We are sad to announce the passing of John Drummond Sprague, beloved husband,  father, grandfather, esteemed professor, and mentor.

Professor Margit Tavits and Jae-Hee Jung have a book forthcoming titled “Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality.”

"We find that citizens strongly prefer that political decision-making bodies have gender parity, meaning that they have equal numbers of men and women. Even when governments require gender quotas for women candidates, citizens still prefer to see gender parity amongst officeholders."

Jeremy Siow, Taylor Damann, and Margit Tavits discuss both historical and modern gender inequality in Europe in the PNAS Science Sessions Podcast.

Carly Wayne's new article "Terrified or Enraged? Emotional Microfoundations of Public Counterterror Attitudes" was published in the journal International Organization.

Professor Dan Butler (Washington University in St. Louis) and Professor Jeff Harden (University of Notre Dame) will present their paper "Can Institutional Reform Protect Election Certification?" at the State Oversight Academy Symposium 2023

Get to know Professor Princess Williams, Visiting Professor of Political Science.

Professor Margit Tavits' 2022 paper, "Can Policy Responses to Pandemics Reduce Mass Fear?" is now available for Open Access in the Journal of Experimental Political Science by the Cambridge University Press.

The Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis is proud to announce a significant expansion of its faculty in the subfield of international relations -- the study of military, diplomatic & economic interactions between countries & institutions around the world. Professors Amy Pond, Timm Betz, and Xiaoyan (Christy) Qiu, each accomplished scholars and professors, have joined the department where they bring expertise in international political economy and international conflict.

From the Newsroom: According to Professor David Carter, the cross-border attack on Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 followed a similar pattern to previous conflicts. The timing of regime threats such as civil conflicts and coup d'états is the subject of a working paper by Carter and Ipek Ece Sener, a WashU PhD candidate.