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Emeritus 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…
Read More2023 David A. Lake Award for best paper awarded to professor Julia Gray and Ph.D. student Chloe Ahn
Political science professor Julia Gray and graduate student Chloe Ahn received the 2023 David A. Lake Award for the best paper presented at the 20023…
Read MoreProfessor Edward Mansfield elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Ed Mansfield, Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Christopher H. Browne Center director, who is one of five Penn…
Read MoreTwo graduate students receive Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for A24-25
Miranda Sklaroff and Yara Damaj, graduate students in Political Science, have been awarded the Andrea Mitchell Center Fellowship for the 2024-2025…
Read MoreGraduate 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…
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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
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
Brendan O'Leary
Lauder Professor of Political Science Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Honorary Professor of Political Science Queen's University Belfast, Political Science Department Chair
Roxanne Euben
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences
Beth Simmons
Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law and Political Science
Amy Gutmann
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, ret. (2022-2024), Penn President Emerita (2004-2022)
Anne Norton
Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor
Erik Wibbels
Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Political Science
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.
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’.
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
Democracy amid Crises Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion
The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume III
Assesses the making of the Good Friday Agreement, the consequence, and the potential futures that may unfold from the UK's exit from the EU.
Making Sense of a United Ireland
“This is an important and superbly argued book, rich in detail, truth-telling but also hard-nosed.