The American Doctoral Fellowship is meant to offset scholars’ expenses during one year of their doctoral program and also deepens AAUW’s impact by accelerating diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia.

The article looks at the relationship between women's portrayal as victims of war and public attitudes toward women's leadership capabilities.

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

The article looks at surveys of rural voters to analyze the trust and influence of politicians from similar rural areas.

The WashU PhD prep program prepares first-generation and regional students like Jayden Sheridan for graduate research and academic life.

The grant, awarded on behalf of the Rapoport Family Foundation, seeks to support dissertation research in American political behavior for PhD students.

Weidenbaum Center small grants awards are typically under $15,000 and funding is provided for up to one year. Awards are given for research that focuses on social science and/or public policy.

Faculty and university leadership selected Merve Ileri-Tayar, a doctoral student in psychological and brain sciences, as the winner of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence. Four additional graduate students were also recognized.

The article looks at how the public perceives digital political ads and how policymakers and social platforms can work to regulate such ads.

The grant provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

The awards will be presented at the APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver this September.

The fellowships were bestowed on four different grad students across Arts & Sciences including two PhD students from Political Science.