Political Science Blog Archive

The urban streets in Uganda bustled more than the two visiting BYU students had expected before they arrived. While nearly 90 percent of the country’s residents live in rural areas, its capital city, Kampala, is growing quickly. These two students, Robert Francis and Ethan Rank experienced that growth as summer fellows for an organization called AidData.

Several BYU undergraduates spent last summer in Thailand as research assistants studying Thai nationalism with Professor Joel Selway. Carly Madsen, a recent graduate of the Political Science Department, helped facilitate the student and faculty research conducted over the summer.

Winter 2015

On June 7, 2015, our good friend and colleague Byron W. “Bill” Daynes passed away after a brief illness.

Earlier this year, BYU political science students were invited to to Chicago to present at the annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), networking with other students as well as world experts in social science topics.

BYU's Women in Politics BYUPAS chapter hosted a 'Senior Spotlight Nite' last month, celebrating and honoring graduating female political science students.

Last month, students from BYU's College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences participated in a mentored student research conference. Spotlighting student research since 2004, the conference is sponsored by the Mary Lou Fulton chair and is held in BYU's Wilkinson Center Ballroom.

On Tuesday, Dr. David B. Magleby, an accomplished author and professor in BYU's political science department, delivered the Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture Forum to students of all majors about the necessity of political parties.

How did students in one political science class learn about public land management policies? Not by reading textbooks or looking at slides. Last month, Professor Adam Brown, assistant professor in BYU's political science department, took his class for a hands-on learning experience to Utah's famous national park, Moab.

The idea for the WomanStats Awards was first created at the 2014 Summer Co-PI meeting in an effort to help our data reach a larger audience. We wanted to inform, educate, and acknowledge our readers about countries and individuals who made strides, or a lack thereof, in the field of women’s rights throughout the year. All nominations and categories were provided by our coders over a period of 6 months. All final decisions were made by a panel of our co-principal investigators. These awards will be publicized across all forms of WomanStats social media, and also submitted to several online news media platforms for potential publication.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

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Tyler Simms, political science student and president of the BYUPAS Provo Chapter, reviewed the past fall 2014 and winter 2015 semesters.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Brigham Young University (BYU) students and alumni representing The WomenStats Project participated in the March 2015 UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, meeting with members of non-governmental organizations (NGO's), diplomats across the world, and UN staff to create a more extensive network for their research.