Harvard University Department of Government Jennifer Hochschild, Chair Statement of Principles, and Moving Forward Recent articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education have reported allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by Professor Jorge Dominguez, a faculty member in our department. We in the Department of Government were appalled to hear of these concerns and to…
Voting-roll vulnerability Study points to potential security weakness in many online registration systems Harvard Gazette article
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/09/study-points-to-potential-vulnerability-in-online-voter-registration-systems/ For as little as a few thousand dollars, online attackers can purchase enough personal information to perhaps alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard study. Dubbed “voter identity theft” by study authors Latanya Sweeney, professor of government and technology in residence, research analyst Ji Su…
Eliza DeCubellis ’17 Wins Hoopes Prize
Eliza DeCubellis ’17 has won the Hoopes Thesis Prize for her thesis “Activism Under Authoritarianism: Breaking Ground on Domestic Violence in China.” Congratulations!…
Eliza DeCubellis ’17 Wins Hoopes Prize
Eliza DeCubellis ’17 has won the Hoopes Thesis Prize for her thesis “Activism Under Authoritarianism: Breaking Ground on Domestic Violence in China.” Congratulations!…
Asia Stewart ’18 named as a 2017 APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Scholar.
Asia Stewart ’18 has been named as a 2017 APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Scholar. Congratulations! The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI), now in its 31st year, is an annual, intensive five-week program held at Duke University. It is designed to introduce to the world of doctoral study in political science those undergraduate students from under-represented…
Tabata de Pontes ’16 wins Maxwell Prize
“The Politics of Education Reform in Brazilian Municipalities” has won the DRCLAS Maxwell Thesis Prize, awarded to the best Harvard College senior thesis on a subject related to Brazil. Congratulations!…
Erica Sims ’16 wins DRCLAS Hutchins Prize
“Racial Barriers to Voting: An Empirical Study of Precinct Locations in Florida” has won the Hutchins Senior Thesis Prize, awarded by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) to recognize the Harvard College senior who writes the best thesis on a subject concerning Latinos in the U.S. Congratulations!…
Aaron Roper ’16 Wins Hoopes Prize
“The Effect of Electoral Systems on Immigrant Representation” has been awarded a Hoopes Senior Thesis Prize. Congratulations!…