Tag: Department of Politics and Government

The second talk in the “Democracy in Focus: the 2024 Election” speaker series has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.

The Illinois State mock trial team competed at two midwestern tournaments the second weekend of October.

Retired United States Ambassador Geeta Pasi, the inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, visited the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) on September 19.

The second talk in the Democracy in Focus: the 2024 Election speaker series will be held Wednesday, October 9, at 3:30 p.m. in 151 Center for the Visual Arts. Dr. Adam Enders, associate professor of political science at the University of Louisville, will present a talk titled: “Down the Rabbit Hole?: The Political Psychology of Conspiracy Beliefs.” The talk is free and open to the public.

Department of Politics and Government graduate students Lyndsay Jones and Saqlain Khurshid are among the winners of this year’s Paul Simon Democracy Prize.

Distinguished Professor of political science Ali Riaz has been named to lead a Commission to reform the constitution of Bangladesh.

In 2024, Director of Legal Studies and Professor Tom McClure gave continuing legal education (CLE) presentations to four different groups in Missouri, Florida, and Illinois.