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Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Karis Rivers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Political Science Now

Karis Rivers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Karis Rivers is a rising senior at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor majoring in political science and minoring in quantitative methods in social sciences. After graduating, Karis plans to pursue a doctoral degree in political science. See all 2024 RBSI Scholars.

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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. It emphasized “social justice” and suggested that students could take data science instead of advanced algebra in high school. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.

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Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Spring Mi, UC Berkeley

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She received her Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies and Middle East Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2018 with a high academic distinction, and received her Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Chicago in 2021, where she received the Social Sciences Scholarship of full tuition.

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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

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Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. Meet the New Editors Marisa Abrajano is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. His work has been funded by the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and USAID.

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Recognizing the Merit of our Peers: 2025 APSA Award Nominations Open | Deadline: February 12, 2025

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Ithiel de Sola Pool Award for a scholar exploring the implications of research on issues of politics in a broad range of scholarship pursued by Ithiel de Sola Pool Barbara Sinclair Lecture for achievement in promoting understanding of the U.S.

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College student voting is way up

The Hechinger Report

Students majoring in education, social sciences, history and agricultural and natural resources turned out at the highest rates; those in engineering and technical fields, at the lowest. They’re really coming in with much more knowledge about social justice issues,” Aydelotte said. Social media has a huge impact.