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Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University

Political Science Now

Additionally, she is a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society. Natalia greatly enjoys conducting research and hopes to make valuable contributions to the political science discipline following graduation. See all 2024 RBSI Scholars. Byrum and Andrew B. McMerty Scholarships.

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Matthias Lopez, University of the Pacific

Political Science Now

Matthias Elijah Lopez graduated from University of the Pacific with departmental honors in political science and philosophy. Through a political science Ph.D. incorporated virtual reality (VR) simulations to understand if VR influences political attitudes and political ideology.

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Lael Keiser Receives the 2024 John Gaus Award

Political Science Now

The John Gaus Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration. She received her PhD in Political Science in 1996 from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

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The program has never been funded at the level that it needs to be to be able to meet the need, said Rachel Wilensky, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. In early 2024, Funes and her son moved out of a shelter and into their own apartment. I think of it as a whack-a-mole problem.

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2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Decline of Progressive Congressional Challengers in 2024 Suggests there Won’t be Another AOC

Political Science Now

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSAs Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections , for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on key moments, ideas, and challenges faced in the 2024 election.