Congratulations to Andrew Reeves! He has been selected as this year’s recipient of the David Hadas Teaching Award, which was established by Pamela W. Hadas "to honor and publicly recognize an outstanding tenured faculty member in Arts & Sciences who demonstrates commitment and excellence in teaching first-year undergraduate students.”
Clarissa Rile Hayward, Professor of Political Science, will assume the role of Dean’s Fellow for Policies this fall. In this position, she will review, create, and advise on faculty policies – in particular, those related to faculty promotion and tenure. Her work in this area will help ensure that faculty in Arts & Sciences receive clear, consistent, and equitable guidance.
2020 PhD Graduate, David Miller, won APSA's President and Executive Politics George C. Edwards III Award for best dissertation in executive politics.
Congratulations to Professor Ted Enamorado for winning this PolMeth award!
U.S. News ranked Washington University in St. Louis' political science graduate program #26 in the country for their international relations sub-field.
Congratulations to Prof. Carly Wayne for being awarded the 2020 Walter Isard Award for Best Dissertation in Peace Science by the Peace Science Society (International) for her dissertation “Risk or Retribution: The Micro-foundations of State Responses to Terror.”
Professor Guillermo Rosas has received a grant from the McDonnell Academy to study the politics of Covid-related behaviors in Latin America.
Jacob Montgomery has been selected as the winner of the Society for Political Methodology's Emerging Scholar Award for his contributions to the field of political methodology in scholarship, service, and mentorship.
Congratulations to Jim Gibson for winning the APSA Law and Courts Section’s Lasting Contribution Award.
Congratulations to Professor Bill Lowry for winning the APSA Martha Derthick Best Book Award.
We are pleased to announce that Margit Tavits has been named the William Taussig Professor in Arts & Sciences. This endowed chair is in recognition of Margit’s standing as an outstanding and innovative international scholar. A formal installation ceremony will be held in the 2020-21 academic year.
Congratulations to PhD candidate Ryan Johnson! His paper, "The Role of Lane in Temperate and Tropical Agriculture" has been accepted for publication at Economica.