Alumni

Welcome to the alumni and friends of the Department of Political Science. We have a huge extended community including over 8000 graduates of our department who currently live in Washington State. We want to keep you up-to-date on what is happening in the department and know what you are doing.

The Department of Political Science continues to excel in all areas; scholarly and research grant production is up and we have three new endowed professorships in the department; Professor Margaret Levi is the first holder of the Jere Bacharach Professorship in International Studies, Professor Michael McCann is the first holder of the Gordon Hirabayashi Professorship for the Advancement of Citizenship, and Professor Bryan Jones is the initial holder of the Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professorship in American Politics. Other recent faculty achievements include Professor Stephen Hanson receiving the UW 2004 Distinguished Teaching Award and the election of Professor Margaret Levi to the presidency of the American Political Science Association.

We continue to innovate in both undergraduate and graduate education. The department is bringing technology to the classroom to enhance the learning experience of our undergraduates, involving our undergraduates in research with our faculty, and connecting our students to the community via service learning and internships. Our graduate program continues to evolve and we continue to improve in placing our graduate students in excellent academic, government and private sector jobs. We are accomplishing great things. But the innovation and the excellence we strive for depends on the continued generous support from our alumni and friends.

2004 Distinguished Alumni Award
Robert D. Kaplan was named the Department of Political Science’s 2004 Distinguished Alumnus. Mr. Kaplan is a Seattle lawyer who has won awards for his pro-bono service to the community and is currently a board member of the Seattle Art Museum. Mr. Kaplan gives much of his time and money to support worthy community causes, including our very own department.