The Kappa Sigma chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Honors Society for Political Science Students) at Illinois State University has been awarded a Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024.
Dr. T.Y. Wang, ISU University Professor emeritus, was invited to offer a workshop on “Categorical Data Analysis” at the 2024 Institute for Social Science Methodology (ISSM).
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz continued to be interviewed and quoted by international media in the wake of atrocities against students and citizens in Bangladesh.
As Bangladesh plunged into a violent political crisis on Thursday, July 18, Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz was frequently interviewed by and quoted in international media to explain the background and possible trajectories.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has been interviewed by the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) and the Chinese service of the Voice of America (VOA) on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China and its implications for Bangladesh’s foreign policy.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published a commentary on the lessons of recent elections in India, Britain, France, and European Parliament.
Dr. T.Y. Wang, University Professor Emeritus, was invited as a committee member to conduct a program review of the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica (IPSAS).
On June 26, the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal published Prof. Cieslik’s article, “Usurping Authority: Illinois Sheriffs Declare Law Unconstitutional.”
Dr. T.Y. Wang, University Professor and chair of Politics and Government, offered a workshop at the Taiwan Research Academy (TRA), held from June 3-9, 2024, at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Shyia Whiting and Becky Blood, both political science majors, as well as Kyleigh Weir, a legal studies major, traveled to Washington, D.C. in June 2024 to participate in the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Conference and Lobby Day.
