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Taylor Carlson Receives EPOVB Emerging Scholar Award

6.11.26

The award, granted from the APSA's Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section, is presented to top scholars in the field who are within ten years of the PhD.

WashU Expert: Research explains Trump’s influence on primary contests

6.3.26 | The Source

Political Science faculty, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dan Butler, says by opting out of the primaries, people give power to the leaders of the parties to pursue agendas that are not responsive to moderate voters' preferences.

Shiran Victoria Shen Secures Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

5.26.26

Shen was selected as one of only 36 awardees selected from 172 applications from 94 member institutions.

Study reveals how, when political parties communicate with citizens in multiple languages

5.13.26 | The Source

A new study conducted by faculty members Margit Tavits, Christopher Lucas, Jacob Montgomery, and former PhD students Dahjin Kim and Taishi Muraoka, takes on the Herculean task of studying the linguistic choices of more than 800 political parties from 87 democracies around the world, including the United States.

Dan Butler Publishes New Article Discussing 2024 Primary Election Study

5.11.26

Michael Strawbridge named 2026 Andrew Carnegie fellow

5.6.26 | The Ampersand

Taylor Carlson Receives the 2026 AAPOR Book Award

5.5.26

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.

Michael Strawbridge Named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

5.5.26

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."

Stephanie Shady Receives ArtSci Council Award for Excellence in Teaching

5.4.26

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.

Department Chair Betsy Sinclair's Research and Work into AI Chatbots Featured in The Ampersand

4.30.26 | The Ampersand

“We want to acknowledge that AI is out there in the world, but we also want our students to think about who they are,” Sinclair said.

Timm Betz Publishes New Article in the British Journal of Political Science

4.24.26

The article describes a thus far unexplored consequence of globalization pressures: the place-based nature of globalization pressures reinforces local identity and moves voters towards candidates with local ties, especially when they hit key industries in local economic clusters.

Diana Z. O'Brien Publishes New Article in American Political Science Review

4.24.26

The article utilizes research from 12 democracies to examine gender-quotas in world legislatures.