Inequality and Democratization: an Elite Competition Approach

The Department of Political Science is excited to announce that David Samuels, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, will present material from his co-authored book with Ben Ansells on Tuesday, April 1, 4-5:30pm in Anderson 216. David Samuels specializes in democratization, Brazilian politics, Latin American politics, political parties and elections, and US-Latin American […]

UF Represented in Baton Rouge

Undergraduate major Michelle Asuncion represented UF at the 22nd National conference of the National Association of African-American Studies and Affiliates, held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Feb 10-15. She presented a paper on Filipino culture of migration.

Graduate Student Socialization Series

On Friday some 30 graduate students attended the second session of the Department’s graduate student socialization series. Professors Amie Kreppel, Ben Smith and Leo Villalon spoke and answered questions on “How to Write and Win Grants.”

US Air Force Academy Assembly

Two of our undergraduate majors, Shannon Crawford and Nishant Srivastava, have recently attended the United States Air Force Academy Assembly, a prestigious annual undergraduate student conference held in Colorado Springs. The theme of this year’s conference was “U.S.-India Relations: Partners in Democracy.” Shannon Crawford reports that it was “a stimulating, thought-provoking experience. The 3-day conference included […]

PoliSci Information Cafe

The Department held its first Political Science Information Cafe yesterday. Close to 40 undergraduate students attended the event (held in Emerson Alumni Hall), mingling in an informal setting with faculty and staff members. Participating faculty/staff members answered questions and dispensed information on internships, honors theses, graduate programs, certificate programs, library resources, and more.

Congrats, Dr. Wainscott!

Visit from Congress

Pedro Pierluisi, the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Professor Hedge’s legislative process course. Congressman Pierluisi, now serving his second term in Congress, discussed and answered student questions about current efforts to win statehood for the U.S. territory.

Reception Honoring Drs. Matheny and Martinez

This afternoon some 40 faculty, staff members and spouses attended a reception at the Chair’s house honoring Albert Matheny and Michael Martinez for their tremendous record of service to the department and the university. Albert retired recently after more than 30 years at UF, during which he made numerous major contributions to the life of […]

Rachel McGovern interned in Washington, D.C. this summer

Undergraduate student Rachel McGovern (pictured with alumna Debbie Wasserman Schultz) writes: This past summer I interned in the Office of the Chair at the Democratic National Committee. I spent ten weeks in Washington, D.C. assisting the Chair’s Office with a variety of administrative tasks. I also had the opportunity to interact with various members of […]

Christina Ford interned in Washington, D.C. this summer

Our undergraduate student Christina Ford writes: This summer, I participated in the White House Internship program as an intern for Mrs. Michelle Obama in the Office of the First Lady. Over the course of 11 weeks, I worked with her scheduling department to coordinate responses from the First Lady to elected officials, University Presidents, and […]

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