Two graduate students in the Department of Politics and Government presented papers at conferences during the summer of 2017.
Politics and government grad students present conference papers in Singapore
Unit: Politics and Government
Riaz and Zaman co-publish in the Daily Star
Ali Riaz and alumna Fahmida Zaman co-authored an essay on the 1947 Indian Partition in a special issue of the Daily Star of Bangladesh.
Lori Riverstone-Newell interviewed by El Paso Times
Dr. Riverstone-Newell’s recently published research on preemption has attracted national media attention.
Ali Riaz in the news: the Rohingya crisis
University Professor Ali Riaz wrote a commentary piece on the Rohingya crisis on the Myanmar/ Bangladesh border.
Riaz commentary in Daily Star
Ali Riaz notes that the Supreme Court of Bangladesh recently scrapped the 16th Amendment of the constitution passed by the parliament in 2014.
Professor T.Y. Wang researches Taiwan citizens’ views of China
What do Taiwan’s citizens think of China? It’s complicated, according to T.Y. Wang, professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government.
Professor T.Y. Wang co-authors article on Taiwanese citizens’ view of China
T.Y. Wang, professor of Politics and Government, published a co-authored paper entitled “Taiwan Citizens’ Views of China: What are the Effects of Cross-Strait Contacts?”
Riverstone-Newell Interviewed by NYT
Lori Riverstone-Newell was interviewed by the New York Times on the topic of how Republican-dominated states are countering more liberally minded cities.
Professor Riaz’s commentary in the Daily Star
Illinois State Politics and Government Professor Ali Riaz recently wrote commentary in the largest circulated English daily in Bangladesh, the Daily Star, on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack at a cafe in the capital of Dhaka.
Professor Riverstone-Newell publishes on state preemption laws
Professor Lori Riverstone-Newell, Department of Politics and Government, recently published “The Rise of State Preemption Laws in Response to Local Policy Innovation.”
