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Graduate Student Awards and Fellowships
Congratulations to the 5 Ph.D. students who have received a Dissertation Research Award for 2024-2025: Apurva Bamezai, Jason Hartwig, Nick Pangakis,…
Read MoreDean's Scholar Award presented to Ph.D. student Rashi Sabherwal
Congratulations to Rashi Sabherwal who was named Dean's Scholar, one of nine given out to graduate students from across all of the departments of…
Read MorePh.D. Student Sarah Gerstein receives Margaret E. Galey Award
The Browne Center for International Relations has awarded Political Science Ph.D. student Sarah Gerstein the Margaret E. Galey Award for 2024. The…
Read MorePh.D. Student Daniel Shapiro receives prestigious Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching
Congratulations to Political Science graduate student Daniel Shapiro for being awarded the prestigious teaching award. It was highly deserved!
Read MoreThree Political Science graduate students receive competitive DCF award
Congratulations to our graduate students Jason Hartwig, Audrey Jaquiss, and Chloe Ricks on being awarded the highly competitive Dissertation…
Read MoreDaniel M. Smith publishes research on legacies of wartime destruction
Professor Daniel M. Smith has published a new article in The Journal of Politics on the long-term socioeconomic legacies of the 1945 firebombing of…
Read MoreDaniel M. Smith contributes to new volume on Historical Political Economy (HPE)
Professor Daniel M. Smith has published a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy. Historical Political Economy (HPE) is the…
Read MoreNic Dias quoted in the New York Times!
Joint ASC-PSCI Ph.D. student Nic Dias had his work and thoughts quoted in the November 15th edition of the New York Times by Tom Edsall in an opinion…
Read MoreProf. Rudy Sil Writes Short Essay for Penn Almanac
Penn Almanac just published a short essay penned by Professor Rudy Sil on teaching "Controversial Topics in the Classroom." While focusing on how to…
Read MoreNew Publication
Matt Levendusky has published an opinion piece in the New York Times: "Trump Is Excited About These Three Things" in which he notes that the 2024…
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Penn’s Political Science Department is experiencing a renaissance. Over the past decade, our faculty has grown by 50%, an increase in quantity that has been matched by gains in quality. The strength of our faculty in each of four major subfields is being built with an eye to excellence embracing a variety of approaches and methodologies.
Events
American Politics Workshop Series
Lisa Argyle (Brigham Young University)
American Politics Workshop Series
Eric Schickler, UC Berkeley
Featured People
Daniel Gillion
Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Tulia Falleti
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies; Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Tri-Chair of the Faculty Senate.
Marc Meredith
Professor Political Science Undergraduate Chair
Tariq Thachil
Professor, Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India Director, Center for Advanced Study of India, Madan Lal Sobti Professor for the Study of Contemporary India
Brendan O'Leary
Lauder Professor of Political Science Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Honorary Professor of Political Science Queen's University Belfast
Books
Ageing and Health: The Politics of Better Policies
One of the most important political and economic challenges facing Europe and elsewhere is the ageing of societies.
Wild Democracy: Anarchy, Courage, and Ruling the Law
This is a manifesto for a wilder democracy. This is an ethic for free, courageous and anarchic democrats. Courage is necessary because fear is the death of democracy.
Stable Condition: Elites' Limited Influence on Health Care Attitudes
Stable Condition is an illuminating examination of the limits of elites’ influence and the forces that shaped public opinion about the Affordable Care Act. The book demonstrate
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests?
Making Sense of a United Ireland
“This is an important and superbly argued book, rich in detail, truth-telling but also hard-nosed.
Democracy amid Crises Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion
The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history.