Department of Political Science

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Alumna’s journey from student government to Supreme Court

Lawyer Erin Brown just landed a job working as a clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown says earning her political science degree and participating in student government at USC helped set her on the path to Washington, D.C.

Student finds his path through internship in Germany

Jahleel Johnson gains confidence, insight as part of prestigious youth exchange program

Political science student highlights voters’ role in U.S. prosecutor accountability

Ph.D. candidate Yu-Hsien Sung studies the unique discretion prosecutors have in the U.S. and how voting plays a role in holding them accountable. Her work is making a big contribution to the political science field.

Graduate students Christopher Eddy and Kelsey Martin-Morales win Bilinski Fellowships

Kaitlyn McCue wins second place at Discover UofSC for research on women in the Office of the Solicitor General

Maeve Smith, political science undergraduate, earns Critical Language Scholarship by US State Department

Professor Emeritus Donald E. Weatherbee has passed away

UofSC hosted third annual Carolinas Conflict Consortium

Doctoral graduate Judit Trunkos accepts position at Robert Morris University

Department hires Samuel Bagg (Duke 2017) as an Assistant Professor in Political Theory

Dr. Robert Oldendick, Professor of American Politics, Retires

Two political science majors welcomed as Fall Mayor's Fellows

Shaoshuang Wen successfully defended his dissertation titled, accepts faculty job at Colgate University

New research on trade and politics Shaoshuang Wen

Department wins two McCausland Foundation grants

Lindsey Hendren defends dissertation titled "Changing Environment. Changing Attitudes?"

Douglas Page, UofSC PhD 2016, accepts tenure-track position at Gettysburg College

New research on the COVID-19 crisis by graduate students (Chandler Case, Christopher Eddy, Rahul Hemrajani, Christopher Howell, Daniel Lyons, Yu-Hsien Sung) and Professor Elizabeth Connors

UofSC PhD, Johnny Chiang, named as one of the "100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future" by Time Magazine

Jacob Shapiro (Princeton) gives talk about the effects of foreign influence operations

Doctoral student Shaoshuang Wen received the 2020-2021 Teaching Resource Development Grant from the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

Todd Shaw becomes Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Social Sciences

Jerry Lin (UofSC, PhD 2020) joins Institute of Political Science at Academic Sinica

New research by Professor Cody Drolc and co-authors on barriers to public program service delivery

Professor Elizabeth Connors' research appears in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage

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