Political Science Blog Archive

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On Thursday evening, January 25th, 2018, forty-four professionals from government, law and business met with appx. 50 BYU Political Science students at the annual “Speed Mentoring Event” at the Utah State Capital. BYU students received hands-on mentoring at five-minute intervals, with as many professionals as time would permit, discussing advice on their careers and education.

On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, from noon to 3 PM, The First Annual Political Science “Student Poster Conference” took place in the Garden Court of the Wilkinson Center. In a well-attended event open to all BYU students and faculty, sixty-one (61) Political Science students presented extensive research on timely topics condensed into elaborate, well-designed, informative 3’ X 4’ posters related to courses taught by Professors Goodliffe, Beesley, Monson and Preece. Topics ranged from: The State of Small Business in American, to Gendered Federal Finance Aid Use; from Gun Control to China as the solution to North Korea to Parenthood and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor John Holbein judged the poster conference, and he went through all 60+ posters, awarding the following prizes:

On Thursday, September 21, 2017, BYU’s Women in Politics conducted their opening social in the Tanner Building, with refreshments, a slide presentation, and many enthusiastic participants. Then on October 19 at 6 PM, the BYU Women in Politics club and organization met for a “Ted-Talk” style presentation with five female BYU professors offering fascinating lectures. They met in the beautiful seventh-floor conference room in the Tanner Building, Room 710 TNRB, which was full with over 100 people. Each professor gave summaries of their recent research related to women in the world today: participants included Dr. Celeste Beesley, Political Science; Dr. Stacey Shaw, Social Work; Dr. Diana Duan, History; Professor D. Carolina Nunez, JD, Law; and Professor Carrie Moore, News Media. Conducted by current WIP President Eliza Riley, and past WIP President Rachel Finlayson, Women in Politics is an amazing organization that inspires BYU students to become involved, both here on campus and in their future lives. Congratulations to the leaders and members of BYU Women in Politics.

Alessandra Carbajal is a junior from Honduras studying Political Science with an emphasis in American Politics.

On August 18, 2017, Professor Donna Lee Bowen from the BYU Department of Political Science offered the Convocation Address for Summer Commencement for the College of Family Home and Social Sciences in the Marriot Center.

Research conducted by BYU Professors Michael Barber and Jeremy Pope was featured prominently in an article in the New York Times on September 14, 2017.

Congratulations to Davin Guinn, our valedictorian for August convocation from Political Science.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor John B. Holbein for his mention in New York Magazine on August 11, 2017, regarding his study entitled “Childhood Skill Development and Adult Political Participation,” published in the American Political Science Review (Volume 111, Issue 3, August 2017, pp. 572-583).

On July 10-12, 2017, Professor Valerie Hudson from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M, along with Professor Donna Lee Bowen from BYU Political Science, conducted the annual WomanStats “Investigator” meeting at the Kennedy Center.

'Beyond BYU' is an annual career and networking event in Washington, D.C., for BYU students from Provo, Hawaii, Idaho, that began this year on Thursday, May 11th and ended on Friday, May 12th.

Congratulations to the new BYU Political Science valedictorian and salutatorians! Pictured above is Soren Schmidt, valedictorian, as well Kim Roy and Sierra Thomander, salutatorians. They were recognized at the BYU Political Science Closing Banquet for their many accomplishments and hard work over the course of their time as undergraduate students in the BYU Political Science Department.

Attorney Hannah C. Smith visited BYU from her home in Virginia, taking time from her work as Senior Counsel at the Becket Law Firm, a defender of religious liberty across the country, and spoke in front of a large audience in the SWKT room 250 on January 26, 2017.

BYUPAS Salt Lake City chapter gathered together an incredible group of mentors from a wide variety of career paths to meet with a group of about fifty BYU students in the Utah State Capitol Building on January 26th, 2017.

The BYU Political Affairs Society would like to welcome three new PAS chapter presidents for the Bay Area, New York, and Washington, D.C. Recently, each new president told us about their chapter goals, professional lives, and hopes for BYU alumni are.

In the heat of the 2012 election cycle and as a graduate of the Political Science Department at BYU, Jordan Rogers moved to Washington, D.C. with his family to work for TargetPoint Consulting. TargetPoint is a firm specializing in a wide range of research solutions, from election consulting to corporate advocacy.

This Wednesday students and professors gathered together in the JSB auditorium to watch the third, final, and highly-anticipated presidential debate.

Courtney Rada knew she wanted to do something to make a difference during the summer of 2016. While at first she was unsure of what direction she wanted to take, Rada quickly found an opportunity she felt was worth pursuit in a somewhat unexpected place: her Political Science 444 classroom. With a team of fellow BYU students, Rada decided to travel to Tanzania for the summer as part of Professor Dan Nielson’s research expedition working with underdeveloped countries.