The UC Berkeley Political Science Department is proud to celebrate Professor Hillel David Soifer and Professor Alison Post, who have each received 2026 Graduate Mentorship Awards. Professor Soifer was recognized with the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs, while Professor Post received a Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award. Notably, the Political Science Department is the only department at Berkeley with two faculty recognized this...
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Research by Citrin Center Director Professor David Broockman is featured in a recent article in The New York Times. Congratulations Professor Broockman! Read article here.
Desmond Jagmohan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is the recipient of the 2026 UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award in recognition of his exceptional commitment to teaching and student engagement.
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PhD candidate Anna Closas will begin a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, on September 1, 2026. Congratulations Anna!
PhD candidate Dane Thomas’s article, “Legitimacy and the Problem of the Administrative State,” appears in volume 51, no. 1 (2026) of Law & Social Inquiry . The essay was also featured on Legal History Blog . Congratulations Dane! Read the article here and the Legal History Blog feature here .
Research by Professors Paul Pierson and Omar Wasow received a notable mention in a recent piece in The New York Times. Congratulations Professors Pierson and Wasow! Read article here.
We are delighted to share that PhD candidates Lily Medina and Johanna Reyes will begin positions in July 2026 as Postdoctoral Fellows at the Identity and Conflict Lab at Yale University , where they will work with Professor Nicholas Sambanis . Congratulations Lily and Johanna! Learn more about Yale's Identity and Conflict Lab here .
PhD candidate Anna Closas i Casasampera’s article, “Allocating Time in Asylum Systems: A Dilemma between Efficacy and Equal Treatment,” has been published online in Comparative Migration Studies . Congratulations Anna! Read article here .
Professor Cecilia Mo has published a new piece in The Conversation , summarizing her recent research on social transfer programs. Congratulations Professor Mo! Read article here .