Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government, recently published “Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse” with co-author Alexander F. Gazmararian. You can read the article here: Let’s not fry the planet, but let’s not stoke resentment, either….
Professor Kenneth Shepsle Awarded the 2023 William H. Riker Prize in Political Science
Kenneth Shepsle, George D. Markham Research Professor of Government, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the William H. Riker Prize in Political Science. This award is given by the Rochester Political Science Department in alternating years to recognize scholarly achievement that exemplifies and advances the scientific study of politics. …
Professor Katrina Forrester has been co-awarded the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory for her article “Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework,” published in the American Political Science Review in 2022.
Katrina Forrester, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, has been co-awarded the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory for her article “Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework,” published in the American Political Science Review in 2022. The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory is jointly given by the American Political Science Association’s…
Professor Theda Skocpol Received A Moosehead Honorary Fellow Election to the British Academy
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, received another Moosehead honorary fellow election to the British Academy. Congratulations Professor Skocpol!…
Government Professor, Katrina Forrester, Awarded the Quentin Skinner Fellowship
Katrina Forrester, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, was awarded the Quentin Skinner Fellowship and delivered the Quentin Skinner Lecture at the University of Cambridge in June. You can watch the lecture here: ‘In and against the state’: revolutionary feminism during deindustrialisation Please join us in congratulating Professor Forrester on her recent accomplishment!…
Government Professor, Yuhua Wang, Wins Various Awards
Professor Yuhua Wang has had quite the year with awards! Professor Wang’s book The Rise and Fall of Imperial China: The Social Origins of State Development is a co-winner of the Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize in Comparative Politics, awarded by the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2023. The Luebbert Book…
Government Concentrators Selected as Mellon Mays Fellows
Government Department concentrators, Ryan Doan-Nguyen ’25 and Jamaal Willis ’25, were selected as Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. This is a special fellowship that allows a small cohort of sophomores to engage in research and professional development. Congratulations to Ryan and Jamaal!! To learn more about the Mellow Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, please click here….
Government Department Chair Dan Carpenter, Awarded the John Gaus Award by APSA
Dan Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and Chair of the Department of Government, was awarded the John Gaus Award by the American Political Science Association (APSA). This award honors a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration. Professor Carpenter joins a select list of Harvard Government…
Government Professor, Theda Skocpol, Receives the James Madison Award from APSA
Every three years, the American Political Science Association, APSA, awards the James Madison Award to an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science. This year, Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, received this honor. Professor Skocpol joins a rare group of political scientists who have…
Government Professor and PEPG Director, Paul Peterson, Discusses School Boards in Interview
Paul Peterson, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, was recently interviewed and discussed his ongoing event series ‘Should School Boards Run Schools?’ Read the full interview here….