News & Announcements Archive

Congratulations to Professor William Connolly!

The Western Political Science Association has inaugurated a new William E. Connolly Award for the best political theory paper presented at yearly Western meetings.  The WPSE announced the award with […]

Black Lives Matter, Police, and America’s Democracy

Black Lives Matter, Police, and America’s Democracy

Vesla Weaver on No Jargon podcast by Scholars Strategy Network Episode 225:  Black Lives Matter, Police, and America’s Democracy

How a 50-Year-Old Report Predicted America’s Current Racial Reckoning

How a 50-Year-Old Report Predicted America’s Current Racial Reckoning

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Vesla Weaver, in The Vox.

How Black People Really Feel About the Police, Explainted

How Black People Really Feel About the Police, Explainted

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Vesla Weaver, in .

Can Protest Yield Police Reform?

Can Protest Yield Police Reform?

Vesla Weaver has been listening in on long distance conversations between people in heavily policed neighborhoods in six cities on WYPR.

We Listened to People in Highly Policed U.S. Communities

We Listened to People in Highly Policed U.S. Communities

Vesla Weaver in The Washington Post

A History of Police Funding

A History of Police Funding

Vesla Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, in Financial Times.

Police the Public, or Protect It? For a U.S. in Crisis, Hard Lessons from Other Countries

Police the Public, or Protect It? For a U.S. in Crisis, Hard Lessons from Other Countries

Vesla Weaver in The New York Times.

Joel B. Grossman Memorial Fund Announced

We are grateful to announce the Joel B. Grossman Memorial Fund, which will be used for purposes related to constitutional law, the Supreme Court, or public law, including activities relating to Constitution Day.

Robbie Shilliam – Distinguished Teacher Lecture

Professor Robbie Shilliam will give the inaugural Distinguished Teacher Lecture on 7th May to the Department of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Situated in Scotland, St Andrews […]