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Brad LeVeck to Join UC Merced Political Science!

February 17, 2014

We are excited to announce that Brad LeVeck will join the Political Science program beginning July 2014! LeVeck received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation at the University of...

Theodoridis to Give Talk on Partisan Identity and Trait Ownership

January 29, 2014

Alex Theodoridis will give a talk entitled, "Disputed Ownership: Parties and their Traits in the Minds of Voters" (with Stephen Goggin), at the University of Notre Dame's Rooney Center on January 31, 2014.

Hibbing Paper Accepted for Publication in the Journal of Politics

January 28, 2014

Matt Hibbing's paper, "Orientations Toward Conflict and Conditional Effects of Political Disagreement" (with Paul F. Testa and Melissa Ritchie), was accepted for publication in the Journal of Politics.

Monroe to Give Talk on Agenda-Setting in the United Nations

January 27, 2014

Nate Monroe will give a talk entitled, "Agenda-Setting in the United Nations" (with Courtenay Conrad), at the University of Hamburg on February 6, 2014.

Conrad to Give Talk on International Law and Domestic Conflict

January 26, 2014

Courtenay Conrad will give a talk entitled, "International Law and Mobilized Challenges Against the State" (with Emily Ritter), at the University of Hamburg on February 5, 2014.

Fortunato to Give Talk on Cross-National Variation in Political Knowledge

January 25, 2014

David Fortunato will give a talk entitled, "Cross-National Variation in Political Knowledge," at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary on January 31, 2014.

Ritter Chapter Published in the Routledge Handbook of Civil War

January 24, 2014

Emily Ritter's chapter, "International Humanitarian Law in Civil War," was published in the Routledge Handbook of Civil War.

Ritter Paper Published in the Journal of Peace Research

January 23, 2014

Emily Ritter's paper, "Emigrants and the Onset of Civil War" (with Gina Lei Miller), was published in the Journal of Peace Research.

Martin to Give Talk on the Allocation of Ministries in Multiparty Governments

January 22, 2014

Lanny Martin, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University, will give a talk entitled, "The Allocation of Ministries in Multiparty Governments," as part of the Understanding Politics Speaker Series on January 23, 2014.

Ritter Paper Published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution

January 21, 2014

Emily Ritter's paper, "Policy Disputes, Political Survival, and the Onset and Severity of State Repression," was published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution.