Department News

Recently Published

"Nominating the President: Evolution and Revolution in 2008 and Beyond" by Jack Citrin and David Karol
"War on Sacred Grounds" by Ron Hassner (external)
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Prizes and Awards

Jason Wittenberg receives the APSA's 2009 Biennial Hubert Morken Award
Leonardo Arriola Receives Hellman Family Faculty Fund Award for 2009-10 (external)

Professor Leonardo Arriola of the Political Science Department is one of twenty-six assistant professors to receive the campus's Hellman Family Faculty Fund Award for 2009-10.  This award is given to junior faculty whose research shows the promise of great distinction.  The Department congratulates Professor Arriola on this recent achievement. 

Merrill Shanks Receives Warren E. Miller Award
Alison Post Receives the APSA's William Anderson Award
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In the News

Henry Brady Begins Term as APSA President
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In the Spotlight

New Faculty Joins Department

The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Rodney Hero effective July 1, 2010.  Prof. Hero will be joining our department and the inter-disciplinary Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative (BDRI) group.

New Faculty Hire Joins Department

Professor Alison Post joins the department from Harvard University.  She studies comparative political economy, focusing on the politics of urban and regional development. In particular, her research examines the politics of regulating urban infrastructure and utilities investment in Latin America.

Department Hosts Regents' Lecturer

As part of the Regents' Professorships and Lectureships Program, the Political Science department and the Institute of Governmental Studies are hosting Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman for the academic year. Ambassador Kinsman will deliver his major public lecture as the Regents' Lecturer on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 3-5 pm, Lipman Room.

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