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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
Melissa Lee
Klein Family Presidential Assistant Professor of Political Science Director of the World House Student Fellows Program, Perry World House
Marie Gottschalk
Edmund J. Kahn 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.
Amy Gutmann
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science University President 2004-2022
Michael C. Horowitz
Richard Perry Professor Director, Perry World House
Anne Norton
Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor
Books
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
Monitors and Meddlers. How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections.
"Foreign influences on elections are widespread.
The Principle of Political Hope: Progress, Action, and Democracy in Modern Thought
Refreshing and lucid, Goldman reconstructs hope as a necessary condition for social and political engagement, reinvigorating the possibility of utopia in the process.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I
The definitive account of the political history of Northern Ireland.
Making Sense of a United Ireland
“This is an important and superbly argued book, rich in detail, truth-telling but also hard-nosed.
Our Common Bonds Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide
Our Common Bonds shows that—although there is no silver bullet that will eradicate partisan animosity—there are concrete interventions that can reduce