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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
Michael Jones-Correa
President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Marie Gottschalk
Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Political Science
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
Edward D. Mansfield
Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science; Director, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics
Books
Partisan Hostility and American Democracy
For generations, experts argued that American politics needed cohesive parties to function effectively.
The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy
How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior
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.
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?