The Political Science Department with like to congratulate PhD alumni, Professor Jason Blakely (Class of 2013), for having the cover article in the August issue of Harper's Magazine. Professor Blakely's article, entitled "Doctor's Orders," is based on my 2020 book with Oxford University Press, We Built Reality. You can read the full article here, https://harpers.org/archive/2023/08/doctors-orders-jason-blakely/.
Graduate Alumni News
We are proud to share that PhD alumna Dr. Fiona Shen-Bayh's book, based on the dissertation, has won the APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowri First Book Award. That is her third award this awards season along with the Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award and the Juan Linz Best Book Prize in the Comparative Study of Democracy & Autocracy. Please join us in celebrating her wonderful achievements...
The department is happy to share that recent Ph.D. Nicholas Kuipers won the 2023 Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award from APSA’s Political Economy section. Please join us in congratulating Nicholas on this wonderful achievement. You can see him and the other 2023 award winners here, https://www.apsanet.org/STAFF/Staff-Page-dev/Membership-Workspace/Organized-Sections/Organized-Section-Awards/Organized-Section-Awards/Section-25#dissertation.
We would like to congratulate our alum Katie Beall for being chosen as the recipient for the Nuno P. Monteiro Award for the best dissertation in IR Theory. Her dissertation, “Trading Sovereignty for Self-Determination: Regional Organizations, Authority, and Human Rights,” was selected by committee review for this years award. We are please to share with fantastic news with our community.
Please join us in congratulating PhD alum class of 1992 Beth Reingold for winning APSA Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Book Award for her book "“Representing Women: Sex, Gender, and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California." The Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Book Award is awarded every three years to a book on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy that stands as an enduring contribution...
Please join us in congratulating Department alum, Grant Harris, on his appointment as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry & Analysis for President Biden. Mr. Harris previously served in the Obama White House as special assistant for African affairs. You can check out his career path on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/gtharris/.
The department is happy to share that one of our current PhD students Jae Yeon Kim has an article in the Washington Post. Mr. Kim, along with Nathan Chan from UC Irvine and Vivien Leung UCLA, wrote about how Trump's anti-Asian rhetoric pushed Asian Americans to move toward the Democratic Party based on our research. To read the full article follow this link, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/30/thanks-trumps-rhetoric-asian-americans-are-moving-toward-democratic-party/?utm_campaign=wp_monkeycage&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Alumnus, Reema Dodin, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration. To read more about her, click here.
ALUMNUS, WALLY ADEYEMO PICKED TO BE DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT HIS STORY HERE.
Graduate Alumni Lee Drutman, Larry Bartels, David Hopkins, and Matt Grossman are quoted in an Economist article. The full article can be found here.