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.
Alfred Chandler Chair of Political Economy Yuen Yuen Ang new video series discusses how China’s political economy today resembles America’s during the Gilded Age.
PhD Alumni Elliott Schwebach recently published his new book, Rethinking Poverty: Drive Theory, Fanon, and Environmental Philosophy with Routledge. Congratulations, Elliott!
PhD Alumni Sheharyar Imran was awarded the 2025 Best Pre-PhD Paper Award from the ISA Theory Section for his paper, “Wastelanding and the Colonial Ecology of Racial Capitalism: An Indo-Atlantic […]