Research

Portrait photo of Christopher Adolph, standing outside with foliage in the background.
Adolph ranked #1 among political scientists for impact
April 23, 2025
WCPSA Thesis Poster- Lopez
Three Emily Smith Undergraduate Fellows Present Research at the Western Political Science Association
April 22, 2025
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Submit to the UW Historical Review!
March 4, 2024
The Social Origins of Electoral Participation in Emerging Democracies
Prof. James D. Long's new book, "The Social Origins of Electoral Participation in Emerging Democracies"
August 9, 2023
Journalist Protest
Professor Geoffrey Wallace Awarded Research Grant to Study Violence Against the Media
March 21, 2023
Michael McCann's Retirement
Michael McCann's Retirement
December 5, 2022
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Inhwan Ko, Prof. Aseem Prakash, and Prof. Nives Dolšak on PLOS CLIMATE, "Have renewable energy leaders announced aggressive emission reduction goals?..."
November 7, 2022
Professor Cichowski (center) with her research mentees at the 2022 UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Political Science Department Faculty Leading the way in Undergraduate Research Mentorship at the UW
September 27, 2022
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We should  be all in this together
March 22, 2022
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Three Polisci Grads on nowpublishers, "Populist Support, Institutional Trust, and Gender: The Impact of Foreign-Imposed Austerity During the European Debt Crisis"
February 23, 2022
Scott Lemieux: The Future of Reproductive Rights in the U.S.
January 3, 2022
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Prof. Christopher Adolph in UW News, "Republican-led states lifted pandemic restrictions earlier, study finds"
October 1, 2021
Tree in the UW Quad dropping its leaves in fall
Graduate Student Summer Research
September 8, 2021
Picture of Maha Alhomoud
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Gaither Junior Fellowship Awarded to Maha  Alhomoud,Senior in Political Science
March 11, 2021
Social Distancing Summary Infographic
The COVID-19 State Policy Project
December 31, 2020
Sophia Wallace headshot B
Walls, Cages, & Family Separation
January 6, 2020
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Grad Students Dubeau and Mehta-Neugebauer in AAUP: "Data Snapshot: Graduate Students, Social Class, and Academia’s Promise"
November 21, 2019
Books in Mark Weitzenkamp's Project
Mark Weitzenkamp: How He Spent His Last Ten Summer Vacations
September 5, 2019
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Ph.D Candidate Mathieu Dubeau on Taylor-Francis Online, "Reclaiming Species-Being: Toward an Interspecies Historical Materialism"
March 21, 2019
Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash
Partners in Public Scholarship
March 18, 2019
"Tipping Points" Poster, by Tony Gill
Tony Gill on Tipping
March 18, 2019
Caitlin Ainsley, Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile: Assistant Professor Caitlin Ainsley
January 9, 2019
James Long conducting research
Faculty Profile: Associate Professor James Long: Combatting Electoral Fraud
October 15, 2018
Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy
Interview with Prof. Victor Menaldo about new book Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy
September 4, 2018
Christopher Parker
Could anti-Trump sentiment mobilize African-American voters in 2018?
March 14, 2018
Megan Ming Francis
UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named fellow with NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall Institute
March 9, 2018
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Defending Obamacare, cheering President Trump, opposing animal cruelty: Here's who rallied in July and why
August 22, 2017
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UW professor got it right on Trump. So why is he being ignored?
June 20, 2017
Christopher Parker
Why Trump's Still Here
November 2, 2016
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Trump could win this, UW prof says
September 26, 2016