TERRY WELCH (’76) grew up in Springfield with a Republican father and a Democratic mother who enjoyed engaging the family in political debate. Studying political science at the U of I felt like “a natural next step.” He was on campus during the Watergate era, a particularly interesting time to take...
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We would like to congratulate Thomas Ballard and Tyeese Braslavsky, who were awarded the 2022 Senior Thesis Award as part of the Political Science Honors Program. We asked Thomas and Tyeese to share a bit about their research experiences and future plans! Thomas Ballard What was the title of your Thesis? Use of Force in the BLM Era: How High-...
In a paper published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Professor Wendy Cho and colleagues studied the racial inequities in health care delivery and outcomes in the U.S. "The big takeaway is that the racial health disparities that we see in the COVID-19 data are really a concern not just for minority populations in the U.S. but for everyone,” she said. “Pandemics highlight...
The Department of Political Science held a roundtable discussion on March 7th with our faculty to talk about the Ukrainian Crisis. Chair: Xinyuan Dai (Professor, Political Science) Roundtable Speakers: Nicholas Grossman (Teaching Assistant Professor, Political Science) Konstantinos Kourtikakis (Teaching Associate Professor, Political Science) Carol Leff (Associate Professor Emerita, Political...
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- Congratulations to all of the faculty and teaching assistants on the Spring 2022 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent. A special congratulations to the 14 instructors from the Department of Political Science who are on the list: ️Seongjoon Ahn* PS 101 TA ️Robert Carroll PS 231 ️Jaeseok Cho PS...
- Professor Grossman speaks with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "Ultimately, the outcome of this standoff will have lasting implications for Ukraine and other Eastern European countries," Grossman says, "...especially former Soviet republics that are...
- "Mounting evidence suggests that 'affective polarization' leaks into social situations that previously existed beyond the reach of partisan politics, according to research co-written by Thomas J. Rudolph, the Lincoln Distinguished Professorial Scholar of Political Science at Illinois." Read the...
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