• 2023-09-27 - Congratulations to all the faculty and teaching assistants on the Spring 2023 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent.  A special congratulations to the 15 instructors from the Department of Political Science who are on the list:  Spring 2023 Ekin Alpay PS 100 TA Kristin Bail* PS 241 TA Jaeseok Cho PS 230 TA Xinyuan Dai* PS 300 and 494 Paul Diehl* PS 357 Seung-Uk Huh TA...
  • 2023-09-26 - We would like to congratulate Emily Sallenback, who was awarded the 2023 Senior Thesis Award as part of the Political Science Honors Program. We asked Emily to share a bit about her research experiences and future plans!     What was the title of your Thesis? There's No "I" in Erdoğan: Predicting Power Personalization with Pronoun Usage in Turkey...
  • 2023-03-28 - Congratulations to all the faculty and teaching assistants on the Summer and Fall 2022 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent.  A special congratulations to the 21 instructors from the Department of Political Science who are on the list:    Summer 2022  Hyo-Won Shin PS 241 TA   Fall 2022 Seongjoon Ahn* PS 270 TA Ekin Alpay* PS 152 TA...
  • 2022-09-30 - 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...
  • 2022-08-29 - 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 100 TA ️Kevin Choi PS 270 TA ️Nicholas Grossman* PS 300 Joshua Holmes* PS 394 TA ️Sanghoon...
  • 2022-04-18 - 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...
  • 2022-03-10 - 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...
  • 2022-02-08 - 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 not in NATO, as they try to decide if it’s in their interests to be friendlier with the West or with...
  • 2021-11-01 - "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 full article here.
  • 2021-09-27 - Congratulations to all of the faculty and teaching assistants on the Spring 2021 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent! A special congratulations to the 14 instructors from the Department of Political Science who are on the list: Kristin Bail - PS 241 (TA) *Robert Carroll - PS 398 Xinyuan Dai - PS 587 *Samantha Frost - PS 300, PS 372 *Nicholas Grossman - PS 280, PS 387 Konstantinos...
  • 2021-09-03 - Professor Samantha Frost challenges established concepts of politics and what it is to be human.  Read the full article here.
  • 2021-08-30 - Professor Brian Gaines shares the potential legal implications of the new district map signed into law, based on population estimates rather than census data. Read the full article here.
  • 2021-08-23 - The occupation of Afghanistan was, and still is, a complex issue. Professor Grossman shares his analysis of the recent withdrawal of American troops and resulting aftermath. Read the full article here
  • 2021-07-26 - Professor Pahre reveals some of the hidden gems of the Midwest! Read the full article here.
  • 2021-05-28 - We would like to congratulate Jessica Angel, who was awarded the 2021 Senior Thesis Award in addition to the Best Senior Thesis Presentation as part of the Political Science Honors Program. We asked Jessica to share a bit about her research experience and future plans! What was the title of your Thesis? Who Does The Rule Of Law Rule Out? Examining The Access To Justice For...