Media Coverage and Op-Eds

Polisci Profs. in UW The Daily, "States with Republican governors implemented mask mandates nearly a month slower, UW study finds "
October 5, 2020
"Wear a Mask. If Only It Were That Simple.": Political Science Research Highlighted in Kaiser Health News
October 5, 2020
UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named one of 12 grant-supported ‘Freedom Scholars’ for work on economic and social equity
September 25, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Republicans Embrace Local Environmental Issues In Competitive Races"
September 25, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "West Coast Wildfires Reveal Massive Governance Failures"
September 15, 2020
Prof. Lance Bennett in The Boston Globe, "Russia’s not so little election helpers"
September 14, 2020
Profs. Christopher Adolph and Jake Grumbach in the UW News: Vote by Mail and Mask Mandates
September 4, 2020
Prof. Christopher Adolph in The Washington Post, "Governor’s political party is biggest factor in whether a state has imposed mask mandate, study finds"
September 4, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "National Parks And Pebble Mine Reveal The Influence Of Competitive Elections And Conservative Celebrities"
September 1, 2020
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New UW Political Economy Forum Podcast Episode - Is Cancel Culture Threatening Free Speech?
September 1, 2020
UW Political Science in the News
August 27, 2020
KGMI Radio Interview with Prof. Victor Menaldo: Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and Liberal Democracy
August 19, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Urban Heatwaves Are Worse For Low-Income Neighborhoods"
August 18, 2020
Ph.D. Candidate Brian Leung Featured in The Washington Post, "They fought for freedom in Hong Kong. Now, they must find it in exile"
August 13, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker in The Washington Post, "How reckless White allies could lead to the reelection of Trump"
August 13, 2020
Prof. Jake Grumbach's work in New York Times: What if Everyone Had Voted by Mail in 2016?
August 11, 2020
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Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Seattle Times Opinion, "Is our cancel culture killing free speech?"
August 10, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Washington Post's Monkey Cage, "China’s covid-19 stimulus plan isn’t as green as it looks"
August 6, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash in the UW Daily, "UW experts call Biden’s climate plan a worthy starting point"
July 31, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Biden’s Climate Plan Needs To Do Better On The Concepts Of ‘Just Transition’ And ‘Critical Minerals’
July 17, 2020
Prof. Adolph and Ph.D. Student Bang-Jensen Address Population Health Colloquium, "Health Politics and Policy in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic"
July 16, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker on KNKX Radio, "'Hard to be an optimist,' but this time could be different"
July 15, 2020
Ph.D. Student Brian Leung  Before U.S. Congress' House Foreign Affairs: China's Security Law in Hong Kong
July 9, 2020
Ph.D. Candidate Beatrice Magistro on F1 VISA Situation for International Students
July 8, 2020
Lecturer Scott Lemieux on KIRO Radio Talking About the Recent Supreme Court Electoral College Decision
July 8, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker in The Seattle Times Opinion, "Check your patriotism"
July 6, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker Interviewed in The Washington Post, "A massive repudiation of Trump’s racist politics is building"
July 6, 2020
Prof. Jake Grumbach wins APSA Best REP Paper Award for "Gender, Race, and Intersectionality in Campaign Finance"
June 26, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Here’s Why Tech Platforms Might Need Regulation But Not Breaking Up"
June 19, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded APSA's Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award
June 19, 2020
Prof. Michael McCann on KUOW Radio, "A moment where protest leads to change? UW professor sees an historic arc"
June 18, 2020
Prof. Megan Ming Francis In The Washington Post Monkey Cage, The Seattle Times, on TED, and Curating Commentary on Pocket
June 18, 2020
Three Polisci Professors Interviewed in The New York Times Opinion, "Biden and Trump Are Fighting Each Other in a Changed World"
June 17, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker Quoted In Three Articles Regarding Protests
June 4, 2020
Faculty Perspectives on the George Floyd Protests
June 4, 2020
Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace A New Scholar in The Library of Congress
June 2, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash in the Global Policy Journal, "Siloization of Climate and Public Health: The Case of Covid-19"
June 1, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Whistleblowers Fired, VP Resigns: Amazon's Looming Political Problems"
May 11, 2020
Three Political Science UW Students Grace the Husky 100 for 2020!
May 5, 2020
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
Prof. Christopher Parker quoted on Wired site, "The Anti-Quarantine Protests Aren't About Covid-19"
April 29, 2020
Political Science Major Virginia Burton Selected for the Prestigious Truman Scholarship
April 23, 2020
A Tribute to Emeritus Ellis Goldberg on Middle East Research and Information Project, “Ellis Goldberg, Egypt and a Reverence for Life”
April 8, 2020
UW Politcal Science Researchers Featured on UW News, "Republican governors delayed key COVID-19 social distancing measures"
April 3, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes site, "Coronavirus And Global Supply Chain Disruption: A Wake-Up Call For Climate Policy?"
April 3, 2020
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Coronavirus Mimics Climate Politics: The Emerging Frame Of ‘The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease’"
March 31, 2020
Trifecta: Three Political Science faculty publish articles in the flagship journal, The American Political Science Review
March 16, 2020
Ph.D. Candidate Ellen Ahlness in World History Connected, "The Legacy of the Ting: Viking Justice, Egalitarianism, and Modern Scandinavian Regional Governance"
March 16, 2020
Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Seattle Times, "Dear Bernie Sanders: Sweden’s democratic socialism depends on robust capitalism"
March 11, 2020
Prof. Christopher Parker on Politico, "Why Bernie Sanders Isn’t Winning Over Black Voters"
March 11, 2020