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Amanda Edgell: I am a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at the University of Florida. Prior to joining UF, I spent twelve months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo overseeing a U.S. government funded food security program. I recieved a Master’s in International Affairs from Texas A&M University (2011) and a Bachelor’s in Political Science […]

Where have we placed our recent PhD students?

Oumar Ba, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Cornell University Amanda Edgell, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Alabama James Fahey, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of North Florida Hye Ryeon Jang, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Morehouse College Karla Mundim, Assistant Professor, Political Science, John Jay College Anna Mwaba, Assistant Professor, Government, Smith College Enrijeta Shino, Assistant Professor, Political […]

Please join us in welcoming our outstanding class of incoming PhD students! Welcome to the #GatorNation!

Clockwise, starting bottom left: Matthew Benchimol (IR) Prajakta Gupte (Comparative) LaRaven Temoney (American) Sarah Hollmann (Comparative) Glen Billesbach (Theory) Kelly Richardson (American) TJ Harrington (American) Yuanxin Wang (Theory) Anqi Yang (Comparative) Stephanie Denardo (IR) [center]

Congratulations to Dr. Zach Selden on his Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor!

Zachary Selden received his Ph.D. from the University of California – Los Angeles in 1996. He is the author of Economic Sanctions as Instruments of American Foreign Policy (Praeger, 1999), Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy (University of Michigan Press, 2016), as well as articles in Contemporary Economic Policy, National Security Studies Quarterly, Policy Review and Problems of Post Communism. Until […]

We’re pleased to announce the Promotion to Full Professor of Dr. Sharon Austin!

Dr. Sharon Wright Austin is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and has also taught courses at the Universities of Louisville, Michigan, and Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Austin received a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1993. Her teaching interests are in American Government, Urban Politics, and […]