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Commentary By Two UW Political Science Graduate Students on the Recent Introduction of Visa Restrictions by the Trump Administration
June 26, 2020
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Prof. Jake Grumbach wins APSA Best REP Paper Award for "Gender, Race, and Intersectionality in Campaign Finance"
June 26, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Here’s Why Tech Platforms Might Need Regulation But Not Breaking Up"
June 19, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded APSA's Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award
June 19, 2020
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Prof. Michael McCann on KUOW Radio, "A moment where protest leads to change? UW professor sees an historic arc"
June 18, 2020
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Prof. Megan Ming Francis In The Washington Post Monkey Cage, The Seattle Times, on TED, and Curating Commentary on Pocket
June 18, 2020
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Three Polisci Professors Interviewed in The New York Times Opinion, "Biden and Trump Are Fighting Each Other in a Changed World"
June 17, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker Quoted In Three Articles Regarding Protests
June 4, 2020
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Faculty Perspectives on the George Floyd Protests
June 4, 2020
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Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace A New Scholar in The Library of Congress
June 2, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash in the Global Policy Journal, "Siloization of Climate and Public Health: The Case of Covid-19"
June 1, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Whistleblowers Fired, VP Resigns: Amazon's Looming Political Problems"
May 11, 2020
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Lecturer Scott Lemieux on NBC News Think site, "Mitch McConnell's new coronavirus plan: Make sure you can't sue a company that gets you sick"
May 5, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker quoted on Wired site, "The Anti-Quarantine Protests Aren't About Covid-19"
April 29, 2020
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A Tribute to Emeritus Ellis Goldberg on Middle East Research and Information Project, “Ellis Goldberg, Egypt and a Reverence for Life”
April 8, 2020
Illustration of Social Distancing
State Policymaking in Times of Crisis
April 3, 2020
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UW Politcal Science Researchers Featured on UW News, "Republican governors delayed key COVID-19 social distancing measures"
April 3, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes site, "Coronavirus And Global Supply Chain Disruption: A Wake-Up Call For Climate Policy?"
April 3, 2020
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2020
April 2, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Coronavirus Mimics Climate Politics: The Emerging Frame Of ‘The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease’"
March 31, 2020
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Trifecta: Three Political Science faculty publish articles in the flagship journal, The American Political Science Review
March 16, 2020
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Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Seattle Times, "Dear Bernie Sanders: Sweden’s democratic socialism depends on robust capitalism"
March 11, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker on Politico, "Why Bernie Sanders Isn’t Winning Over Black Voters"
March 11, 2020
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Prof. John Wilkerson's LegEx Data Tool in UW News: New, UW-developed data tool tracks state legislative process, from first draft to final law 
February 21, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Conversation site, "Restoring the Reputations of Charities after Scandals"
February 14, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker on Politico Magazine, "The New Rules: Racism can drive votes"
February 3, 2020
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Prof. Anthony Gill on the AEIR site, "How to Teach the Benefits of Trade"
January 31, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker interviewed in The Nation, "Donald Trump Is Not the Only Alleged Criminal Democrats Can’t Unseat"
January 31, 2020
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Prof. Christopher Parker Interviewed on Pacifica Radio, "83% of African Americans Say Trump Is a Racist"
January 24, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash in Global Asia, "Delhi’s Air Pollution: A Failure of Democratic Governance"
January 17, 2020
"Fake News" (Political Cartoon, 1895)
Winter Faculty Panel:  Communication Breakdown: The Crisis of Public (Dis)Information
January 9, 2020
Sophia Wallace headshot B
Walls, Cages, & Family Separation
January 6, 2020
John Wilkerson -- Chair of Political Science UW Seattle
Letter from the Chair
January 6, 2020
Prof. Lance Bennett receiving honorary doctorate University of Bern
Prof. Lance Bennett Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Bern
December 12, 2019
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Prof. Christopher Parker work quoted in the New York Times, "America holds onto an undemocratic assumption from its founding: that some people deserve more power than others"
December 10, 2019
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Prof. Jake Grumbach in The Daily: "Why did Washington voters reject affirmative action — again?"
November 19, 2019
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The Daily Highlights UW Center for Environmental Politics and Prof. Aseem Prakash
November 15, 2019
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UW Book Notes: Political Scientist Megan Ming Francis to edit new series on Race, Ethnicity, Politics
November 8, 2019
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "U.S. Coal Bankruptcies Reveal The Future Of Alberta Tar Sands"
November 8, 2019
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Prof. John Wilkerson and Political Science Graduate Andreu Casas Win CQ Press Award
October 11, 2019
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Prof. Anthony Gill on AIER site, "California’s Law on Paid Athletes Is Not a Free Market Reform" 
October 11, 2019
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Political Science Prof. Emerita Margaret Levy Named the 2019 Recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize
October 11, 2019
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Amazon's Climate Pledge: Greenwashing Or A Game-Changer?"
October 3, 2019
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Prof. Christopher Parker on the Seattle Channel: Civic Cocktail: Combating White Supremacy
September 26, 2019
Ellis Goldberg portrait
In Memoriam: Ellis Goldberg
September 23, 2019
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair
September 6, 2019
Photo of Jake Grumbach
New faculty: Jake Grumbach
September 5, 2019
Books in Mark Weitzenkamp's Project
Mark Weitzenkamp: How He Spent His Last Ten Summer Vacations
September 5, 2019
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Prof. Jake Grumbach Wins Two American Political Science Assoc. Awards
August 22, 2019
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Prof. Christopher Parker in the Cambridge University Press: “Trump-ing Foreign Affairs: Status Threat and Foreign Policy Preferences on the Right”
August 21, 2019