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Democracy Day panel discussion (l-r) Lester Spence, Hahrie Han, and Steven Teles in 2023.

Faculty

The department's faculty has expertise on American and comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and more.

Graduate students in discussion as part of the course "Postcolonial Political Economy" taught by professor Robbie Shilliam in 2018.

PhD in Political Science

Our PhD program emphasizes training and experience in the research methods essential to developing new knowledge.

Undergraduates listen to lecture in professor Richard Katz class in 2023.

Major in Political Science

The undergraduate program offers a broad range of courses about politics and government at local, state, national, and international levels.

Upcoming Events

External Speaker: Bikrum Gill (VTU)

Dr Bikrum Gill from Virginia Tech University will present a paper entitled "Liberation against Genocide: The Palestsinian Challenge to the U.S.-Led Imperialist World Order"

JohnCon 2024

The second annual installment of JohnCon, the department’s graduate student mini-conference, will once again showcase the great research that our students are doing and give them an opportunity to present […]

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International Symposium on Kant and Global Peace

Professor Inés Valdez will join leading scholars from a number of disciplines to discuss the legacies of Kant’s Toward Perpetual Piece in the three-day symposium. Find out more about the […]