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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.

"The Identity of the Leader in Contemporary Turkmenistan: Between Tradition and Personal Characteristics"

Event Start: January 18, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: January 18, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall

Speaker:
Professor Slavomir Horak

2013 Honors Colloquium and Awards Reception

Event Start: June 14, 2013 03:30 PM

Event End: June 14, 2013 03:30 PM

Event Location: Buchanan 1930

External Financing and the Evolution of International Organizations

Event Start: February 10, 2014 11:30 PM

Event End: February 10, 2014 11:30 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Julia Gray, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Stuart Gray Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Each year, the UCSB Academic Senate recognizes a select few teaching assistants for the “vital role they play in enhancing the teaching mission of the University” and their “contributions to the teaching and learning process of UC Santa Barbara.” One of the recipients of this year’s awards is Stuart Gray, Ph.D. candidate in political theory. The Senate will honor this year’s recipients at a special meeting of the Faculty Legislature on April 26, 2012.