Recounting the ICPSR Experience
The ICPSR Experience by June Park I first came to learn about the ICPSR program at the University of Michigan in my second year of my masters program at Korea University. I was interested in quantitative methodology back then, but despite Korea University being a member-institution of the program, the high costs of courses and […]
Now Hiring: Faculty
The Department of Political Science at Boston University is currently seeking applications for tenure-track positions in American politics and International Relations at the Assistant Professor level. Details on the positions can be found on the Department website, https://www.bu.edu/polisci/contact-us/faculty-positions/, and on the ASPA eJobs website, http://www.apsanet.org/content_2602.cfm.
Essay on the Great Patriotic War by Prof Mayers
The Great Patriotic War, FDR’s Embassy Moscow, and Soviet–US Relations The focus of this essay is on the intersection of policy, conceived in Washington, and the lived experiences of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s diplomats in the USSR during 1939–45. Roosevelt employed three men as ambassadors. The first was Laurence Steinhardt. His residency in Moscow began fewer […]
Grad Students Tekelioglu & Lee Reflect on IQMR
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu Thanks to Joe who attended the Institute on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) last year, representing BU political science there for the first time, I came to learn about IQMR, and was lucky to be one of the two participants along with Hae-Won this year. Before reflecting on my experience at the […]
Cost of War Project Reports
The Costs of War Project, co-directed by BU Political science Professor Neta Crawford, has just released its report. It shows that the costs of our wars since 9-11 have been 225,000 deaths and $3.2 to 4 trillion financially. This report will be central to discussions of our recent foreign policies. For more information on this […]
Dean Sapiro Publishes Paper on Campaign Rhetoric after 9/11
Campaigning for Congress in the “9/11” Era: Considerations of Gender and Party in Response to an Exogenous Shock Patricia Strach & Virginia Sapiro Abstract This article takes advantage of a naturally occurring experiment to examine how congressional campaign advertising responds to dramatic events. Integrating the literatures on issue ownership and gender stereotypes, we ask how […]
Grad Student Moeed Yusuf Speaks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ph.D. Student speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on US Policy towards Pakistan. Moeed is part of the United States Institute of Peace. The following is a small part from his testimony, you can find the full version here. Recalling Charles Dodgson’s 1865 novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, “if you don’t know where you […]
Grad Student David Collier Receives Multiple Grants!
Ph.D. student David Collier has received a Truman Presidential Library travel grant to visit the Truman library. He also received a grant from the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations at Boston University to allow him to conduct research at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Congrats David!
Prof James Schmidt Presents Paper in Munich
Professor James Schmidt will be presenting a paper on “The “New Failure of Nerve,” the Eclipse of Reason, and the Critique of Enlightenment in New York and Los Angeles, 1943-1949” at a conference on “The Enlightenment between Europe and the United States” to be held at Center for Advanced Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. The paper explores the […]
Grad Student Matthew Maguire Wins Teaching Award
The Department of Political Science has chosen Matthew Maguire as the Outstanding Teaching Fellow for the Academic Year 2010-2011. The award is given in recognition of Matthew’s important contribution to the Department’s teaching mission. Matthew has been a Teaching Fellow for PO 211 Introduction to American Politics in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Congratulations […]