Professor Erin Chung has been awarded the 2021 Most Outstanding Transnational Asia Book Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asia America, for her book entitled, “Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies“.  Congratulations Professor Chung!

Professor Erin Chung has been elected co-President of the American Political Science Association Migration and Citizenship section.  Congratulations Professor Chung!

Questioning norms and shifting perspectives were top goals in creating the course, say instructors Robbie Shilliam, professor in the Department of Political Science, and Alexandre White, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. Last year, influenced by the pandemic, faculty discussed the idea of turning an Africana studies lens on public health to provide a focal point for exploring the ongoing impacts of colonialism, slavery, and other histories of racial oppression.

The Political Science Department endorses the joint statement of the Program in East Asian Studies, the Program in Racism, Immigration and Citizenship, and the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Johns Hopkins University concerning Anti-Asian Violence and the Killing of Asian Women in Atlanta.

Professor Renee Marlin-Bennett was interviewed by Hillary Matfess, Hopkins alumna, for “Say More About That“, a Bridging the Gap podcast. Professor Renee Marlin-Bennett researches global problems involving information and how it flows, borders, bodies, and power.  From these points of departure, she ventures into international theory, pragmatism, international political sociology, and global political economy.  Much […]

We are pleased to announce that graduate student J. Luis Rodriguez has been awarded a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISC) at Stanford University.   Please join us in congratulating Luis for this signal achievement!

As families struggle due to the coronavirus pandemic, Professor Adam Sheingate delivers meals to Baltimore families in need.

Professor Robbie Shilliam has been elected a Vice-President of the International Studies Association (2022-2023).  Congratulations Robbie!

Robert Lieberman, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the Department of Political Science, discussed his new book in the fall 2020 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine. Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy, was spurred by the results of the 2016 presidential election and discusses the four pillars effective democratic government rests on, and the four […]

Luis received the ISA HIST Section Barbara Tuchman Prize 2021 for the Best Paper by a Graduate Student in Historical International Relations for his paper entitled, “Questioning Hierarchies:  Latin American Responses to the Crafting of Nuclear Arms Controls”.  Congratulations Luis!