Prof Crawford Interviewed on Military Budget
Professor Crawford was recently interviewed by Democracy Now on the topic of Trump’s push for a historic military spending hike and which programs he might cut to pay for it. President Trump is heading to Capitol Hill tonight and is expected to outline part of his budget plan before a joint session of Congress. On […]
Prof Kriner Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Douglas Kriner on his recent promotion to the rank of full professor. Professor Kriner graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT in 2001 and received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University in 2006. His research interests include American political institutions, separation of powers dynamics, and American military policymaking. His books have won the […]
Prof Schmidt Is SWIPE Honoree of the Year
Professor Vivien Schmidt will be celebrated at this year’s International Studies Association (ISA) Convention (being held in Baltimore next week) by the Society of Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) as the SWIPE honoree of the year. She will be honored at the joint reception of the International Political Economy (IPE) Section and SWIPE which […]
Prof Palmer on 200 Years of Gerrymandering
Prof Palmer with coauthor Stephen Ansolabhere (Harvard) assess the geographic compactness of every congressional district used across US history in a recent article at the Ohio State University Law Journal. They find that approximately 20% of all districts are less compact than the original gerrymander. Read more here: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/students/groups/oslj/previous-issues/volume-77-2016/volume-77-number-4/
Upcoming Event on Controversial Executive Order
Professor Sapiro moderates a discussion with BU colleagues on “Muslims, Refugees & Immigrants: Making Sense of the Trump Administration’s Controversial Executive Order” at the Howard Thurman Center on Feb 9 from 7-830pm.
Article by Profs Einstein & Glick in CityLab
An article by Professors Katie Einstein and David Glick (featuring data from the Menino Survey of Mayors) was just published in the Urban Affairs Review (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1078087416674829) and featured in The Atlantic’s Citylab (http://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/01/mayors-and-inequality/510032/).
Prof Kriner’s Work in NY Times Article
Prof Douglas Kriner’s work (with coauthor Francis Shen) is discussed in a recent article in the New York Times on the Vietnam War. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/vietnam-the-war-that-killed-trust.html
Professor Doug Kriner Wins Neustadt Award
Professor Doug Kriner, along with a former faculty member of the department, Andrew Reeves, were awarded the Richard Neustadt award at the 2016 American Political Science Association conference. The award recognizes the best book in American presidential studies. Kriner and Reeves won it for their book, “The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality” […]
Graduate Students Present at Political Networks Conference
Two of the Department’s graduate students presented fascinating work at the 2016 Political Networks Conference at Washington University. Sahar Abi-Hasan presented on Interest Group Composition and Dissensus on the U.S. Supreme Court and Seulah Choi presented on International Status and Its Impact on Voting Success in the UN General Assembly.
Honors & BA/MA Poster Session
The BU Political Science community gathered together on Monday, May 9th, 2016 at the BU Castle to celebrate the hard work of the Honors and BA/MA students. The annual poster session allows students to communicate the results of their advanced program theses with faculty, graduate students, family, and friends in a fun and casual atmosphere. […]