Gross, discusses allegations in the recent presidential campaign that colleges and universities are "indoctrination mills" for godless liberalism. Gross cites the research of several sociologists, political scientists, and higher education researchers, including that of UCSB's M. Kent Jennings and his colleague, Laura Stoker (U.C. Berkeley) related to the question: Does attending college actually make you more liberal and less religious?