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Hirschmann Named Segal Professor in American Social Thought
Nancy J. Hirschmann has been appointed Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought. Read more here.
Read MoreAPSA's Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
Sumitra Badrinathan's paper "Educative Interventions to Combat Misinformation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India" has been awarded APSA's…
Read MoreCouncil on Foreign Relations invites PWH Director Michael Horowitz to be senior fellow
Penn professor and Perry World House Director Michael Horowitz has been appointed as a senior fellow of the David Rockefeller Studies Program in the…
Read MoreAPSA's Information Technology & Politics section award
Guy Grossman's article "Information Technology and Political Engagement: Mixed Evidence from Uganda" with Macartan Humphreys and Gabriella Sacramone-…
Read MoreHajer Al-Faham Awarded AAUW Fellowship
Hajer Al-Faham has been named a 2021 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellow. Each year, this prestigious fellowship is…
Read MoreConnecting students with Indigenous leaders: A new Penn Global seminar taught by Tulia Falleti
Tulia Falleti's undergraduate seminar PSCI 313 People of the Land: Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile has been featured in Penn Today.…
Read MoreAlvin Z. Rubinstein Award
The Department of Political Science has selected Audrey Jaquiss as the recipient of the Alvin Z. Rubinstein Award for the 2020-2021 academic year. …
Read MoreGuy Grossman selected to join National Academy of Science Evidence committee
Guy Grossman has been selected to join an ad hoc National Academy of Science Evidence committee entitled "Advance Reform in the Global Security and…
Read MoreHajer Al-Faham Publishes Research in Perspectives on Politics
Political Science PhD Candidate Hajer Al-Faham has recently published a peer-reviewed article “Researching American Muslims: A Case Study of…
Read MoreRithika Kumar awarded APSA DDRIG
Rithika Kumar has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) by the American Political Science Association. More…
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Featured People
Diana Mutz
Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication, Director, Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics
Anne Norton
Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor
Edward D. Mansfield
Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science; Director, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics
John DiIulio
Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society
Michael Jones-Correa
President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration (CSERI)
Books
The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy
How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior
The Eyes of the People: Democracy in an Age of Spectatorship
For centuries it has been assumed that democracy must refer to the empowerment of the People's voice.
The Private Sector in Public Office: Selective Property Rights in China
This book addresses the long-standing puzzle of how China’s private sector manages to grow without secure property rights.
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests?
The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It
To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis―dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years.