College of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Professors Laura Tartakoff and Pete Moore for their well-deserved nominations for the J. Bruce Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring!

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See the review of Justin Buchler's new book, Incremental Polarization, in Perspectives on Politics (17 (1), March 2019). Perspectives on Politics is a journal of the American Political Science Association. Incremental Polarization: A Unified Spatial Theory of Legislative Elections, Parties, and Roll Call Voting. By Justin Buchler. New York: Oxford...

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Associate Professor Justin Buchler discussed the reasons behind small voter turnout for local special elections in The Toledo Blade last week. He also discussed what it can mean for the support of ballot initiatives. Read more about the reasons and implications of low special election turnout here!  

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Professor Kelly McMann spoke on Friday, February 1 at a workshop in Washington, DC, organized by the Program on New Approaches to Russia and Security.  She discussed research she did with POSC majors Josh Bazzoli and Marin Exler that examined to what extent the Russian political party United Russia...

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On January 24, 2019, Professor Kathryn Lavelle was selected to be part of Provost Ben Vincent III's Thinkers group. According to an article by Nathan Lesch in The Observer, Announcement of Thinkers kickstarts strategic planning, Professor Lavelle was excited about the Thinkers program, as it "challenged to have some ideas in...

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