College of Arts and Sciences

Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of October 1, 2018   Yesterday Professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning her allegations that Supreme Court Justice-nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.  Her testimony was calm, dispassionate, and as specific as possible for a survivor of...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of September 24, 2018   The US midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6.  In general, midterm elections result in a loss of Congressional seats for the party of the president, andturnout in these “off year” elections is generally low.  In 2014, turnout in...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of September 17, 2018   As we come to the close of the first three weeks of the fall term, students are enrolled in courses, which are well under way.  I’ve met with many of my advisees in these first weeks, as returning students are...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of September 10, 2018   These are interesting days for teaching political science courses, regardless of the subject focus.  As party systems are shifting and changing in many European democracies (see, e.g., Sweden), as presidents and party leaders have been removed from office through various means,...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of September 3, 2018   I’m writing from Boston, where the American Political Science Association is holding its 114th annual meeting.  The APSA describes the annual meeting as “convened for the purposes of professional development and scholarly and educational interchange in the spirit of free...

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