The Emerging Scholar award is designed to recognize a scholar who is no more than 6 years from the year of their PhD who has informed the study of legislative politics through innovative and rigorous scholarship.

The award, granted from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section, is given every 2-3 years for "an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the EPOVB field."

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.

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.

The humanities center welcomes six rising juniors to its signature two-year undergraduate research fellowship.

Graduating political science PhDs look back on their time at WashU and forward at what comes next.

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

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.