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DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Congratulations to the following faculty for their recent publications:

    • Hawkins, Kirk A., "Is Chavez Populist?: Measuring Populist Discourse in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Political Studies, 2009 42:1040-1067.     Or click here to read.
    • CONGRATULATIONS TO PROF. HUDSON for the recent Deseret News article featuring her WomanStats research project. Excellent work!
    • Earl Fry, "Canada's Economic Relationship with the United States." Policy Options, April 2009 pgs. 34-37.
    • Hudson, Valerie M., Mary Caprioli, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Rose McDermott, and Chad F. Emmett. "The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States." International Security 33 3 (Winter 2008/09): 7-45.
    • Ralph Hancock, "When Following the Prophet is Too Easy: Against the Identification of Reason with Progressive Liberationism," SquareTwo, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Fall), http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleHancockProp8.html

    • Ralph Hancock, “Back to Where We Started, or, The New Hobbism Comes Out,” Perspectives on Political Science 38:1 (Winter 2009), 13-15.

    • Wade Jacoby & Christopher Jones, 'The EU Battle Groups in Sweden and the Czech Republic: What National Defense Reforms Tell Us about European Rapid Reaction Capabilities,' European Security, Volume 17 Issue 2, 315-338, June-September 2008.
    • Campbell, David E. and J. Quin Monson, “The Religion Card: Gay Marriage and the 2004 Presidential Election.” 2008. Public Opinion Quarterly. 72:399-419.

    • Wanye Sandholtz & Kendall Stiles, International Norms and Cycles of Change, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).

    • Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman, “Comparing the Environmental Policies of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush,” in The Presidencies of George Herbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bush: Like Father Like Son? Edited by Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Glenn P. Hastedt (New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2008), 53-70.

    • Byron W. Daynes and Mark P. Hopkins, “James Madison: Brilliant Theorist, Failed Tactician,” in John R. Vile, William D. Pederson and Frank J. Williams, ed., James Madison: Philosopher, Founder, and Statesman (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2008), 229-249.

    • Brown, Adam R., and Gary C. Jacobson. 2008. "Party, Performance, and Strategic Politicians: The Dynamics of Elections for Senator and Governor in 2006." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 8 (winter).

    • Michael Findley, "Agents and Conflict: Civil War Resolution as a Complex Adaptive System." Complexity 14, no.1 (2008): 22-35.

    Newest News


    • NEW PL SC Applications and Hiring Forms ONLINE: 
      We've redesigned both our Application and our Hiring Form you so you can fill them out online!

      We've also included more clarified employment policies, so make sure you check that out.

      They are both under Student Resouces and then select Employment
    • New advisors for Academic Warning/Probation (aka Academic Improvement) this semester.

      So if you need some help and you have to fill out an Academic Improvement form, contact one of the faculty on the linked page!
    • Political Science Catalog updates:  Many of our courses require PL SC 200 as a pre-req and we've asked for the University Catalog to be updated to reflect this.  The changes will show up Fall 2009!

      If you see a course that says it needs "Department Approval" it means to add online, you need to be a Political Science or IR Major and have taken and passed PL SC 200.  If you're not a PL SC or IR major, talk to the professor!

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