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Professor O'Leary wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Brendan O’Leary has been awarded the Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching. This is the highest SAS teaching honor given to faculty…
Read MoreUPenn Political Science Department is Among the Top Ten
The Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania is a top ten department according to a newly published global ranking of…
Read MoreProfessor Michael Jones-Correa elected as AAPSS 2025 Robert A. Dahl Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Michael Jones-Correa, who has been elected to the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the 2025 Robert A…
Read MoreGraduate Student Lauren Palladino Winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Science category
Congratulations to Lauren Palladino, second year graduate student in our department, winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Sciences category.…
Read MoreNew Publication in the Irish Times for Professor Brendan O'Leary
Professor O'Leary has co-authored an article stemming from the ARINS/Irish Times survey results, released earlier this month. The article, "Trends…
Read MoreProfessor Brendan O'Leary Interviewed by the Irish Times Inside Politics Podcast
Professor O'Leary, Chair of the Political Science department and Chair of ARINS (Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South) Public Opinion…
Read MoreNew Prize for Prof. Tariq Thachil's co-authored book
Tariq Thachil and his co-author Adam Auerbach’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (…
Read MoreUPenn's Beta Tau chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024
This is the twelfth time that the chapter has received this award, which is quite an achievement! These awards are intended to recognize local…
Read MoreEmeritus Professor Rogers Smith featured in new article about the Most Patriotic States in America
Professor Rogers M. Smith was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Most Patriotic States In America. You can find it here: https://wallethub.…
Read MoreProfessor Tariq Thachil wins 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Tariq Thachil’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics, coauthored with Adam Auerbach, was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award from APSA’s…
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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.
Featured People
Edward D. Mansfield
Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science; Director, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics
Melissa Lee
Klein Family Presidential Associate Professor of Political Science Director of the World House Student Fellows Program, Perry World House, Political Science Department Undergraduate Chair
Roxanne Euben
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences
Tulia G. Falleti
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science.
Books
The Unequal Pandemic: Covid 19 and Health Inequalities
It has been claimed that we are ‘all in it together’ and that the COVID-19 virus ‘does not discriminate’.
The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy
How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in Internal Security
How can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war?
Regimes of Inequality: The Political Economy of Health and Wealth
Since the 1990s, mainstream political parties have failed to address the problem of growing inequality, resulting in political backlash and the transformation of European party systems.
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
Democracy amid Crises Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion
The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history.