Graduate student speaker Sejal Popat and undergraduate student speaker, Political Science graduate Mason Shaver, will address fellow graduates today at WashU’s 165th Commencement ceremony. Here, they look back on their journeys to and through WashU.
The award, given by the American Association for Public Opinion Research, seeks to recognize influential books that have stimulated theoretical and scientific research in public opinion and/or influenced our understanding or application of survey research methodology.
The prestigious award provides Strawbridge a $200,000 research stipend for his project, "In the Thick of It: The Relationship Among Black People, Black Spaces, and Black Political Unity".
The Excellence in Teaching Award, formerly known as the Distinguished Teaching Award, was established to honor and publicly recognize an outstanding faculty member in Arts & Sciences for exceptional teaching. The award is determined by student nominations.
The award is given each year to "the best paper presented by a political scientist on women, gender and Black Politics at a national or regional Political Science conference in the past academic year."
The Humboldt Fellowship is the most prestigious research award for international researchers seeking to do research at German universities, and was created by the German government to "foster collaborations between German researchers and researchers located outside Germany."
The interview spotlights Shen's multi-award winning research on regulatory enforcement, her interdisciplinary integration of political science and environmental science, and her intellectual trajectory from Swarthmore to Stanford to here at WashU.
The grant, awarded on behalf of the Rapoport Family Foundation, seeks to support dissertation research in American political behavior for PhD students.
Weidenbaum Center small grants awards are typically under $15,000 and funding is provided for up to one year. Awards are given for research that focuses on social science and/or public policy.
Undergrads Tanya Keskar and John Li were part of organizations moved to the finals on November 19th to compete for funding from a $25,000 prize pool and the chance to lift the SVC cup.