News & Events
DEPARTMENT NEWS
DEPARTMENT UPDATES
As part of the Department of Political Science’s ongoing efforts to recognize excellence in scholarship, teaching, research and service within the department, we are pleased to acknowledge the following and their accomplishments:
Political Science Faculty
Developments within the Department
James Fearon - appointed Chair of Political Science Department (2007-2010)
Jean Oi - appointed William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics
New Appointments
Gary Segura - appointed Professor of Political Science
Promotions
Michael Tomz - promoted to Associate Professor of Political Science
Elections
National Academy of Sciences - David Laitin
Awards
Luebbert Award - Jeremy Weinstein
(for the best article on comparative politics ) "Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War," published in the APSR in 2006 (coauthored with Macartan Humphreys)
Luebbert Award - Jonathan Rodden
(for the best book on comparative politics) "Hamilton's Paradox"
Leon D. Epstein Book Award (co-recipient) - Beatriz Magaloni
(for the best book on Political organizations and Parties) Voting for Autocracy"
Roland Prize - Terry Karl
(for engaging and involving students in integrating academic scholarship with significant volunteer service to society)
Political Science Staff
Dean’s Merit Award - Sihla Koop (2006-2007)
Service Award - Eliana Vasquez
Political Science Students
Graduate Students
Peace Scholar fellowship from the United States Institute of Peace for 2008-2009 - Dara Cohen
Stanford University Centennial Teaching Assistant Award - Danielle Harlan and Nikki Velasco
Best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student at the Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Conference, 2008 - Jesse Driscoll
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2008-09 - Yuen Yuen Ang
Westview Press Award for the best paper by a grduate student or students presented at the Midwest Political Science Association's 2007 Conference - Alex Kuo and Neil Malhotra
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship - Danielle Harlan
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Jessica Weeks
(for her project, "Leaders, Accountability, and Foreign Policy in Non-Democracies")
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Dara Cohen
(for her project, "Explaining Sexual Violence During Civil War") and
The Morris Abrams Award in International Relations
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Neil Malhotra
(for his project, "The Effect of Perceptions of Mass Opinion on Political Attitudes and Behavior")
2007-08 Shorenstein APARC Fellow - Jeremy Wallace
Fulbright Award - Natan Sachs
(for his research project in Indonesia, "Cooperation Amidst Diversity: The Role of
Islamic Politics & Nationalism")
Egalitarian motives in humans. Nature 446, 794-796 (12 April 2007) - coauthored by Tim Johnson
Undergraduate Students
The Edwin A. Cotrell Memorial Prize - Varun Sivaram
(for most outstanding student in Political Science 1, AY 08)
The Lindsay Peters Jr. Memorial Prize - Alice Bosley
(for most outstanding student in Political Science 2, AY 08)
The Edwin A. Cotrell Memorial Prize - Kyle Publos
(for most outstanding student in Political Science 3, AY 08)
The Edwin A. Cotrell Memorial Prize - Kolby Hanson
(for most outstanding student in Political Science 4, AY 08)
Best Honors Thesis written in Political Theory, AY 08: Alyssa Battistoni
Firestone Medalists, AY 08 : Lauren Fãlcao and Gabriel Winant
Political Science Distinguished Thesis Award, AY 08: Justin Cohan-Shapiro
DEPARTMENT EVENTS
Links to the schedules for weekly seminars can be found on the seminars page.
MAPSS Colloquium Series begins Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
Click here for a recent article from the 2006 APSA Conference.
Political Science Sponsored Event Links:
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