Media Coverage and Op-Eds

PhD Candidate Kendra Dupuy, Prof. Aseem Prakash & their colleague James Ron discuss the government crackdown on NGOs on openDemocracy.net
May 5, 2016
Christopher S. Parker Portrait
Prof. Christopher Parker discusses “Why Donald Trump could be good for America” on KUOW
May 4, 2016
Hind Ahmed Zaki
PhD Candidate Hind Ahmed Zaki discusses her research on Tunisia’s history of state sexual violence in The Washington Post
April 22, 2016
Prof. Christopher Adolph on Q13 Fox Seattle's This Morning
Professor Christopher Adolph Discusses Significance of the Panama Papers on Q13 Fox This Morning
April 14, 2016
"Paris Climate 2015" - Eiffel Tower
Prof. Aseem Prakash and other UW experts call Paris climate agreement 'bold,' 'encouraging'
April 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders for President campaign event
“Why Bernie will burn out in Dixie” – Prof. Christopher Parker on Democratic Primary Race
February 29, 2016
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker in The Conversation journal asks, "Race and racism after Obama: where do we go from here?"
January 14, 2016
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker Appeals to Rank-and-File Republicans in The Conversation
December 21, 2015
Prof. Megan Ming Francis with Melissa Harris-Perry
Prof. Francis Discusses the Racial Terror of Lynching on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Show
December 14, 2015
Becca Thorpe
Prof. Thorpe Discusses the Impact of Rural Prison Economies on Mass Incarceration in LSE Blog
December 9, 2015
Secular Faith
Prof. Mark Smith in UW Today for his new book, Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics
December 9, 2015
2014 Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas
Prof. Francis Published Article on the Importance of Protest in The Washington Post
December 2, 2015
Prof. Christopher Parker on The Conversation web site, "Ben Carson: token candidate"
November 6, 2015
Panel on Race & Policing
Panel on Race & Policing Featuring Prof. Megan Ming Francis
October 29, 2015
Secular Faith
Prof. Mark Smith and his book Secular Faith featured on C-Span's Book-Notes
October 27, 2015
Mark Smith
Prof. Mark Smith cited in Christian Science Monitor on Religion vs. Science
October 26, 2015
Prof. Christopher Parker in The Conversation, "How the GOP circus act compromises American Democracy"
October 14, 2015
John Wilkerson
Prof. John Wilkerson published article in the American Journal of Political Science, "Tracing the Flow of Policy Ideas in Legislatures: A Text Reuse Approach"
October 8, 2015
Jack Turner
Jack Turner published article in Politics, Groups, and Identities, Vol 3, Issue 3, 2015
October 6, 2015
Becca Thorpe
Prof. Rebecca Thorpe in the Washington Post, Republicans and Democrats support sentencing reform. This is what stands in their way.
October 5, 2015
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker on The Converstation, "Boehner resigns: scholars see trouble ahead for GOP"
September 28, 2015
Susan Whiting
Prof. Susan Whiting on KING5 News regarding the economic and political impact of President Xi's visit
September 28, 2015
Susan Whiting
Prof. Susan Whiting interviewed on Chinese cable network SinovisionNet
September 22, 2015
Susan Whiting
Prof. Susan Whiting quoted in USA Today: China President Xi's U.S. tour: First Microsoft, then politics
September 22, 2015
Trump
Prof. Parker: If Goldwater can win the GOP nomination, why not Trump?
September 17, 2015
Prof. Tony Gill featured in UW's WholeU news, Faculty Friday
September 15, 2015
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker on the KCTS9 Race, Justice & Democracy forum in Yakima, WA
September 14, 2015
Susan Whiting
Prof. Whiting quoted in Seattle Times article, Seattle Stop May Be on Chinese President Xi’s Itinerary
September 4, 2015
Prof. Mark Smith on KUOW discusses Bernie Sanders' chances in Washington State
September 2, 2015
Recent UW PhD Sergio Garcia-Rios in Time, The ‘Jorge Ramos Effect’ Could Hurt Donald Trump
August 31, 2015
Recent UW PhD Sergio Garcia-Rios in Talking Points Memo article on Latino-media coverage of Donald Trump
August 31, 2015
Megan Ming Francis
Prof. Megan Ming Francis on the HistPhil web site with, Do Foundations Co-opt Civil Rights Organizations?
August 17, 2015
Prof. Victor Menaldo and Daniel Yoo's article Democracy, Elite-Bias, and Financial Development in Latin America to be published in October issue of World Politics
August 4, 2015
Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State
Prof. Megan Ming Francis' Book Wins the 2015 APSA Bunche Award 
June 25, 2015
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker discusses the Rachel Dolezal case on Background Briefing with Ian Masters
June 16, 2015
Reclaim the Regents! Thursday, 12:30pm Mary Gates Hall
May 13, 2015
Prof. Victor Menaldo
Victor Menaldo article most cited in the American Political Science Review in five years
April 30, 2015
PhD Candidate Hannah Walker’s research cited in NY Times Column 
April 29, 2015
Red Light to Starboard bookcover
Former PhD student Angela Day's book Red Light to Starboard receives dual awards
March 18, 2015
Legex screenshot
John Wilkerson's "Legislative Explorer" highlighted in Washington Post's Monkey Cage
March 6, 2015
Prof. Tony Gill interviewed on The Oregonian/OregonLive site: "Why is Congress overwhelmingly Christian with only one religious 'none'?"
January 13, 2015
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker discusses policing and deteriorating race relations in the country on Background Briefing with Ian Masters
December 8, 2014
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker on Berkeley, CA's community radio station
December 2, 2014
Prof. Susan Whiting and Xiao Ma on openDemocracy.net: "The Party Rules: What lies behind the Chinese Community Party elite's foregrounding of the 'rule of law'?"
November 2, 2014
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker participates in the University of Virginia's Miller Center American Forum debate
October 27, 2014
Prof. Lance Bennett
Prof. Lance Bennett on The Conversation website: "Connective action: the public's answer to democratic dysfunction"
October 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"
October 20, 2014
Chris Parker
Prof. Christopher Parker on "Is There Such a Thing as 'Conservative Foreign Policy' in 2014?" (from Brookings Institution)
October 15, 2014
Chris Parker
Prof. Parker work referenced and quoted on Washington Post Wonkblog's story, "95% of Republican House districts are majority-white"
August 12, 2014
Prof. Christopher Parker on Brookings Institution website, "The (Real) Reason Why the House Won't Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform"
August 4, 2014