The Department of Politics welcomes new faculty members Sonal Pandya, Jennifer Rubenstein, David Leblang, Deborah Boucoyannis, and Meredith Woo to the Department.

Sonal Pandya has been awarded the Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in Political Economy by the APSA's Organized Section on Political Economy. The section considered almost 100 submissions so this is truly an outstanding achievement.

Professor Stephen White has received the All- University Teaching Award for 2008-2009

Assistant Professor Todd Sechser has won the 2008 Walter Isard Award for the Best Disseration in Peace and Science which is given every two years. read more......

Assistant Professor Vesla Weaver's dissertation "Frontlash: Race and the Politics of Punishment" has been selected for the American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Best Dissertation Award for 2007.

Read about Assistant Professor Nick Winter's newest book, Dangerous Frames: How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion.

Read about Assistant Professor Melvin Rogers' newest book, The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy.