News & Announcements Archive

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 […]

José Luís Rodriguez Aquino – Winner of the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award

Congratulations to Jose Luis Rodriguez Aquino! “Luis … incorporate[d] elements of his own teaching style that broke from the traditional mold while creating a valuable learning environment that is seldom […]

Congratulations to Nandini Dey

Congratulations to Nandini Dey who has been selected to participate in the inaugural class of the APSA Public Scholarship Program. During the 6-month program, she will be working with other scholars […]

Bennett, Connolly, and Katz recognized in “The Political Science 400”

The journal PS: Political Science & Politics recently published “The Political Science 400”, an analysis of scholarly influence among Political Science faculty in the United States. Based on lifetime citation counts in Google […]