The Department of Political Science provides training in American politics and law, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory.
The department's faculty has expertise on American and comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and more.
Our PhD program emphasizes training and experience in the research methods essential to developing new knowledge.
The undergraduate program offers a broad range of courses about politics and government at local, state, national, and international levels.
In a coauthored article titled in Foreign Policy titled “Israel Is Weaponizing Forced Displacement—Again,” Professor Sarah Parkinson examines the recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
On October 2nd, Professor Dawn Teele appeared on WYP Radio’s Midday and discussed key themes from the U.S. vice-presidential debate held on October 1st. The interviewed covered the candidates’ views […]
Professor Valdez was interviewed on the New Books Network podcast, about her open-access book, Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP, 2023).