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Professor Michael Jones-Correa elected as AAPSS 2025 Robert A. Dahl Fellow
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Congratulations to Professor Michael Jones-Correa, who has been elected to the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Fellow.
Graduate Student Lauren Palladino Winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Science category
Monday, February 24, 2025
Congratulations to Lauren Palladino, second year graduate student in our department, winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Sciences category. Her talk, The Gender Gap in Political Tolerance: Explaining Women’s Attitudes Toward Free Expression outlines how she steps away from outdated… Read More
New Publication in the Irish Times for Professor Brendan O'Leary
Monday, February 17, 2025
Professor O'Leary has co-authored an article stemming from the ARINS/Irish Times survey results, released earlier this month. The article, "Trends show rise in support for Irish unity among Northern voters" takes a look at the attitudes towards unity from Northern Protestants and analyzes… Read More
Professor Brendan O'Leary Interviewed by the Irish Times Inside Politics Podcast
Monday, February 17, 2025
Professor O'Leary, Chair of the Political Science department and Chair of ARINS (Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South) Public Opinion Committee, featured in the latest Inside Politics podcast names "North and South, attitudes to reunification are shifting."
The conversation… Read More
New Prize for Prof. Tariq Thachil's co-authored book
Monday, February 17, 2025
Tariq Thachil and his co-author Adam Auerbach’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (2024), has won yet another prize.
UPenn's Beta Tau chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
This is the twelfth time that the chapter has received this award, which is quite an achievement!
Emeritus Professor Rogers Smith featured in new article about the Most Patriotic States in America
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Professor Rogers M. Smith was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Most Patriotic States In America. You can find it here:… Read More
Professor Tariq Thachil wins 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Tariq Thachil’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics, coauthored with Adam Auerbach, was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award from APSA’s Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Section, and the 2024 Best Book award by APSA’s Experimental Research Section.
2023 David A. Lake Award for best paper awarded to professor Julia Gray and Ph.D. student Chloe Ahn
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Political science professor Julia Gray and graduate student Chloe Ahn received the 2023 David A. Lake Award for the best paper presented at the 20023 International Political Economy Society Conference for their paper “Re-Dedicating Ourselves to the Cause of Bleeding Africa: Sociotropic Portrayls… Read More
Professor Edward Mansfield elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Ed Mansfield, Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Christopher H. Browne Center director, who is one of five Penn professors elected this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This honor celebrates his research and contribution to the field of… Read More