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Prof. Jennifer Lawless featured in Christian Science Monitor article, "When facing allegations of bad behavior, are there red lines for politicians?"
Jul 15, 2026
Politics Prof. Kirill Zhirkov awarded APSA Experimental Research Section, Best Replication Paper
Jul 07, 2026
Politics student Chloe Lola Browne presented at State Politics and Policy 2026 conference
Jun 12, 2026
Politics students Wahinya Njau and Chloe Lola Browne awarded Center for Effective Lawmaking Summer Research Grant
Jun 12, 2026
Graduate student Emily Gregory awarded Environmental Futures Fellowship of the UVA Environmental Institute
Jun 02, 2026
Professor Dan Gingerich selected as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Political Science.
Jun 01, 2026
Politics grad student Chloe Lola Browne receives the Tom Carsey Graduate Fellowship
May 05, 2026
Politics grad student Diego Tapia-Riquelme presents at WPSA
May 04, 2026
Professor Todd Sechser awarded 2026 All-University Teaching Award
Apr 30, 2026
Professor Jen Lawless quoted in USA Today article about VA special election.
Apr 22, 2026
Prof. Jen Lawless featured in USA Today article regarding Virginia's special election.
Apr 20, 2026
Professor Jennifer Lawless weighs in on Beth Macy candidacy in Daily News-Record article
Apr 20, 2026
Prof. John Owen featured on National Champions Radio regarding US-Iran war.
Apr 16, 2026
Prof. Carol Mershon presenting at MPSA 2026.
Apr 16, 2026
Check out the Politics Department Summer Courses!
Apr 15, 2026
Prof. Jennifer Lawless quoted in Christian Science Monitor op-ed.
Apr 15, 2026
Politics student Beatriz Silva da Costa receives 2026 GSASC Inaugural Award for Excellence in Mentorship
Apr 01, 2026
Politics student Ghita Chraibi presents at the 2026 International Studies Association Conference
Apr 01, 2026
Prof. Sid Milkis honored with APSA Legacy Award.
Apr 01, 2026
Beatriz da Costa presented at Georgetown University's Latin America Research Seminar
Mar 25, 2026
Politics Prof. Colin Bird featured on Political Theory Review podcast 200th anniversary episode on "How to teach Political Theory"
Mar 09, 2026
Politics Prof. Denise Walsh awarded International Studies Association 2026 Book Prize from the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Research Section
Mar 03, 2026
Prof. Jennifer Lawless featured on Bloomberg Daybreak Podcast
Mar 03, 2026
IHGC Book Launch with Denise Walsh: Imperial Sexism
Feb 16, 2026
Graduate student Joseph Bouchard awarded visiting fellowship at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
Feb 04, 2026
Professors Jen Lawless and Todd Sechser publish op-ED on closing the gender gap in candidates running for political office.
Jan 27, 2026
Politics Prof. Paul Freedman helps students get an early start in J-Term.
Jan 14, 2026
Graduate student Joseph Bouchard quoted regarding Venezuela in Canadian press.
Jan 05, 2026
Professor Jen Lawless featured on Bloomberg Surveillance regarding The Affordability Crisis
Jan 05, 2026
Graduate student Ghita Chraibi making an impact in the political science sphere.
Jan 05, 2026
2027 Honors Students featured in UVAToday
Dec 19, 2025
Politics grad student Jorge Cano Febles presents his latest book at ITAM
Dec 18, 2025
Honors Program 2027 cohort present research projects
Dec 11, 2025
Politics grad student Joseph Bouchard presents at two international conferences.
Dec 01, 2025
Politics Prof. Jen Lawless featured on Bloomberg Surveillance: "High Prices, Uncertainty Weigh on Consumers"
Nov 20, 2025
Politics grad student Luke Schumacher publishes article in Lawfare
Nov 20, 2025
Politics Professor Jen Lawless quoted in Charlottesville Tomorrow article
Nov 17, 2025
Politics Prof. Jen Lawless featured on Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast
Nov 10, 2025
Politics students polling during 2025 election
Nov 07, 2025
Graduate student Diego Tapia-Riquelme awarded CGII Research Grant
Nov 06, 2025
Graduate student Joseph Bouchard awarded CGII Research Grant
Nov 06, 2025
Politics grad student Joseph Bouchard publishes op-ed in Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Nov 06, 2025
Politics Honors students featured in UVAToday
Oct 31, 2025
Prof. Carah Ong Whaley publishes opinion piece in Fulcrum.
Oct 20, 2025
Prof. Carah Ong Whaley featured in panel discussion on the contrasts in Virginia's Attorney General's race
Oct 20, 2025
Prof. Carah Ong Whaley featured in panel discussion on the contrasts in Virginia's lieutenant governor race
Oct 20, 2025
Graduate student Haley Stiles awarded APSA Summer Centennial Center Research Grant
Oct 20, 2025
Prof. Rachel Potter to serve as a nonresident senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at Brookings Institute.
Oct 16, 2025
Prof. Sid Milkis featured on History Behind News Podcast
Oct 10, 2025
Prof. Sid Milkis has published a new book, Subverting the Republic: Donald Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism
Oct 10, 2025
Prof. Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner awarded APSA's Best Paper on Class & Inequality Award by the Class & Inequality Section.
Oct 02, 2025
Prof. Colin Bird to present during Analytic Anarchism conference at Lunds University in Sweden.
Oct 02, 2025
Professor Chris Carter awarded the Founders Award for Best Paper by the Presidents and Executive Politics Section
Sep 16, 2025
Graduate student Joseph Bouchard co-authors article for Responsible Statecraft
Sep 02, 2025
Prof. Jennifer Lawless featured on Amazing Women Podcast
Sep 02, 2025
Professor Emeritus Brantly Womack provides perspective on the global implications of the second Trump term.
Aug 20, 2025
Freedman and Lawless publish a new report on the 2024 election, "Election 2024 in Twelve Charts".
Aug 18, 2025
Politics student, Joseph Bouchard, awarded Canada Graduate Research Scholarship
Jul 31, 2025
General Assembly considers consolidating Virginia’s elections to only even-numbered years
Jul 30, 2025
Mershon to serve as ASPA's Chair on Childcare Services
Jul 24, 2025
Politics faculty members participate in a research retreat sponsored by the Karsh Institution of Democracy.
Jul 21, 2025
Haley Stiles awarded Dwight D. Eisenhower / Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship
Jul 09, 2025
Graduate student, Ghita Chraibi selected for 25-26 Bankard Fund Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Jul 08, 2025
Prof. John Owen featured on China Watch podcast
Jun 17, 2025
Professor John M. Owen IV wins 2025 Grawemeyer Award for World Order
Jun 12, 2025
Graduate student, Haley Stiles awarded NISS Dissertation Grant
Jun 12, 2025
Congratulations to Jacob Lollis for Successfully Defending His Dissertation!
Mar 31, 2025
Professor Sonal Pandya Explains How Income Inequality is Studied
Mar 11, 2025
Prof. Philip Potter to Lead New National Security and Data Policy Institute
Oct 03, 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Chris Carter for APSA award
Sep 13, 2024
Charles H. Koch Award, totaling $11,000, will support three students in internships
Apr 17, 2024
Grad Thesis Slam TONIGHT 4/16! Support POLI student Melle Scholten
Apr 16, 2024
Assistant Director of PCD, Prof. Danielle Charette, led a three-day seminar at James Madison's Montpelier for Social Studies teachers from across the country.
Mar 19, 2024
Dept Chair Jen Lawless weighs in on why MAGA is taking shots at Taylor Swift like its Patron.
Feb 01, 2024
It’s No Game: Experiments in Conflict and Violence
Jan 24, 2024
CBS News Interviews Chair Jen Lawless about Niki Haley and Women in Politics
Jan 24, 2024
On GoLocalProv, Chair Jen Lawless responds to University Presidents' Congressional Testimony
Dec 15, 2023
Hoos Vote Initiative with the Center for Politics Recognized
Nov 27, 2023
Prof. David Leblang and UVA PhD. Ben Helms Share Expert Analysis on Immigration.
Oct 13, 2023
Prof. John Owen's new book The Ecology of Nations is released today
Sep 26, 2023
Keeping an eye on the Dem. primary for RI-1, Dept. Chair Lawless shares insights
Sep 18, 2023
Dept. Chair Jennifer Lawless Provides Comments to WKYUFM.Org on Kentucky's gubernatorial race
Sep 15, 2023
"News Hole" Winner of 2023 Goldsmith Award
Mar 20, 2023
Jered Cooper's "Remedy To Save America" Speech Earns Top Honor At Oratory Contest
Nov 07, 2022
Would We Have Paid Parental Leave if More Moms Were in Congress?
Aug 07, 2022
Italy heading to snap election as unity coalition crumbles
Aug 07, 2022
Read Jennifer Lawless's thoughts on the critique Alexandra Hunt has received for her congressional candidacy
Jul 29, 2022
APSA Leo Strauss Award goes to Sid Issar!
Jul 17, 2022
State Economies with the Most Racial Equality
Jul 17, 2022
Professor Colin Bird publishes new book on "Human Dignity and Political Criticism" with the Cambridge University Press
Apr 21, 2022
Read professor David Leblang's commentary on rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala
Apr 21, 2022
Chair Jen Lawless, Prof. Paul Freedman, and PhD Student Galen Sheely Publish Elections 2021 Report
Apr 14, 2022
Graduate student Layla Picard receives award for Best Graduate Student Paper at Military Sociology Mini-conference!
Apr 11, 2022
Rewatch Colin Bird's discussion of Human Dignity on the popular philosophy podcast, Brain in a Vat.
Apr 11, 2022
Experts weigh in on highly political questions in Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings
Apr 03, 2022
Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: A Conversation with Michael Krepon
Apr 03, 2022
Prof. Todd Sechser Evaluates Russia's Nuclear Threat
Mar 24, 2022
Rewatch Professor Robert Fatton's talk on the impact of race on foreign policy formulation and governance interventions in Haiti
Mar 20, 2022
Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow, Siddhant Issar, hired by the University of Louisville
Mar 20, 2022
New Rolling Blog on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Mar 14, 2022
The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine
Feb 20, 2022
Read professor Jennifer Lawless' commentary on why it’s time for R.I. to send another woman to Congress - in the Boston Globe
Feb 02, 2022
Watch professor David S. Law's Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments: The Case of Taiwan
Feb 01, 2022
Join us for a conversation on the tensions in American conservatism
Jan 31, 2022
Webinar on Professor Sid Milkis’ new book!
Jan 31, 2022
UVA Ph.D. Verlain Lewis Publishes Book "Ideas of Power."
Jan 28, 2022
Prof. Jen Rubenstein has article published in Perspectives on Politics
Jan 27, 2022
Prof. Milkis and UVA PhD Nicholas Jacobs Release New Book
Jan 26, 2022
Prof. Pandya Contributes to WalletHub's, "States with the Most Racial Progress."
Jan 21, 2022
The Department Welcomes Assistant Professor Chris Carter!
Jan 07, 2022
Doctoral Student Chris Dictus Wins External Fellowship
Dec 16, 2021
Two reviews of Prof. Robert Fatton's book "The Guise of Exceptionalism: Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States"
Dec 16, 2021
Prof. Rita Koganzon receives the Jack Miller Center Annual Excellence in Civic Education Award
Dec 15, 2021
Ross Mittiga publishes on the legitimacy of authoritarian power
Dec 15, 2021
Bold Dominion Podcast: What powers does the Virginia governor really have?
Dec 01, 2021
Prof. Dan Gingerich and Prof. Jan Vogler from University of Konstanz share political insights of Covid in Politico article
Nov 08, 2021
Prof. Kirill Zhirkov Publishes Multiple Articles on Immigration
Nov 03, 2021
Profs. Lawless and Freedman: Is Democracy in Danger in Virginia?
Nov 02, 2021
Postdoctoral researcher Rachel K. Alexander examines the importance of cemeteries in new article
Oct 25, 2021
Professor Robert Fatton Jr. shares insights on Haiti in recent interviews
Oct 20, 2021
Professors Lawless and Milkis to Participate in Miller Center's "America's electoral future: Where are the parties headed?" panel
Oct 12, 2021
Passing of Professor Emeritus Clifton McCleskey
Oct 08, 2021
Prof. Justin Kirkland Wins a Best Journal Article Award from the American Political Science Association
Oct 04, 2021
Professor Anne Meng Wins a 2021 Best Article Award from the American Political Science Association
Oct 01, 2021
Professor Lawrie Balfour's New Article Published in American Quarterly
Sep 29, 2021
"China and the Re-Centering of East Asia" Lecture Series with Professor Emeritus Brantly Womack
Sep 16, 2021
Prof. Kirill Zhirkov Wins Best Dissertation Award from the ISPP
Sep 01, 2021
How Resettling Afghan Refugees might Help Afghanistan’s Future
Sep 01, 2021
Q&A: Long-Term Foreign Policy Effects of a Chaotic Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021
Review of Prof. Rita Koganzon’s New Book: Liberal States, Authoritarian Families
Aug 30, 2021
Prof. Sechser Shares Expertise in Invited Talks
Aug 16, 2021
Haiti Expert Professor Fatton in the News
Jul 16, 2021
Prof. Kruks-Wisner Discusses her Research on Governance Uncovered Podcast
Jul 07, 2021
Drs. Schon and Leblang Publish Immigration Article in CPS
Jul 03, 2021
Prof. Kirkland Wins APSA Award for AJPS Article
Jul 02, 2021
Prof. Meng on Scope Conditions Podcast
Jun 30, 2021
Accolades for Postdoc Vogler's Dissertation
Jun 29, 2021
Prof. Rachel Potter Considers Executive Guidance for Brookings Blog
Jun 20, 2021
Prof. Koganzon Publishes New Book on Liberalism, Authority, and Childhood
Jun 19, 2021
Postdoc Fellow Kate Jackson Accepts Tenure-Track Position at U Dayton
Jun 19, 2021
Drs. Gingerich and Vogler Featured in Washington Post's Monkey Cage
Jun 10, 2021
Prof. Volden Wins Section Award for Best Paper
Jun 10, 2021
Prof. Lin Highlights Taiwan's Structural Problems in New Article
Jun 09, 2021
Prof. Rachel Potter Selected to Study Use of Contracts in Rulemaking
Jun 07, 2021
Prof. Waldner Publishes in PoP
Jun 05, 2021
Politics Double Hoos Team Up to Study Race, War, and Child Welfare Policy
Jun 05, 2021
Watch the Politics Department graduation video!
May 21, 2021
Prof. Waldner's New Book Published by Cambridge University Press
May 10, 2021
Department Jumps 9 Spots to #28 in USNWR Rankings
May 08, 2021
The Department Welcomes Asst. Prof. Albert Rivero!
May 06, 2021
Prof. Schoppa Quoted in Atlantic Article on the Economics of Parenting
May 04, 2021
Prof. Lawless Discusses Congressional Gender Disparities on YDHTY Podcast
May 04, 2021
DMP 2018 Alumna Pearl Risberg Accepted to Harvard's John F. Kennedy School
May 04, 2021
Prof. Sechser Discusses JCPOA on WINA
May 04, 2021
Annual "Life After Politics" Event Scheduled for 4/30
Apr 21, 2021
Another Book Launch Event for Prof. Echeverri-Gent
Apr 09, 2021
Prof. Leblang Writes on Climate, Violence, and Migration for Brookings Blog
Apr 01, 2021
Asst. Prof. Anne Meng Featured on Politics Podcast
Mar 30, 2021
Dr. Lynn Uzzell Published in RealClear PublicAffairs
Mar 30, 2021
Prof. Lawless Quoted on Confirmation Controversies
Mar 02, 2021
Dr. Lawless Quoted by CSM on Cuomo and #MeToo
Mar 02, 2021
Politics MA, Now US Ambassador, to Headline Event on US-Vietnam Relations
Feb 24, 2021
Prof. Leblang Discusses OMB Nominee with Newsweek
Feb 24, 2021
Honors Alumna Ashley Mehra Published in Edited Volume
Feb 12, 2021
Book Launch Event Scheduled for Dr. Echeverri-Gent
Feb 04, 2021
Grad Student Hsuan-Yu Lin Published in JCPS
Jan 26, 2021
Prof. Lawless Quoted in Coverage of Dr. Biden and VP Harris
Jan 23, 2021
Prof. Mershon Featured in SPSA "Authors Meet Critics" Session
Jan 22, 2021
Asst. Prof. Anne Meng Discusses Capitol Insurrection on Scholars' Circle Podcast
Jan 22, 2021
New Article by Asst. Prof. Kevin Duong in APSR
Jan 21, 2021
Politics & Miller Center Faculty Lead Transnational Webinar on US-China Relations
Jan 20, 2021
New Article by Prof. Leblang in ISQ
Jan 18, 2021
Prof. Paul Freedman to Moderate Expert Panel on "Food and Justice"
Jan 08, 2021
Ph.D. Grad Kubinec Publishes Article with Prof. Owen
Jan 08, 2021
Kimberly Ganczak Successfully Defends Dissertation
Jan 06, 2021
Top EU Politics Journal Accepts Article by Post-doc Jan Vogler
Jan 05, 2021
Asst. Prof. Kevin Duong Publishes in French Politics
Jan 05, 2021
Asst. Prof. Anne Meng Published in JCR
Jan 05, 2021
Prof. Balfour Contributes to Symposium Published in PoP
Dec 26, 2020
Prof. Lawrie Balfour Awarded Guggenheim and IAS Fellowships
Dec 24, 2020
Prof. James Savage's New Book Will be Published by Cambridge
Dec 24, 2020
Prof. James Savage Awarded Fulbright Research Fellowship
Dec 22, 2020
Dr. Murad Idris' Book Racks Up Yet Another Award
Dec 21, 2020
Ph.D. Student Richard Burke and Assoc Prof Justin Kirkland Published in PRQ
Dec 18, 2020
First Undergraduate Thesis Research Grant Recipient Announced
Dec 03, 2020
Prof. James Savage on Biden's Foreign Policy
Nov 13, 2020
The Home Stretch: Election 2020 One Week Out
Oct 23, 2020
Associate Professor Philip Potter co-author's article in Foreign Affairs
Oct 21, 2020
Professor Murad Idris Wins Multiple Awards from APSA
Oct 16, 2020
New Article: Prof. Gingerich explains, “How does Vote Buying Work?”
Oct 12, 2020
Prof. Lawless’ Review of the First Presidential Debate
Sep 30, 2020
Welcome from the Chair
Aug 25, 2020
Pi Sigma Alpha Returns to the Department of Politics
Apr 05, 2019
Professor Stephen K. White’s Farewell
Feb 04, 2019
New Professor Combines Environmental Engineering with Political Science
Sep 22, 2018
Trust and Waffling
Sep 14, 2018
FYRE – First Year Research Experience
Jul 14, 2018
2018 Quandt Award Winners
Apr 24, 2018
Elizabeth Anderson - Epistemic Bubbles and Authoritarian Politics
Apr 20, 2018
Politics also at Midwest Political Science Association
Apr 02, 2018
Politics at 2018 International Studies Association Conference
Apr 02, 2018
Politics @ Huskey 2018 Graduate Research Exhibition
Mar 20, 2018
2018 Huskey Graduate Research Presentation Schedule
Mar 19, 2018
Distinguished Majors Program Info Session
Mar 12, 2018
Abigail Post Joins Anderson University
Feb 23, 2018
Roger Herbert: Theoretically
Nov 09, 2017
Carah Ong Whaley: Election Day Interview with Sam Wood, WJBC
Nov 08, 2017
#PSJMInfo vs Fake News
Nov 07, 2017
Womack in China
May 23, 2017
Political Scientist on the Gridiron
Apr 20, 2017
Freedman Contains Multitudes
Apr 11, 2017
Huskey Awards 2017 Presentations
Apr 10, 2017
Scholars Abroad: 2017 Quandt Fund Winners
Apr 10, 2017
Fulfilling the Fulbright: James Savage’s Teaching and Research Award
Feb 22, 2017
This Means War. Or Does It?
Feb 22, 2017
Teach-In on Refugees, Migration, and Borders
Feb 08, 2017
Charles H. Koch Award to Support Internships Related to Foreign Affairs
Jan 20, 2017
Quandt International Grant for Political Science Research Abroad
Jan 15, 2017
Brantly Womack Keynote at Fifth International Conference of Vietnam Studies
Dec 13, 2016
Only Nicholas Can Go to China
Dec 02, 2016
Twitterverse Debate Visualizations
Nov 05, 2016
13 Politics Alums Pressing the Levers of Power
Nov 02, 2016
Mary Kate Cary (UVA IR), GWB’s Speechwriter on the 2016 RNC and DNC
Oct 13, 2016
Ezekiel Tan wins Singapore-China Premier Scholarship
Sep 22, 2016
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner’s Global Reach
Aug 26, 2016
Games Without Frontiers
Aug 22, 2016
UVA Visit Day 2016
Aug 05, 2016
A Full Plate, the Politics of Food at Morven Summer Institute
Jun 08, 2016
Money, Money, Money! Finnish Conference Cashing-In on the Work of Mershon, Gordon, and Simons
May 24, 2016
Carol Mershon’s Global Service for ♀ in Academia
May 24, 2016
French’s Mustard, Est de la France, Oui ou Non?
May 03, 2016
Lynn Sanders speaks at Jacob Lawrence Struggle Series Symposium
Apr 14, 2016
His Open Door Policy Opens Doors
Mar 31, 2016
Carol Mershon elected to Hugh S. and Winifred Cumming Chair in Politics
Feb 08, 2016
Anna Maria Siega-Riz on the American Diet
Feb 08, 2016
Stuart Pape Visits Food Politics
Jan 12, 2016
Dale Lawton: Hard Questions in Hard Places
Dec 09, 2015
Life After Politics: A Near Life Experience
Oct 19, 2015
Prof. Emeritus Womack Named Boeing Visiting Faculty Chair
Jan 12, 2002
