Department of Political Science Bulletin
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Political Science Main office hours:
M-TH 8am-12pm and 1pm-5pm
F 8am-12pm and 1pm-4:45pm
Gowen & Smith Hall hours are:
M-F 7:30am-9:00pm; closed weekends and holidays
Please email polisci@uw.edu for general information.
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS' PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
UW political science grad Caden Schepps (2023) published his honors thesis, “Geopolitics on a Jersey: Gazprom's Sponsorship of FC Schalke 04 and its Soft Power Implications,” Cornell International Studies Review 16/2 (2023): 1-57, https://journals.library.cornell.edu/index.php/ciar/issue/view/104
Inhwan Ko, Nives Dolsak, and Aseem Prakash. 2023. Wind Turbines as New Smokestacks: Preserving Ruralness and Restrictive Land-Use Ordinances Across U.S. Counties. PLOS ONE, 2023, 18(12): e0294563.
Nela Mrchkovska, Nives Dolsak, and Aseem Prakash. 2023. Does ESG Privilege Climate Action over Social and Governance Issues? A Content Analysis of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s Annual Letters. PLOS Sustainability & Transformation, 2023, 2(12): e0000090.
James Long was featured in WalletHub’s recent article on “How Closely Does Iowa Resemble the U.S.?”
Kevin Aslett, Zeve Sanderson, William Godel, Nathaniel Persily, Jonathan Nagler & Joshua A. Tucker “Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity.”
POLITICAL SCIENCE TALKS/SEMINARS:
Political Theory Colloquium presents Dennis Young (University of Washington), “Quantifying the Homeland: Metrics, Race, & Bureaucracy in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security” with Yulenni Venegas Lopez as the discussant. Thursday, January 25th, Gowen Hall –Olson 1A: 12:00-1:30pm
UW International Security Colloquium presents Genevieve Bates (University of Wisconsin-Madison), “Commitments and Follow- Through: Implementing Justice Provisions in Peace Agreements” with Ian Callison as the discussant. Friday, January 26th, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A: 1:30-3:00pm
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics presents Suparna Chaudhry (Lewis & Clark College), “Civil Societies, Uncivil States: State Repression of NGOs”. Friday, February 2nd, Gowen Hall –Olson 1A: 3:30-5:00pm
Political Theory Colloquium presents Dr. Lori Marso (Union College), “Feeling Like a Feminist in the Cinema of Experience ”. Thursday, February 8th, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A: 1:00-2:30pm
WISIR Lunch Workshare Series presents Sebastian Mayer (UW Political Science) "No More 'Sticking to Sports': Black Athletes' Impact on Political Participation in the Black Community." Friday, February 9th, Gowen Hall- Olson 1A, 12:30–1:30pm.
The Center for Environmental Politics presents Kim Marion Suiseeya (Northwestern University), “How Good Norms Do Harm: Insights from the Justice Gap in Global Forest Governance”. Friday, February 16th, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A: 12:00-1:30pm
UW International Security Colloquium presents Kelly Greenhill (Tufts University), “Better than the Truth: Extra-factual Sources of Threat Conception and Proliferation” with Jessica Sciarone as the discussant. Friday, February 16th, Gowen Hall- Olson 1A: 1:30-3:00pm
WISIR Speaker Series presents Jeannine Bell (Loyola University Chicago) “Protest, Police and Interaction: Sorting out Americans Complicated Views Police Behavior.” Friday, February 16th, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A, 10:30am–12:00pm.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics presents Jana Foxe (University of Washington), “Comparative Homonationalisms of the Far-Right” With Cricket Keating as the discussant. Friday, February 23rd, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A: 3:30-5:00pm
Political Theory Colloquium presents Dr. Kevin Duong (University of Virginia), “Psychotherapy for the People: Harlem’s Lafargue Clinic, 1946-”. Thursday, February 29th, Gowen Hall – Olson 1A: 1:00-2:30pm
OTHER DEPARTMENT EVENTS:
GWSS presents Kels Cook and Deeya Sharma, UW student activists advocating for just and equitable reproductive health care on campus and beyond. Wednesday, January 24th, Husky Union Building 238: 3:30-5:00pm
Please submit items to polisci@uw.edu by Thursday 12pm for an addition to the weekly bulletin.