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Climate-Challenged Society

Event Start: October 10, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: October 10, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney

David Schlosberg will be speaking at the Political Theory Workshop on Thursday, October 10 on his new book, Climate-Challenged Society (Oxford University Press), which is co-authored with John Dryzek and Richard Norgaard.

Interntional Relations Talk: Coercive Threats and Reputation-Building in International Crises

Event Start: March 11, 2014 07:30 PM

Event End: March 11, 2014 07:30 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Todd S. Sechser, Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Weatherford Quoted in Recent Business Week Article

UCSB Political Science Professor of American Politics Stephen Weatherford was quoted in a recent Business Week.com article about Obama's campaign fund-raising efforts with celebrity donors.  The article discusses the pros and cons of such a campaign strategy, and why the President is working this particular funding source to increase his campaign war chest.

Identity Speaker Series "Empirical Intersectionality: A Tale of Two Aproaches"

Event Start: April 25, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: April 25, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California

Poster for Professor Hancock Talk

As a part of the Research Focus Group on Identity's Speaker Series, Professor Ange-Marie Hancock will present on her forthcoming publication in the University of California, Irvine Law Review.

What is Your Race? -- And Why the Government Should Ask

Event Start: November 14, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: November 14, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Alumni Hall

Speaker:
Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs and Director, The Scholarly Knowledge Project, Columbia University

2014 Honors Colloquium and Awards Reception

The Department of Political Science Presents the 2014 Honors Colloquium and Awards Reception.

Ph.D. Alum Jeffrey Chwieroth Identified as "Star Professor"

Foreign Policy Magazine's issue for January 3, 2012 included its annual list of best graduate programs in various categories. Among the Best International Relations Masters Programs (subtitled: "The top 10 programs for those looking to run the world"), the editors chose as no. 9: The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Two Recent Placements

Two of the department’s PhD candidates have recently accepted tenure-track positions.

Brooke Mascagni will be an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Texas A&M University, Kingsville. She will be teaching American Politics, Women & Politics, and Research Methods.

Kathleen Cole will be joining the faculty at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. Her primary field is Political Theory.