Political science

One day during a political science class discussion, my professor prompted my classmates and I to think about ways we could improve our campus. Up until that day, I had an overwhelmingly positive experience at my school and never faced issues that went beyond rush hour traffic. However, in the days following, I witnessed two male students arguing over a parking space when one yelled at the other to tell his "alien family and friends to stop taking the parking spots". Witnessing this…

A four year degree or a graduate degree in Environmental Science, Political Science or a related field within the last 12 months. I will graduate from Agnes Scott College in May of 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Social Justice. I also plan to procure a minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and a specialization in globalization. Must be willing to knock on doors and make phone calls every workday. I have strong social skills and can relate to people of different…

Three opinions”. The same can be said about political scientists. When it comes to complex topics such as the causes of civil wars, many in the field of political science have differing opinions on how they start and how to classify them. Many of the written material read for class, such as Jesse and Williams’ “Ethnic Conflict”, stride more towards a constructivist side of civil war, reinforce more of a primordialist view on Civil Wars. Some political scientists look more towards the actual…

My motivation for pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at UC San Diego (UCSD) emanates from my lifelong goal to be a leading scholar in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics, teaching and conducting research at a major research university. UCSD’s Department of Political Science’s model of cross-disciplinary work, ethos on close mentoring and supervision, emphasis on methodology and multivariate analysis, wealth of world-class faculty across subfields, combined with the…

always known I wanted to get a PhD in political science or even that I was certain of my decision once I began my graduate studies. In reality, the path that led me to pursue a PhD has been a long and somewhat unexpected one. I began my undergraduate career as a biochemistry major, but by the end of my first year, I discovered that I was more interested in studying human behavior and interactions and switched my major to psychology with a minor in political science. After receiving my…

Mireille Paquet’s article “The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada” published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science issue. 47, September 2014. Speaks about the institutional changes between 1990 - 2010 in the Canadian governments immigration and integration of policies between the federal and provincial government. Paquet is a professor in the social science department at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and has written many articles regarding immigration. Her…

I entered The University of Iowa a freshman a few credit hours of junior standing, and without a major. Due to an engrossment with the structure of government, particularly those of authoritative regimes, I threw myself vigorously into a Political Science Major, but found myself more appreciative of the citizens living in these regimes than the inner workings of governments. I am fascinated by humanity’s need for self-determinacy and how citizens in authoritative regimes function without this…

Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American and possibly African??. The thesis of the article was revised and expounded upon and eventually turned into Huntington?s influential writing, ?The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order? in 1996. The new political lens, that Huntington offered up for us to view future tensions, moved beyond the Cold War where ideological divisions between two, non-nation state, super powers defined conflict. This new perspective showcased tensions between…

Kingdon. John W. Kingdon is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has authored several books to include, Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (1984, 1995, 2011). John has received several awards in the area of public policy, such as the Aaron Wildavsky Award…

The contributions featured in later sections will directly respond to questions of urgency that frequently surface in today’s political climate. My goal is advancing the field of education, research, policy and practice that promote excellence and parity, and the stories and research accumulated in this article aims to build a collective understanding that will hopefully precede…