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Professor Taylor Boas Named a Hariri Institute Junior Fellow

Taylor Boas, an assistant professor in the department, was recently named one of six new junior fellows of the Hariri Institute for computing. The fellows program was started in 2011 to recognize and support the work of outstanding junior faculty working in the computational sciences. Professor Boas joined the department four years ago. Much of […]

PO Careers Event

Hear former BU Political Science majors talk about how PO led them to their current career.  Friday, October 25th at 3:30pm in room 613A of 100 Bay State Road.

Professor Gerring and PhD Candidate Alejandro Avenburg Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Alejandro Avenburg, a Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science Department, and his advisor, Professor John Gerring, have been awarded a National Science Foundation Grant for their proposal entitled: “Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Corruption and Electoral Accountability in Brazil.”  The recommendation is for a 12-month award to Boston University that will commence on November […]

Professor Neta Crawford Publishes New Book About Civilian Casualties in Post 9/11 Wars

Professor Neta Crawford, an expert in international relations has just published her newest book titled Accountability for Killing Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America’s Post-9/11 Wars with Oxford University Press. The book focuses on so called collateral damage in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq and investigates questions of moral responsibility and tactics to […]

Professor Vivien Schmidt Publishes New Edited Volume About Europe

This week, Professor Vivien Schmidt (along with her colleague Mark Thatcher) published a new edited volume with Oxford University Press. The book: Resilient Liberalism in Europe’s Political Economy,  was first published in the United Kingdom and it will be available in the United States shortly.  The book focuses on the resilience of neo-liberal ideas through Europe’s […]

Professor Kriner’s Recent Work on the Presidency Featured in Washington Post and Elsewhere

Associate Professor Doug Kriner’s recent research with former BU department member Andrew Reeves has received substantial attention in the national media. Their research, presented last week at the 2013 American Political Science Association’s annual conference, focuses on Presidents’ role in directing federal resources to particular constituencies. Kriner and Reeves find that contrary to some conventional […]

Professor Dino Christenson and Colleagues Publish on Networks and the Supreme Court in the American Political Science Review

Assistant Professor Dino Christenson, along with two of his colleagues from The Ohio State University (Janet Box-Steffensmeier and Matthew Hitt), published an article titled: “Quality Over Quantity: Amici Influence and Judicial Decision Making” in the most recent edition of the field’s flagship journal – the American Political Science Review (APSR). The article focuses on interest […]

Professor Cathie Martin Awarded Prize for Best Book in Politics and History

Recently, Professor Cathie Martin was recognized with the prestigious J. David Greenstone Book Prize from the American Political Science Association’s Politics and History Section. This prize recognizes the best book taking a historical approach to politics written in the previous two years. Professor Martin was specifically recognized for her book The Political Construction of Business Interests […]

Professor Katherine Levine Einstein Awarded Prestigious Russell Sage Grant

Katherine Levine Einstein, an Assistant Professor in the Department, was recently awarded a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation. This grant will support her research into race, inequality, and political segregation in American cities. Among other things this grant will support additional research to supplement Professor Einstein’s existing work and her efforts to publish a […]