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Professor Wilke Awarded McDonnell Academy Seed Grant

11.29.22

Congratulations to Professor Anna Wilke for being awarded a McDonnell Academy seed grant for her research titled, "How does girls' empowerment affect boys? Two field experiments on cross-gender spillover effects of public health campaigns"!

Senior Miao elected to College Democrats board

11.7.22

Miao is one of 10 students who will represent 100,000 College Democrats in the nation and the first Washington University student to be elected to the executive board.

Professor Tavits Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grant

10.26.22

Congratulations to Professor Margit Tavits for receiving $25,000 Global Incubator Seed Grant from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and Office of the Provost for her proposal on "The Behavioral and Attitudinal Effects of Voter ID."

Professors Carter & Gabel Awarded Funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures

10.25.22

Congratulations to Professors David Cater and Matt Gabel and their collaborators Michael Espositio and Mark Huffman on being awarded $261,500 in funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures for their cluster proposal of "Trust and Public Health."

Professor Lucas Awarded Seed-Grant from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures

10.25.22

Congratulations to Professor Christopher Lucas and collaborators Soumendra Lahiri and Andrew Jordan on receiving a cluster seed-grant of $89,000 from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures for "Police Body Camera Metadata."

2022 Political Science Department Prize Winners

8.12.22

Congratulations to the 2022 Political Science Department Prize Winners!

Professors Lucas, Montgomery, and Tavits Awarded NSF Grant

7.18.22

Congratulations to Professors Lucas, Montgomery, and Tavits for being awarded an NSF grant to expand their ongoing study of elite communication on social media throughout the world!

Professor Diana O'Brien Wins APSA's Lawrence Longley Award

7.1.22

Congratulations to Professor Diana O'Brien for winning APSA's Lawrence Longley Award for the best article published in the previous year for the article, "Women’s Descriptive Representation and Gendered Import Tax Discrimination."

Undergraduate Julia Fish wins CRE2's Undergraduate Research Award for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity

6.30.22

Graduate Student Jeremy Siow Wins CRE2 Award for Best Graduate Research Paper in Race & Ethnicity

6.30.22

Graduate student, Jeremy Siow, wins CRE2's Award for Best Graduate Research Paper in Race & Ethnicity. The winning paper was, "Bilingual Instruction and Political Discrimination of Ethnic Outgroups: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Malaysia."

Professor Gibson Wins C. Herman Pritchett Book Award

6.15.22

Dr. James L Gibson and co-author Michael J. Nelson were awarded the American Political Science Association - Law and Courts' C. Herman Pritchett Book Award for their book, "Judging Inequality: State and Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis". The C. Herman Pritchett Book Award is given annually to the best book on law and courts published in the previous year (2021).

Professor Gibson Ranked #35 Among Top Scientists for 2022

6.7.22

Congratulations to Professor James L Gibson on being ranked #35 among top scientists in the world & ranked #23 in the United States for 2022 by Research.com.