The State Politics & Policy Organized Section of the American Political Science Association has announced that the book Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis by James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson (published by the Russell Sage Foundation, 2021) has been awarded the Virginia Gray Book Award, an annual award that recognizes the best political science books published on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years.

Postdoc Andrew Stone's research mentioned in FiveThirtyEight article, "Ketanji Brown Jackson's Nomination May Not Be Enough To Turn Out Black Voters For Democrats."

Professor emeritus Bill Lowry finishes friends book - an urgent plea to save national parks from climate change.

Professor Christopher Lucas' article "Testing Causal Theories with Learned Proxies" will be published in the May Annual Review of Political Science.

Professor Carly Wayne's article, "Hawkish Biases and Group Decision Making," has been published in International Organizations.

Graduate students in political science have recently seen remarkable outcomes on the academic job market, earning multiple interviews and offers and accepting excellent placements. One key to the success of the highly ranked graduate program is a team-based approach to mentoring and navigating the job market.

Professor Frank Lovett and co-author Sean Ingham (UCSD) published their article, "Domination and democratic legislation" in Politics, Philosophy & Economics.

Professor Will Nomikos published his article, "Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali" in the Journal of Politics.

Professor Christopher Lucas addresses long-standing questions in political science using new computational methods and previously untapped datasets – including the sound of political speech.

First-year student and Political Science major, Emma Lembke founded Log Off, a movement founded by teens for who want a safer and healthier relationship with social media.