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Congratulations Haruko Greeson!
Congratulations to Haruko Greeson, Manager of Finance & Business Operations! She was recently awarded College of Arts and Sciences Employee of the Year. Dean Glen Krutz of the College of Arts and...
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Congratulations Chinnu Parinandi on New Book!
CU Political Science Assistant Professor Srinivas "Chinnu" Parinandi has published a new book! In Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?, he explores how states have devised their own novel...
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Congratulations Janet Donavan!
Congratulations to Janet Donavan, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Teaching Associate Professor! She recently earned a 2023 Excellence in Leadership & Service award from the Boulder Faculty...
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Dissertation: Performative Citizenship and the Continuation of Ethnocentrism in Ethnoblind CitizenshipCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Nishant Upadhyay (Ethnic...
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Dissertation: The Sublime and a Dying Earth: Cultivating an Environmentally Conscious Political ImaginationCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Lauren Stone...
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Dissertation: God, Guns, and Guts: The Effect of Racial Priming on White Support of Black Civil Liberty ExpressionCommittee: Anand Sokhey (Chair), Vanessa Baird, John Griffin, Josh Strayhorn, Michael...
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Rachel O’Neal Receives the 2023 Kenneth Sherrill Prize
Congrats to CU Boulder political science Ph.D. candidate Rachel O'Neal, who has been awarded the 2023 Kenneth Sherrill Prize! This prize "honors the best doctoral dissertation proposal for an empirical...
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Pale Blue Dot or bust?
Matthew Harvey, who earned his PhD in Political Science with a focus on environmental political theory in spring 2023, was recently featured in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine. Matthew was...
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Age and the political machine: What happens after a lawmaker passes away?
Michaele Ferguson, associate professor of Political Science and President’s Teaching Scholar at CU Boulder was recently interviewed for CU Boulder Today. Dr. Ferguson was interviewed as part of the...
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CU Boulder Political Science is hosting a Civic Engagement Fair!
The Department of Political Science at CU Boulder is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Civic Engagement Fair for students! Event details: February 22nd10 am - 1 pm UMC 235The Civic...
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Newest published books from our very won Political Science faculty members!
We'd like to highlight three of our esteemed faculty members from the Political Science Department that have recently published insightful books, each diving into crucial aspects of the political...
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The State of the First Amendment: Free Speech
Greetings, The Keller Center has organized an upcoming presentation and discussion of potential interest to PSCI students, faculty and staff. Mike McDevitt (from CU Journalism) and Scott...
View ArticleWhat is the Status of Colorado’s Political Opinions? A Brief Analysis of the...
On the national, state, and even local levels, Colorado has been home to several highly contested elections that have had a ripple effect throughout the nation's political climate. The 2022 Midterm...
View ArticleThe Demise of Democracy in El Salvador
With a murder rate of around 52 per 100,000 residents, El Salvador has long been recognized as one of the most dangerous countries in the world (Statista 2023). However, in 2019, a new administration...
View ArticleA Social Constructivist Analysis of the Afghanistan War
The War on Terror has pervaded socio-political rhetoric in the United States for over two decades, intermingling itself over time with the Western democratic ideal, permeating domestic policy and...
View ArticleAn Introduction to the Supreme Court
The U.S Supreme CourtThe U.S. Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the country, holds nine elected justices appointed by the sitting president that are then approved by the senate. Yet many...
View ArticleThe Exclusion of Wealth Within Developing Countries
Out of approximately 195 countries, there are 152 developing countries in the world. An estimated 6.74 billion people in total live in these developing countries; an outstanding number when comparing...
View ArticleAd Astra Per Legatio: NASA as an Effective Diplomatic Power
“Ad astra per aspera”; to the stars through difficulty. As a society, we’ve faced a multitude of difficulties in trying to reach the stars. From failed launches to limited technology,...
View ArticlePolitical Science Department Hosts First Annual Civic Engagement Fair
The Civic Engagement Fair was held at the UMC at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At this event, there were two keynote speakers and multiple booths about ways to get involved in the community....
View ArticleMaking Recreation Safer on Private Lands: Notes from a Legislative Research...
I’m currently serving as a legislative research intern for the Capstone Group, a Denver-based lobbying firm. The Capstone Group has been involved with some of the most influential policies and...
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