News: Faculty and Staff

Prof. Margaret Levi Named Recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
Mar 28, 2019
Scott Lemieux on the NBCNews Think site, "Democratic wins in 2020 won't change much if Mitch McConnell saves the filibuster "
Mar 25, 2019
Profs. Aseem Prakash and Nives Dolšak on Forbes web site, "Can The Socialism Label Hurt The Green New Deal?"
Mar 25, 2019
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2019
Mar 25, 2019
Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash
Partners in Public Scholarship
Mar 18, 2019
"Tipping Points" Poster, by Tony Gill
Tony Gill on Tipping
Mar 18, 2019
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Prof. Aseem Prakash in the High Country News, "What killed Washington’s carbon tax?"
Jan 23, 2019
Prof. Aseem Prakash on KUOW Radio's The Record, "Should politicians lead with climate?"
Jan 18, 2019
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair
Jan 9, 2019
Caitlin Ainsley, Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile: Assistant Professor Caitlin Ainsley
Jan 9, 2019
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill news site, "Can the climate movement survive populism? Lessons from 'yellow vest' protests"
Dec 12, 2018
Prof. Christopher S. Parker in the Review Symposium, "A Discussion of Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die"
Dec 6, 2018
Prof. Christopher Parker on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, "Which motivates independents to get politically involved: Pocketbook issues or fear that Trump is hurting democracy?"
Nov 27, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, "Read my lips: No new (carbon) tax"
Nov 14, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on the HuffingtonPost site, "If Liberal Billionaires Really Wanted To Change Politics, Here’s What They’d Do"
Oct 25, 2018
Prof. Christopher S. Parker talking, Trumpism in Europe: The American President Offers Hope to Growing Far Right Forces Overseas
Oct 19, 2018
Obituary: William Jay Gore
Oct 15, 2018
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair
Oct 15, 2018
Meera Roy, Director of Academic Services
Staff Profile: Meera Roy, Director of Academic Services
Oct 15, 2018
James Long conducting research
Faculty Profile: Associate Professor James Long: Combatting Electoral Fraud
Oct 15, 2018
Prof. John Wilkerson on Legbranch site, "Machine learning improves our understanding of how laws are made and who deserves credit for them"
Oct 5, 2018
Prof. Jamie Mayerfeld on the Lawyers, Guns & Money web site, "Kavanaugh and the question of torture"
Sep 21, 2018
Interview with Prof. Victor Menaldo about new book Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy
Sep 4, 2018
Prof. Christopher S. Parker on The Hill web site, “There's a boost in black turnout, especially among black women voters”
Aug 29, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, “Seattle’s smoky summers are becoming the new normal”
Aug 24, 2018
Prof. Jamie Mayerfeld on the Just Security web site, "Brett Kavanaugh and the Risk of a Return to Torture"
Aug 16, 2018
Prof. Mark A. Smith
Seeking Truth in an Age of Cynicism and Political Polarization: Professor Mark Alan Smith talks about his new undergraduate course Pols334 for Autumn 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Political Science PhD Student Mathieu Dubeau on the NewPolitics Site, "Battleground Seattle: A Class of Classes and a Brewing Perfect Storm"
Aug 3, 2018
Lecturer Scott Lemieux on Vox, "6 myths about Roe v. Wade, debunked"
Jul 17, 2018
Prof. Christopher Parker on KQED radio San Francisco, "Racial Resentment and White Cultural Anxiety Fuel Support of President Trump, Studies Find"
Jul 17, 2018
International Coverage of "Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy" by Professor Victor Menaldo
Jul 12, 2018
Megan Francis
Imagine you had a class with Distinguished Faculty Award Winner Megan Francis
Jun 5, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill news site, "What Amazon owes Seattle's homeless is a matter of debate"
May 23, 2018
Professor Victor Menaldo inThe New York Times Opinion, "Why Are So Many Democracies Breaking Down?"
May 9, 2018
Professors Whiting, Ainsley, and Caporaso
Trump, Trade, Tariffs panel discusses undesirable outcomes of trade wars
May 5, 2018
Professor Christopher Parker Lecture on C-SPAN, The Great White Hope: Donald Trump, Race, & The Crisis of American Politics
May 2, 2018
Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Seattle Times, "Crony capitalism and protectionism are the despot’s way"
Apr 23, 2018
Scott Lemieux in the LA Times, "If Democrats sweep the House this fall, blame Paul Ryan's rich-on-poor class warfare"
Apr 23, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Huffington Post, "The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics"
Apr 12, 2018
Megan Ming Francis
UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named fellow with NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Institute
Mar 9, 2018
Prof. Christopher Parker at Town Hall Seattle with Arlie Russell Hochschild on her book, "Strangers in Their Own Land"
Feb 28, 2018
Polisci Lecturer Scott Lemieux: The GOP Is Scared of a Fair Fight
Feb 26, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, "The Oxfam scandal shows that, yes, nonprofits can behave badly. So why aren’t they overseen like for-profits?"
Feb 23, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, "The key to a successful carbon tax is how you spend the money"
Feb 23, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash in The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, "Why is India ‘missing’ 63 million women — even though development is roaring?"
Feb 13, 2018
Prof. John Wilkerson in The Washington Post Magazine, "Can big data predict which bills will pass Congress?"
Feb 8, 2018
Prof. Wilkerson and Grad Andreu Casas quoted in The Washington Post, "Congress can easily avoid shutdowns. Here’s why it doesn’t"
Jan 22, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, “EPA's Pruitt: Bring back 'true environmentalism'”
Jan 19, 2018
Megan Francis
Faculty Friday: Megan Ming Francis
Jan 12, 2018
Lecturer Scott Lemieux in The Los Angeles Times op-ed, “Remember, much of what Trump does can be undone”
Jan 2, 2018

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