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Professor Beatriz Magaloni Wins the 2021 Heinz I. Eulau Award for Best Article Published in American Political Science Review
In this award-winning article entitled “Killing in the Slums: Social Order, Criminal Governance and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro," Professor Magaloni, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, and Vanessa Melo explore the conditions that allow…
Professors Avidit Acharya and Jens Hainmueller win the 2021 Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology
The Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology is awarded for the best work in political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year.
Stanford political science major Cole McFaul chosen as 2021 Yenching Scholar
He is among the 114 students chosen from 37 countries and regions for the program, which offers a one-year master’s degree in Chinese studies.
Political scientist Daniel Ho and others reflect on Asian American and Pacific Islander contributions amid increasing violence
"Asian Americans are objects and subjects of the law, shaping the law even as their lives are shaped by it," says political scientist and legal scholar Daniel Ho.
Professor David Laitin wins the 2021 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
David D. Laitin, Stanford University, is this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize, known by many as the ‘Nobel Prize in Political Science’. Professor Laitin is awarded the prize for his “original and objective explanation of how politics…