Profs Boas and Schmidt Recognized as some of top cited in PhD cohort
Professors Taylor Boas and Vivien Schmidt were mentioned in an article published one of the American Political Science Association’s official journals, PS: Political Science & Politics that “identifies the 100 currently most-cited scholars, the 25 most-cited in each PhD cohort and subfield, the 40 most-cited women scholars, and the 25 most-cited emeriti.” It uses 2017 […]
Prof. Boas and recent PhD Kim publish in Armed Forces & Society
Professor Taylor Boas and recent Ph.D. graduate Claudia Kim had a co-authored article published in Armed Forces & Society entitled “Activist Disconnect: Social Movements, Public Opinion, and U.S. Military Bases in East Asia”.
Prof. de Benedictis-Kessner publishes in APSR
Our newest faculty member, Professor Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, had two articles published recently in APSR: The first, “Persuading the Enemy: Estimating the Persuasive Effects of Partisan Media with the Preference-Incorporating Choice and Assignment Design,” is here. The second, “Concentrated Burdens: How Self-Interest and Partisanship Shape Opinion on Opioid Treatment Policy,” is here.
Prof. Martin to be awarded Honorary Doctorate
Professor Cathie Jo Martin will receive an honorary doctorate from Southern Denmark University in October 2019. She recently gave a keynote at the Copenhagen Business School on “The Past, Present and Future of the Danish Social Investment Society form a Comparative Perspective”. Congratulations to Professor Martin on this extraordinary achievement!
Prof. Lida Maxwell Book Published
Professor Lida Maxwell’s book Insurgent Truth: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth Telling has just been published by Oxford University Press.
Prof. Dino Christenson awarded Research Incubation Award
In June, Professor Dino Christenson was awarded a Research Incubation Award (RIA) to be funded by the Hariri Institute for Computing for his project “Integrated foundations for privacy-protected public opinion research.”
Professor Neta Crawford’s work featured in the New York Review of Books
Professor and Chair Neta Crawford’s work on Pentagon fuel use and climate change covered in a New York Review of Books article found here.
Professors Cappella Zielinski and Crawford Publish Op-Ed on Cost of War with Iran
Professors Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Neta C. Crawford recently published an opinion piece in the Boston Globe with Professor Linda J. Bilmes of Harvard entitled “War with Iran Will Cost More than the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars”.
Convocation 2019
We were honored to have families, friends, faculty, graduates, and esteemed guests attend this year’s convocation and were delighted to hear from student speaker and College Prize winner John Czubek, the Honorable Michael Capuano, Member of the United States Congress, 1999-2019, and faculty speaker Professor Lida Maxwell. Congrats to all of the 2019 graduates!
Advanced Programs Poster Session 2019
The BU Political Science community gathered together on Thursday, May 16, 2019 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. Below you can view the posters from the session: Cami Adajian worked […]