Faculty and Staff

Prof. Christopher Parker on KQED radio San Francisco, "Racial Resentment and White Cultural Anxiety Fuel Support of President Trump, Studies Find"
July 17, 2018
International Coverage of "Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy" by Professor Victor Menaldo
July 12, 2018
Megan Francis
Imagine you had a class with Distinguished Faculty Award Winner Megan Francis
June 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"
April 23, 2018
Scott Lemieux in the LA Times, "If Democrats sweep the House this fall, blame Paul Ryan's rich-on-poor class warfare"
April 23, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Huffington Post, "The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics"
April 12, 2018
Megan Ming Francis
UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named fellow with NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Institute
March 9, 2018
Prof. Christopher Parker at Town Hall Seattle with Arlie Russell Hochschild on her book, "Strangers in Their Own Land"
February 28, 2018
Polisci Lecturer Scott Lemieux: The GOP Is Scared of a Fair Fight
February 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?"
February 23, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, "The key to a successful carbon tax is how you spend the money"
February 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?"
February 13, 2018
Prof. John Wilkerson in The Washington Post Magazine, "Can big data predict which bills will pass Congress?"
February 8, 2018
Prof. Wilkerson and Grad Andreu Casas quoted in The Washington Post, "Congress can easily avoid shutdowns. Here’s why it doesn’t"
January 22, 2018
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, “EPA's Pruitt: Bring back 'true environmentalism'”
January 19, 2018
Megan Francis
Faculty Friday: Megan Ming Francis
January 12, 2018
Lecturer Scott Lemieux in The Los Angeles Times op-ed, “Remember, much of what Trump does can be undone”
January 2, 2018
Prof. Christopher Parker leads a Study Abroad Program in Berlin, Germany, Summer 2018
December 14, 2017
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Huffington Post site, "Amazon HQ2 In The Time Of Climate Change"
December 6, 2017
Professor Geoffrey Wallace
2017 Fall Faculty Panel - The Politics of Terror and Terrorism
November 28, 2017
Prof. Anthony Gill on the EconTalk podcast with Russ Roberts, "Why Does Tipping Persist?"
November 21, 2017
Christopher Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker interview on WFHB and Public Radio Exchange (PRX), "The Same Old Hate: The Reactionary Right Rides Again"
November 15, 2017
Prof. Scott Lemieux Op-Ed in The Los Angeles Times, "What a surprise: another tax plan to help the super rich"
November 14, 2017
Prof. Aseem Prakash In The Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, "Delhi is blanketed with toxic smog. This is why"
November 14, 2017
Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Conversation web site, "How donors can help make nonprofits more accountable"
November 3, 2017
Wallace
Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace selected Western Political Science Assoc. Field Editor for Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration at Political Research Quarterly
October 23, 2017
Experts: Local elections are where voters' opinion matters most
October 16, 2017
Anthony Gill
Political Science Professor Anthony Gill: Why Do Donuts (Almost) Disappear At Faculty Meetings?
October 13, 2017
Anthony Gill
Political Science Professor Anthony Gill: Is "Buying Local" Even Possible
October 13, 2017
New lecturerer Scott Lemieux writes op-ed for LA Times
September 27, 2017
George Lovell
George Lovell Named Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences at the UW
September 24, 2017
Op-ed: Repeal and replace is back, and scarier than ever
September 21, 2017
Mark Smith Q13
Mark Smith interviewed on Q13 News This Morning on Dave Reichert's announcement
September 8, 2017
Megan Ming Francis
Professor Megan Ming Francis in The Washington Post, “Donald Trump is no friend to black activists. They should engage him anyway."
August 22, 2017
Defending Obamacare, cheering President Trump, opposing animal cruelty: Here's who rallied in July and why
August 22, 2017
When presidents talk tough
August 15, 2017
Senate Democratic Leaders - Creative Commons License
The Flaws of “A Better Deal”: Professor Parker discusses Democratic platform on Slate
August 14, 2017
Opinion | Trump's affirmative-action rollback: A promise kept
August 7, 2017
Christopher Parker
Trump’s Affirmative-Action Rollback: A Promise Kept: Prof. Christopher Parker in The Chronicle of Higher Education
August 3, 2017
Why identity politics win elections
July 25, 2017
Christopher Parker
From the Tea Party to Trump: The Salon Interviews Professor Christopher Sebastian Parker
July 24, 2017
Solar Panels on a Border Wall: Professors Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash in The Regulatory Review
July 13, 2017
Christopher Parker
What Drives Trump Supporters: Professor Christopher Sebastian Parker on The Michelangelo Signorile Show
July 11, 2017
Aseem Prakash
Across the globe, governments are cracking down on civic organizations. This is why: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleagues in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog
July 7, 2017
George Lovell
From the Chair
July 5, 2017
Japan is building out its own satellite network that could replace GPS
June 30, 2017