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Woo to Join Gettysburg College

May 11, 2020

We are delighted to announce that Ph.D. Candidate Ae sil Woo will join Gettysburg College in August 2020 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science. This continues our department's strong run of Ph.D. placements, and she becomes the first UC Merced Political Science Ph.D. to join a Liberal...

Political Scientist Trounstine Appointed Inaugural Endowed Presidential Chair

October 29, 2019

Political science Professor Jessica Trounstine has been awarded the inaugural UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees Presidential Chair. This chair was created to recognize the excellent contributions of a faculty member in a field of research at the discretion of the chancellor. Chancellor Emerita...

Welcoming Assistant Professor Andrew Shaver

October 7, 2019

Professor Shaver joins UC Merced from Stanford University, where he was a postdoctoral research scholar in the Political Science Department. Before that, he was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Dartmouth College. Shaver earned his PhD in Public Affairs (security...

Hansford, Canelo, and Depaoli in PSQ

August 16, 2019

Prof. Thomas Hansford and recent PhD Kayla Canelo, along with Prof. Sarah Depaoli (UC Merced Psychology), have just published "Locating US Solicitors General in the Supreme Court's Policy Space" at Presidential Studies Quarterly. Congratulations to Prof. Hansford, Dr. Canelo...

Hibbing and Deol Published in IJPOR

August 13, 2019

Prof. Matthew Hibbing's paper "The Relationship Between Personality and Response Patterns on Public Opinion Surveys: The Big Five, Extreme Response Style, and Acquiescence Response Style" has just been published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research....

Theodoridis in Political Behavior

July 25, 2019

Prof. Alex Theodoridis' paper "Party Animals? Extreme Partisan Polarization and Dehumanization" has just been published in Political Behavior. Congratulations to Prof. Theodoridis and his coauthors! Check out the blogpost version of the article for a quick summary of the findings...

Sands in the American Political Science Review

July 15, 2019

Prof. Melissa Sands' paper "Can Violent Protest Change Local Policy Support? Evidence from the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riot" has just been published in the American Political Science Review. Congratulations to Prof. Sands and her coauthors! The paper studies the...

Denny in the Journal of Experimental Political Science

July 10, 2019

Prof. Elaine Denny's paper "Calling Mogadishu: How Reminders of Anarchy Bias Survey Participation" has just been published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science. Congratulations to Prof. Denny and her coauthor! The paper explores how the fear of anarchy affects telephone...

Dual APSA Awards for Trounstine

July 3, 2019

Big congratulations to Professor Jessica Trounstine, whose book "Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities" has been recognized with two American Political Science Association (APSA) section book awards. The book was awarded the J. David Greenstone Book...

APSA Awards for Dasgupta and Theodoridis

June 14, 2019

Celebrations are in order as Professors Aditya Dasgupta and Alexander Theodoridis both recently won section awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA)! Prof. Dasgupta's paper "Technological Change and Political Turnover: The Democratizing Effects of the Green...