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Students Gain Recognition and Support for "Fence Isla Vista Campaign"

A group of students in Professor Bimber’s PS 171 class are gaining attention through their Fence Isla Vista campaign.  The campaign, which began as a project for their class, has extended beyond the classroom.  Professor Bimber issued an assignment for his students to create a social media campaign around a topic of interest.  Six of the students gathered together and decided to focus on an issue that was important to them.  Inspired by two recent deaths from cliff falls, the students focused on increasing fence safety along the cliffs in Isla Vista to prevent future cli

Round-Table on Recent Research on Kazakhstan

Event Start: May 20, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: May 20, 2013 11:00 PM

Speaker:
Professor Nazym Shedenova and Professor Saule Ualieva

Professor Nazym Shedenova (Department of Sociology at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Visiting Event FlierScholar at UC Berkley) and Professor Saule Ualieva (Department of Sociology at East Kazakh Technical University, Oskemen, Kazakhstan and Visiting Scholar at UCSB) will lead a round-table discussion on recent research on Kazakhstan.

Faculty Talk: Aligning aid with results: making international organizations responsive to past performance

Event Start: January 15, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: January 15, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Mark Buntaine, Assistant Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB

Bren Assistant Professor, Mark Buntaine, will give a talk on his current book project.

Professor Lien Receives Taiwan Fellowship

Political Science Professor Pei-te Lien has been awarded a Taiwan Fellowship, which she will use during the summer of 2012 to study political socialization through citizenship education in Taiwan this summer.

New Faculty Member in International Relations

The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Bridget L. Coggins as Assistant Professor.  Receiving her Ph.D. from Ohio State University, Dr. Coggins specializes in International Relations and will be an excellent addition to the department.  Her scholarly work examines the topics of international order and security at the intersection of comparative and international politics. She was Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College and went on to become an International Affairs Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations.  Dr.

International Relations Speaker Series: Asst. Professor Benjamin Graham

Event Start: March 09, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: March 09, 2013 12:00 AM
Benjamin Graham, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, will give a talk on IPE and Security

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: Ellison Hall 3824

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

Political Science Reception at the All Gaucho Reunion

Event Start: April 25, 2014 09:00 PM

Event End: April 25, 2014 09:00 PM

Event Location: Mosher Alumni House

It’s been 15 years since the Professor Larry Adams Scholarship Award was established. Since that time, 32 students have become Adams Scholars and served in public service internships in the Santa Barbara community.