Class Acts: Joseph Silagi, Political Science Major
Joseph Silagi, May 2023 graduate with a degree in political science and in mathematics and computer science from Arts & Sciences, shares his passion for data and running.
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Research finds fathers’ leave reduces sexist attitudes
New research from Margit Tavits is among the first to provide concrete evidence that paternity leave policies can lead to more gender-equal attitudes — especially among those directly impacted by the policy.
James L. Gibson to be published in AJPS for "Losing Legitimacy"
James L. Gibson’s article “Losing Legitimacy: The Challenges of the Dobbs Ruling to Conventional Legitimacy Theory” has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Political Science.
Celebrating Faculty Retirements
A&S highlights faculty retirements including Political Science faculty Randall Calvert and Steven S. Smith
TRIADS announces recipients of seed grant funding
Congratulations to David Carter, Dino Christenson, Matthew Gabel, Jacob Montgomery, and Betsy Sinclair on receiving seed grants from the Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences!
Noémi Neidorff pledges to establish endowed professorship in Arts & Sciences
Noémi Neidorff, a longtime benefactor of Washington University in St. Louis and other cultural and educational institutions locally and beyond, has made a $3 million pledge to the university to endow the new Bela Kornitzer Distinguished Professorship in Arts & Sciences.
WashU’s Weidenbaum Center joins Harvard’s peer pre-review consortium
A new partnership between the Weidenbaum Center and Harvard University will give social scientists at WashU the opportunity to receive constructive, anonymous feedback on their research at any stage. The program aims to improve scholarship and speed its publication.
Tracking the Populist Tsunami
By analyzing social media content generated across the globe, political scientists seek to understand the current wave of populist rhetoric flooding the internet and its threats to democracies.
Ben Noble received the Presidents and Executive Politics Award for Best Graduate Paper
"How Presidents Persuade Facts, Feelings, and the Language of Presidential Power" has been selected as the Presidents and Executive Politics Best Graduate Paper for 2023
Graduate Students place at the 28th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
Jeremy Siow and Ben Noble won first and second place in the social science category.
Jeremy Siow selected as a SEAREG Fellow
SEAREG (Southeast Asia Research Group) Fellows are selected annually in a competitive process for outstanding unpublished work on Southeast Asia.
Research by David Carter and Matt Gabel, funded by the ITF, was covered in the Record
"Transdisciplinary team to study political instability, health outcomes"