Each year the College of LAS recognizes professors, teaching assistants and an advisor for excellence in educations and mentoring. We are excited to have two members of the Department of Political Science being recognized this year.           ...

Congratulations to Political Science major, Naomi Kainuma. Naomi received the Illinois International Undergraduate Achievement Award. Naomi will complete her degree in Spring 2018 and will be working with the Peace Corps in Indonesia following graduation....

Congratulations to Avital Livny and Gisela Sin on their appointments to the Center for Advanced Study! Dr. Livny was named a Fellow for 2018-2019. She will be pursuing her project titled, “Persistent Effects of Diversity for Politics and Economics: The Case of Ottoman Turkey.” Dr. Sin was named...

A big congratulations to senior Thomas Dowling who was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. He is one of only 32 students nationwide selected for the honor and is the first Rhodes Scholar from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1998. The Rhodes Scholarship allows for postgraduate study...

Congratulations to Dr. Tracy Sulkin who was named a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar. The appointment recognizes Dr. Sulkin for her research achievements and her leadership role on campus....

Congratulations to Jake Bowers who has been selected by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies for a Faculty Award. Dr. Bowers was selected for his project "Latin American Political Methodology."

Dr. Matt Winters has been awarded a two-year monetary award from Equal Access International to support research into the effectiveness of the organization's USAID-funded countering-violent-extremism radio programming in Niger. The project is building on a relationship that was initially developed...

Congratulations to political science alumna Morgan McClain-McKinney Limo (BA, '09; MA, '11) who is a recipient of the LAS Outstanding Young Alumni Award! Morgan currently serves as the program advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)....

Congratulations to Dr. Jim Kuklinski for being awarded the American Political Science Association (APSA) Political Psychology Section’s 2017 Hazel Gaudet Erskine Political Psychology Career Achievement Award! Dr. Kuklinski was awarded this honor as a result of...

Congratulations to political science major, Derek Hoot who was awarded a Boren Scholarship! The scholarship will fully cover the costs of Derek's study abroad in Jordan for the 2017-2018 academic year. While in Jordan, Derek will spend his first semester...