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Department Chair Betsy Sinclair's Research and Work into AI Chatbots Featured in The Ampersand

4.30.26 | The Ampersand

“We want to acknowledge that AI is out there in the world, but we also want our students to think about who they are,” Sinclair said.

PhD Student Alex Avery Receives Dean Award for Teaching Excellence

4.30.26

The Dean’s Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize stellar instructional efforts by graduate students and help cultivate the next generation of leaders in the classroom. Each recipient will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition in their graduation program.

Class Acts: Cela Lopez

4.28.26 | The Source

Cela, a senior in political science, explores the psychology of partisanship.

Celebrating faculty retirements

4.27.26

Join us in recognizing the achievements and memories of faculty members who are closing out their careers in Arts & Sciences.

Timm Betz Publishes New Article in the British Journal of Political Science

4.24.26

The article describes a thus far unexplored consequence of globalization pressures: the place-based nature of globalization pressures reinforces local identity and moves voters towards candidates with local ties, especially when they hit key industries in local economic clusters.

Diana Z. O'Brien Publishes New Article in American Political Science Review

4.24.26

The article utilizes research from 12 democracies to examine gender-quotas in world legislatures.

Post-Doc Hwayong Shin Publishes New Article in Journal Political Communication

4.22.26

The article focuses on a key question that has become more common in modern media criticism: When journalists perceive more misinformation from one side of the political spectrum, do they face a normative dilemma between truth and balance?

Michael Strawbridge Receives Award from The Association for the Study of Black Women in Politics

4.21.26

The award is given each year to "the best paper presented by a political scientist on women, gender and Black Politics at a national or regional Political Science conference in the past academic year."

PhD Candidates Lukas K. Alexander & Dihan Shi Publish New Article in Journal of Experimental Political Science

4.13.26

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

KIPP St. Louis teen makes history with early decision admission to Washington University on a full ride

4.13.26 | KSDK St. Louis

Ivan Wilson III, a 17-year-old at KIPP St. Louis High School, has officially secured his spot at Washington University in St. Louis and will be studying Political Science in the fall.

New book on Black Disfranchisement and State Legislative Politics in the American South by Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Michael Olson

4.13.26

Culture shift: How the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures broadened WashU’s research horizons

4.6.26

Lessons from the first three years of Arts & Sciences’ Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures could hold the blueprint to further elevating WashU’s research enterprise.