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Monroe Named Tony Coelho Endowed Chair of Public Policy

July 1, 2014

Nate Monroe was named the UC Merced Tony Coelho Endowed Chair of Public Policy.

McDermott to Give Talk on Field Experiments in Attitudes Toward Equality

May 27, 2014

Rose McDermott, Professor of Political Science at Brown University, will give a talk entitled, "Field Experiments in Attitudes Toward Gender Equality," as part of the Understanding Politics Speaker Series on May 28, 2014.

Hansford Paper Accepted for Publication in Political Behavior

May 13, 2014

Tom Hansford's paper, "Economic Retrospection and Voter Turnout" (with Brad Gomez), was accepted for publication in Political Behavior.

Fortunato Receives Hellman Faculty Fellows Grant

May 8, 2014

David Fortunato received a $20,000 grant from the UC Merced Hellman Faculty Fellows Fund to support his research.

Hansford to Give Talk on Source Cues and the Supreme Court at UMD

May 8, 2014

Tom Hansford will give a talk entitled, "Source Cues, Acceptance of Decisions, and the Political Supreme Court," at the Department of Political Science at the University of Maryland on May 9, 2014.

New Promotional Video Highlighting UCM Political Science

April 28, 2014

UC Merced is an exciting place to pursue graduate education in political science! A new promotional video making the case is available here.

Conrad and Monroe Receive UCM Committee on Research Grant

April 24, 2014

Courtenay Conrad and Nathan Monroe received funding from the UCM Committee on Research (COR) for their project, "Agenda Setting in International Organizations."

Monroe Paper Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Politics

April 23, 2014

Nate Monroe's paper, "Negative Agenda Control and the Conservative Coalition in the U.S. House" (with Jeff Jenkins), was accepted for publication in the Journal of Politics.

Ritter Paper Published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution

April 16, 2014

Emily Ritter's paper, "Contagious Rebellion and Preemptive Repression" (with Nathan Danneman), was published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Scott to Give Talk on the Late-Neolithic Multi-Species Resettlement Camp

April 7, 2014

James Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Forestry, and Environmental Studies at Yale University, will give a talk entitled, "How We, Homo Sapiens, Came to be Domesticated: An Account of the Late-Neolithic Multi-species Resettlement Camp," as part of the UC...