Congratulations to Prof. Matt Hodgetts as he was awarded a UCITE Course Innovation Grant (UCIGs) for 2024-2025. UCIGs support the design and implementation of innovative teaching and learning pedagogies for new and existing courses.
Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently among the collaborators on a volume of Constructing Global Challenges in World Politics (NY: Routledge, 2024).
The book’s contributors, from the disciplines of international relations, sociology and history, scrutinize what actors mean when they refer to something as a “global challenge.” The book goes beyond drawing up a list of the most pressing issues in contemporary world politics or discussing how to deal with them and instead looks at the roles that various actors, such as scholars, nation-states, cities, and international organizations, play in their construction.
Lavelle’s chapter is titled “Constructing the Challenge of Governance in the Arctic.”
Popular political science department member passes away at 75. Memorial service for faculty emeriti Paul Schroeder is Aug. 13.
We are saddened by the news of Prof. Paul Schroeder’s death. A popular teacher and respected colleague and citizen, Paul will be deeply missed. Information about an August 13 memorial service can be found here. The Department of Political Science will post more about Paul and his time at CWRU soon.
Congratulations to Kelly Mallon, who successfully defended her MA thesis titled Addressing Childhood Statelessness: The Protection and Integration of Unaccompanied Stateless Refugees.
Congratulations to Aysegul Keskin Zeren, Assistant Director for Student Experience and political science adjunct assistant professor, on receiving the J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring.