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While February might be just 28 days, the UW College of Arts & Sciences offers an exciting lineup of more than 40 in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University.
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Award Recipient Jasmin Weaver
The Political Science Department is proud to present the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award to Jasmin Weaver, who is honored for her outstanding contributions to policy and public service. Throughout her career, Jasmin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to addressing social and economic inequalities, a passion that was evident even during her time as a student and has only grown stronger in her…
The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Winter Quarter. From new telescopes to UW in high schools, ArtSci in the Media has something for everyone!
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In our annual Career Conversations, alumni share their personal and professional stories with undergraduates. What do they do? How did they get there? Are they doing what they thought they would be doing upon graduation? How did their UW Political Science degree prepare them for their careers? This year students heard from and asked questions of Lindsay Scola and John Amaya.
Lindsay is the CEO of Audeamas, a Los Angeles consulting firm that advises…
Bruce Harrell, the department’s 2007 Distinguished Alumnus, is Seattle’s newly elected Mayor after winning 59 percent of the vote. He received his BA in Political Science in 1979. In 2012 he was distinguished with one of the UW’s “Timeless Awards.”
Bruce grew up in Seattle graduating from Garfield High as class valedictorian. He turned down scholarships at Harvard and Stanford to attend the UW. Bruce…
A three-part Zoom webinar series sponsored by the Department of Political ScienceRSVPThursday, Oct. 1, 6:00 PM
Aseem Prakash: Will Climate Concerns Affect the 2020 Elections?___________________Susan Whiting: U.S.-China Relations and the 2020 Elections___________________…
Last spring, out of curiosity, I searched the LinkedIn career website for people who included a degree in political science from the University of Washington on their profiles. It was really fun to explore what many graduates of the department are doing and how they got there.
This search also got me thinking about the popular view that a liberal arts education may make for better citizens but is not a good career path. The profiles I viewed suggested that many of our graduates are…
The student leaders of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, are raising funds to support their annual end of year dinner for students and faculty. To do this, they are offering one of a kind UW Political Science swag! The sweatshirts say “UW” on the front and "Department of Political Science | University of Washington" on the back. They are very comfortable.
If you would like to support Pi Sigma Alpha (and to see more merchandise images), click…
When I tell someone that I teach Political Science at the University of Washington, the response is usually along the lines of “You must have a lot to talk about!” or “These must be very interesting times for a Political Scientist!” Both are observations are true of course. There is always something to talk about and I have learned a lot from the ‘politics of unusual’ that we are currently experiencing. As an American politics scholar, much of what I have observed has only reinforced the…
A major award for the dissertation of one of our recent PhDs, Erin Mayo-Adam (2017). From the American Political Science Association committee:
On behalf of the Sexuality and Politics section of the American Political Science Association I am pleased to share that we have selected your dissertation Queer Alliances: Paradoxes and Power in the Formation of Rights-Based Movement Coalitions as the 2018 Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award…
