BYU Department of Political Science:
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FACULTY NEWS

DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to the following faculty for their recent publications:

• Caprioli, Mary, Valerie M. Hudson, Rose McDermott, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Chad F. Emmett, S. Matthew Stearmer (2009) “The WomanStats Project Database: Advancing an Empirical Research Agenda,” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 46, No. 6, November: 1-13.

• Hyer, Eric. "Sinocentricism and the National Question in China." Nations and their Histories: Constructions and Representations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

• Fry, Earl. "An Assessment of Quebec's Relations with States in the U.S. Federal System." Quebec Studies 47. (Spring/Summer 2009): 141-161.

• Goodliffe, Jay and Darren Hawkins. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Rome: Explaining International Criminal Court Negotiations." Journal of Politics. 71.3 (2009): 977-997.

• Goodliffe, Jay. "War Chests for Deterrence and Savings." Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 4.2 (2009): 129-150.

• Davis, Richard. Typing Politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

• Findley, Michael G., Ravi Bhavnani and James H. Kuklinski. "Rumor Dynamics in Ethnic Violence." Journal of Politics 71.3 (2009): 876-892.

• Hawkins, Kirk A. "Is Chavez Populist?: Measuring Populist Discourse in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Political Studies 42.8 (2009): 1040-1067.

• Hudson, Valerie. "Y. Researcher Finds War Link to the Treatment of Women." Deseret News [Salt Lake City, UT] 15 June 2009.   Click here to read.

• Fry, Earl. "Canada's Economic Relationship with the United States." Policy Options April 2009: 34-37.

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

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

• NEW PL SC Applications and Hiring Forms ONLINE: 
  We've redesigned both our Application and our Hiring Form so you can fill them out online!
  
  Please COMPLETE THE FORM ELECTRONICALLY and then follow the instructions to print or submit at the bottom.
  
  We've also included more clarified employment policies, so make sure you check that out.
  
  They are both under Student Resources and then select Employment. 

• Political Science Catalog updates: 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!
  
  If you meet these criteria, but are still unable to add online, please call our office 801-422-3423.