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Advanced Programs 2016 Poster Session

The BU Political Science community gathered together on Monday, May 9th, 2016 to celebrate the accomplishments of the Honors Program and BA/MA candidates. This poster session allowed students to communicate the results of their year-long theses with faculty, graduate students, family, and friends. It was quite the show! Justin-Ryan Abueg View his poster     […]

PoliSci Undergraduate Wins Sassano Award

Robert Pressel, a PO BA/MA student graduating this year, was selected to receive the Michael A. Sassano III and Christopher M. Sassano Award for Writing Excellence in the Social Sciences. The award recognizes his outstanding work and writing in his thesis on the effect of ideological extremism on congressional primary challenges (advised by Prof Christenson). […]

Join Us at the BU Data Science (BUDS) Day

The Data Science Initiative at the Hariri Institute for Computing is proud to announce the inaugural BU Data Science (BUDS) Day on January 22nd, 2016. Co-Chaired by professors Christenson (Political Science) and Ishwar (ECE), the day will feature talks from researchers across BU — from social sciences, humanities, law, business and medicine — to engineering, […]

Updates from Graduate Alumni

Dennis Sullivan (Ph.D., 2016) is receiving his PhD from Boston University in January 2016 after successfully defending his dissertation on mechanisms providing indications and warning relating to intra-state conflict. Dennis received his M.A. (International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Security Studies) from Boston College in 2008 and his B.A. (Political Science and East Asian Studies) from […]

Dean Sapiro Wins Harold Lasswell Award

Dean and Prof of Political Science Gina Sapiro will receive the International Society for Political Psychology’s Harold Lasswell Award, which is a lifetime achievement award for “distinguished scientific contributions in the field of political psychology.” As the ISPP website says, “It is named for Harold Lasswell, one of the first to apply psychology to the […]

Upcoming Courses in Political Science

Check out the list of upcoming courses in Political Science at https://www.bu.edu/polisci/courses/upcoming-courses/. Summer and fall schedules now available!

Political Science Newsletter

The August 2014 Political Science Newsletter is available online here: http://www.bu.edu/cas/newsletter/polisci/8_14/. In it you will find a number of fascinating articles, including: Mayor Menino’s Initiative on Cities A Conversation with Maxwell Palmer Glick Goooooooaaaaal! Ukrainian Troubles and Hopes, Summer 2014

Advanced Program Poster Session 2014

The BU Political Science community gathered together on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 to celebrate the accomplishments of nine Honors Program and BA/MA candidates. This poster session allowed students to communicate the results of their year-long theses with faculty, graduate students, family, and friends.   Brianna Bloodgood View her poster           Connor […]

Prof Kriner Wins D. B. Hardeman Prize

The 25th recipient of the D.B. Hardeman Prize is After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents and the Politics of Waging War, by Douglas L. Kriner. The D.B. Hardeman Prize is awarded for the best book on the U.S. Congress, from the fields of biography, history, journalism and political science. Mr. Hardeman, a dedicated student of and […]