Fourth-year political science PhD student Kory Gaines is analyzing the federal government’s role in civil rights and racial justice.
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Finding Commonalities Between China and the U.S.
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 publishes new book, Rethinking Property
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 wins ISA Theory Section Best Pre-PhD Paper Award
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 […]
Professor Adam Sheingate’s research team launches ‘Election Spending Dashboard’
Professor Adam Sheingate’s research team recently launched the Election Spending Dashboard, which provides public access to millions of campaign finance records from 2020 through October. Congratulations, Adam!
Professor Sarah Parkinson on Israel’s tactics against Hezbollah
In a coauthored article in Foreign Affairs, titled “Targeted Killings Won’t Destroy Hezbollah,” Professor Sarah Parkinson argues that Israel’s assassinations of Hezbollah officials will backfire, as they have in the […]
Professor Sarah Parkinson discusses mass displacement in Lebanon
In a coauthored article in Foreign Policy, titled “Israel Is Weaponizing Forced Displacement—Again,” Professor Sarah Parkinson examines the growing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.
Professor Dawn Teele featured on WYPR Midday
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 Inés Valdez’s podcast interview in the New Books Network
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).
Professor Vesla Weaver tells the “Story of America” through the American Prison Writing Archive
The Fall 2024 issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine features the American Prison Writing Archive, highlighting the work of one of the authors Levert Brookshire, Professor Vesla Weaver, and Doran Larson.