News

• New Book published by Professor Ronald Libby, Political Science Alumnus (Aug 31, 2017)
• FIUTS Lecture: Making Sense of the US Election (Nov 10, 2016)
• Professors Parker & Smith Discuss the 2016 Election at Seattle Town Hall  (Sep 29, 2016)
• Understanding the Role of Religion in American Politics (Jun 27, 2016)
• Prof. Mark Smith cited in Christian Science Monitor on Religion vs. Science (Oct 26, 2015)
• Prof. Parker: If Goldwater can win the GOP nomination, why not Trump? (Sep 17, 2015)
• Former PhD student Angela Day's book Red Light to Starboard receives dual awards (Mar 18, 2015)
• John Wilkerson's "Legislative Explorer" highlighted in Washington Post's Monkey Cage (Mar 6, 2015)
• Prof. Tony Gill interviewed on The Oregonian/OregonLive site: "Why is Congress overwhelmingly Christian with only one religious 'none'?" (Jan 13, 2015)
• Prof. Christopher Parker discusses policing and deteriorating race relations in the country on Background Briefing with Ian Masters (Dec 8, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker on Berkeley, CA's community radio station (Dec 2, 2014)
• Faculty Spotlight: Jeffrey Arnold and Megan Francis (Nov 25, 2014)
• Prof. John Wilkerson's LegSim Project featured in Provost eTrends newsletter (Nov 15, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker participates in the University of Virginia's Miller Center American Forum debate (Oct 27, 2014)
• Prof. Lance Bennett on The Conversation website: "Connective action: the public's answer to democratic dysfunction" (Oct 23, 2014)
• Prof. Parker in the Miller Center American Forum's National Debate Series, "If It Were Not for Big Central Gov't, I'd Be a Slave Right Now" (Oct 20, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker on "Is There Such a Thing as 'Conservative Foreign Policy' in 2014?" (from Brookings Institution) (Oct 15, 2014)
• Prof. Matt Barreto's publishes new book: Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation (Oct 1, 2014)
• Prof. Parker work referenced and quoted on Washington Post Wonkblog's story, "95% of Republican House districts are majority-white" (Aug 12, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker on Brookings Institution website, "The (Real) Reason Why the House Won't Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform" (Aug 4, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker on Scholars Strategy Network, "A Suicidal Republican War" (Jun 30, 2014)
• Prof. Rebecca Thorpe in UW Today for her new book, The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending (Jun 30, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker interviewed on Salon.com, "Tea Party's hot mess: Inside a noisy, disenchanted movement" (Jun 25, 2014)
• Prof. Parker on Brookings Institution website, "Wither the Tea Party? The Future of a Political Movement" (Jun 4, 2014)
• Prof. Victor Menaldo on The Washington Post's Monkey Cage, "How democracies are gamed for power and profit: an addendum to Piketty" (Jun 3, 2014)
• Prof. Matt Barreto in the Seattle Weekly on Voter I.D. (May 27, 2014)
• Faculty Spotlight - George Lovell (May 14, 2014)
• Political Science: An Inauspicious Beginning (May 14, 2014)
• The Washington Center: A 37-Year Internship Partnership (May 14, 2014)
• Prof. John Wilkerson and CAPPP featured in UW Today (Apr 25, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker radio interview on ABC Classic FM (Australia) (Apr 1, 2014)
• Passing of Alex Gottfried (Mar 19, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker in the Democracy Journal, "Will the Tea Party Outlast Obama?" (Mar 1, 2014)
• Prof. John Wilkerson on The Washington Post's The Monkey Cage blog, "Why bill success is a lousy way to keep score in Congress" (Feb 16, 2014)
• Prof. Christopher Parker radio interview on KPFK Los Angeles about Martin Luther King, Jr's legacy and race, class, and economics (Jan 20, 2014)
• 2013 Political Science News Summary (Dec 31, 2013)
• Alumni Spotlight - Norm Dicks (Nov 25, 2013)
• Is the Tea Party like the Klan? (Nov 25, 2013)
• UW Graduate Students Conduct Research Around the Globe (Nov 25, 2013)
• Prof. Chris Parker on CSPAN2 for lecture recorded at Colby College (Nov 20, 2013)
• Prof. Parker cited in The Washington Post's Wonkblog about "Republican Civil War"  (Oct 6, 2013)
• Why Cutting Government Spending is So Hard: Perspectives on National Government Spending (Apr 3, 2013)
• A Catalyst for Careers in Politics and Public Policy: The Washington State Legislative Internship Program (Apr 3, 2013)
• 2012 Political Science News Summary (Dec 31, 2012)
• 2011 Political Science News Summary (Dec 31, 2011)
• 2010 Political Science News Summary (Dec 31, 2010)
• 2009 Political Science News Summary (Dec 31, 2009)