Political Science News
Samantha Frost wins Martin Award for Distinguished Women Teachers
The Department of Political Science congratulates professor Samantha Frost for being awarded the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences's 2009–2010 Lynn M. Martin Award for Distinguished Women Teachers.
Published Date: February 9, 2010
A Minute with Matt Winters at the University of Illinois News Bureau
The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professor Matt Winters last week about the foreign aid response to the earthquake in Haiti.
Published Date: January 25, 2010
New faculty book: The Dynamics of International Law, by Paul Diehl and Charlotte Ku
Professor Paul Diehl's book (written with Charlottel Ku) The Dynamics of International Law will be published next month by the Cambridge University Press.
Published Date: January 21, 2010
Jose Cheibub at the University of Illinois News Bureau on democratic prospects in Afghanistan
The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professor José Cheibub last week about the future of democracy in Afghanistan.
Published Date: January 14, 2010
Brian Gaines at the University of Illinois News Bureau on political reform in Illinois
The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professor Brian Gaines this week about a bill signed into law December 9 by Governor Quinn to regulate campaign donations.
Published Date: December 18, 2009
Damarys Canache named LAS Fellow in a Second Discipline
The University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has selected political science professor Damarys Canache as an LAS Fellow in a Second Discipline.
Published Date: November 23, 2009
Jude Hays at the University of Illinois News Bureau on the US and free trade
The University of Illinois News Bureau's Craig Chamberlain interviewed political science professor Jude Hays last week about the United States's free trade policies.
Published Date: November 23, 2009
Samantha Frost awarded Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded one of its prestigious New Directions Fellowships to political science professor Samantha Frost.
Published Date: November 23, 2009
Political science faculty, past and present, in Chicago for the Conference on Comparative Constitutional Design
Political science professor José Cheibub and professor of political science and law and director of the University of Illinois's Center for the Study of Democratic Governance Peter Nardulli joined former University of Illinois political science professors Zach Elkins and Tom Ginsburg—among many others—for the University of Chicago Law School's Conference on Comparative Constitutional Design on October 16.
Published Date: November 2, 2009
Professors Nardulli and Cheibub at Berkeley for APSA conference on Democracy Audits and Governance Indicators
Political science professor José Cheibub and professor of political science and law and director of the University of Illinois's Center for the Study of Democratic Governance Peter Nardulli were among about 40 participants in an APSA conference on "Democracy Audits and Governance Indicators" hosted by the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley on October 30.
Published Date: November 2, 2009
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