News Archive
Guy Grossman selected to join National Academy of Science Evidence committee
Friday, February 5, 2021
Guy Grossman has been selected to join an ad hoc National Academy of Science Evidence committee entitled "Advance Reform in the Global Security and Justice Sectors" to review and assess existing evidence on policing institutions, police practices and capacities, and police legitimacy in the… Read More
Hajer Al-Faham Publishes Research in Perspectives on Politics
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Political Science PhD Candidate Hajer Al-Faham has recently published a peer-reviewed article “Researching American Muslims: A Case Study of… Read More

Rithika Kumar awarded APSA DDRIG
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Rithika Kumar has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) by the American Political Science Association. More information can be found here.
Ashley Gorham receives tenure-track offer from Hamilton College
Monday, December 21, 2020
Ashley Gorham (PhD, 2019), a recent graduate of the theory program and currently on a post-doctoral fellowship at Princeton, has received yesterday a tenure-track offer from Hamilton College, to join its Government Department. Some of Ashley’s work can be accessed on her webpage: … Read More
Penn Global Seminars offering PSCI 313: People of the Land in Spring 2021
Monday, December 7, 2020
The Political Science department is offering a new Penn Global Seminar in the spring focused on Indigenous communities in Latin America despite COVID-19 restrictions canceling the travel component of the course.

New book published by Michael Jones-Correa
Friday, November 20, 2020
Michael Jones-Correa has recently published a book, Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants.
Dawn Teele's article published in American Political Science Review
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Dawn Teele's article,… Read More
University of Pennsylvania Political Science Department Statement on the Police Killing of Walter Wallace in West Philadelphia, on October 26, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Rudra Sil's book is the main subject of a symposium just published in ...
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Rudra Sil's book - a coedited volume titled Comparative Area Studies: Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications (Oxford University Press, 2018) - is the main subject of a symposium just published in the… Read More