Department of Political Science

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans on March 16 in Atlanta, as well as the numerous other attacks against Asian Americans o...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2021/03/the-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-committee-in-political-science-condemns-the-attacks-on-asian-americans/

By Frank R. Baumgartner and Christian Caron Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST Virginia may be about to eliminate the death penalty, which would remove the state with the greatest historical use o...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2021/02/virginia-may-abolish-the-death-penalty-theres-a-racist-history-behind-why-a-few-jurisdictions-use-it-most/

By: Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson Washington Post, 1.27.201 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/27/putin-opposition-protests-navalny-russia-repression/ The post Putin’s ...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2021/01/putins-new-war-on-the-opposition-suggests-he-sees-it-as-a-real-threat-both-sides-seem-to-think-the-future-of-russia-is-at-stake/

President Trump’s tweets questioning the U.S. election’s legitimacy are effective in shaping his supporters’ beliefs on that topic, while his tweets boosted his detractors’ confidence in ...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/11/trump-tweets-erode-trust-in-elections-among-supporters-study-finds/

UNC’s Department of Political Science is proud to share this book by Tom Carsey, “Tom’s Comments: Advice about Graduate School, Finding a Job, Reaching Tenure in Political Science and other...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/09/toms-comments-advice-about-graduate-school-finding-a-job-reaching-tenure-in-political-science-and-other-social-sciences-and-all-of-the-steps-in-between-by-tom-carsey/

Congratulations to Rachel! https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/social-data-research-and-dissertation-fellowships/grantees/rporter/ The post Political Science Graduate Student, Rachel Porter w...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/09/political-science-graduate-student-rachel-porter-won-a-social-data-research-and-dissertation-fellowship-from-ssrc/

Please see the attached letter to Chancellor Guskiewicz from the chairs of the departments of History, Political Science, and Sociology, along with the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense. Link...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/07/https-politicalscience-unc-edu-files-2020-07-request-to-the-chancellor-july-2020-pdf/

This year, PolMeth has gone fully virtual. Graduate student posters, which are a staple of the conference, are now permanently “on display” in temporary websites, where people can write comme...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/07/polmeth-goes-virtual-graduate-student-posters-are-now-permanently-on-display/

***Award Citations Spring 2020*** Prothro Best Paper Award Committee: Rahsaan Maxwell and Sarah Treul After reading a collection of excellent and impressive papers, we decided to give the Prothro...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/04/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-this-years-departmental-awards-for-scholarship-teaching-and-administrative-contributions/

Tiana Herring, a UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science and Contemporary European Studies double major from Bremerton, WA, gave a presentation on her research this past February 15 at the Pi Sigma Alp...

https://politicalscience.unc.edu/2020/03/pi-sigma-alpha-national-student-research-conference/