In the slight chaos that is the 2016 presidential election, Assistant Professor of Politics Carl Palmer takes a wary stab at naming possible vice presidents.
Reactions: VP viables are anyone’s guess
Unit: Politics and Government
Peacemakers from Middle East to speak on multi-faith activism October 20
Jewish, Muslim, and Christian peacemakers from Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Galilee will gather at Illinois State University to talk about what happens when the peace process stalls.
Reactions: Goals for Syria vastly different for U.S. and Russia
Illinois State’s Yusuf Sarfati reacts to the calls for a coalition between East and West for the Syrian civi war.
Ferguson civil rights activist to deliver Hibberts R. Roberts lecture October 15
The Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, who has been a central figure in the mobilizations and civil disobedience campaigns in Ferguson, Missouri, over the last year, will deliver the annual Hibbert R. Roberts Lecture.
Redbird media: Books and recordings by ISU scholars
The following is a list of books and audio and video recordings released by Illinois State University faculty in the second half of 2014 and the first half of 2015:
ISU professor, student team to research e-government
Arafat Kabir, a master’s student majoring in politics and culture, and Michaelene Cox, M.A. ’11, an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government, teamed up to better understand research trends in e-government.
Reactions video: Riaz on Iran deal
Ali Riaz, professor and chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, calls the new Iran deal a good beginning, but with many roadblocks ahead.
Reactions: Republican debate
Carl Palmer, assistant professor of the Department of Politics and Government, weighs in on the first presidential debate of the 2016 season.
Video: Meet Adam Kinzinger, the only Redbird in Congress
Meet Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois State University alum who was first elected to public office while still in college.
Students make contacts on 7-day DC Civic Engagement Trip
Seven Illinois State University students, led by Professor Erik Rankin, traveled to the nation’s capital over the week of Memorial Day 2015.
