Department of Politics and Government alum Claudia Chavez ’05 has been appointed as a White House liaison of the U.S. Department of Education. Her involvement in Student Government Association allowed her to explore and develop her interests.
T.Y. Wang, University Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government, was interviewed by the Voice of America on the triangular relationship of China, Taiwan, and the U.S. during the Biden presidency (in Chinese).
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published a paper on the democratic backsliding in Bangladesh in the prestigious journal Democratization.
In December, Assistant Professor Michael Hendricks published a co-authored peer-reviewed article at QUID 16.
Associate Professor Meghan Leonard published an article entitled “Gender Diversity, Women’s Leadership, and Consensus in State Supreme Courts” in the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.
Politics and Government professor publishes a trio of articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals.
Stoicon, the leading international conference on stoicism, was hosted by Modern Stoicism on Saturday, October 17.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published an analysis of the economic recovery of Bangladesh during the pandemic.
Erik Rankin ’00, M.S. ’03, the director of Enrollment Management and undergraduate Studies and an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government, authored an essay titled “Practice Political Civility” in the October 2020 edition of The Stoic. The essay focuses on how stoic philosophy encourages us to recall our shared humanity. Civility
Dr. Lane Crothers, Thomas E. Eimermann Professor in Political Science (2020-2022) and Managing Editor of Populism, provided some guidance in a short essay to students in his “U.S. Government and Civic Practices.”
