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MARCH 7, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Mary holds an M.A.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Larissa Beckman (she/her) is a Brazilian lawyer and holds two master’s degrees in law, the first from the Judicial School of the State of Rio de Janeiro (EMERJ-Brazil) in public and private law and the other from the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL-UK) in human rights law. As a political science Ph.D.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Authoritarian states, conversely, face the dilemma of “double-edged authoritarian legality,” because legal rulings enhance state legitimacy but also open opportunities for rights claims that undermine autocratic control. immigration. Tang holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Amherst College.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Jair Peltier, Bear clan of the Anishinaabe, is currently enrolled at the Catholic University of America in a Human Rights Master’s program with their Institute of Human Ecology. Jair’s main academic experience is in American politics, international political economy, as well as comparative politics.

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MAY 22, 2024

Angela Danso Gyane is a political science Ph.D. She holds a history and political science BA from the College of Wooster. Her primary fields of study are international relations and comparative politics, with a particular focus on the intricate dynamics of race, ethnicity, and gender in international relations.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

They have published in Energy Research & Social Science and AAPI Nexus and contributed to Edward Elgar’s A Research Agenda for Human Rights edited volume. in political science, with a doctoral emphasis in feminist studies, from the University of California, Santa Barbara and their A.B. They received their M.A.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Her research focuses on international law, human rights, transnational activism, and the impact of domestic politics on international cooperation. The manuscript is based on her dissertation, which won the American Political Science Association’s award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights.

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MARCH 7, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Thus, the 1980s and 1990s were violence-ridden periods fueled by Sikh insurgency, state repression, and human rights abuses. MILLIFF, AIDAN.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. It will cost $200K” to get a law degree, she said.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

The APSA Community College Faculty Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor exemplary contributions that advance the multi-faceted goals of community college faculty. Dr. Farhana Loonat is a tenured faculty member in Political Science and Philosophy at Skagit Valley College (SVC).

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Lowi Award honors the author of a first book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline, regardless of method, specific focus of inquiry or approach to subject.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

Sigal Ben-Porath , an education and political science professor, notes that high-poverty schools are more likely to define students solely by academic standards, and disregarding noncognitive skills. Others provide more abstract interpretations. Willie “J.R.”

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Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 10, 2024

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was tasked with investigating the human rights abuses committed in the country during its armed conflict with Sendero Luminoso. It may have further signaled to investors that Peru was serious about peace. There is, however, one example to offer.

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MARCH 12, 2024

“Guided by a commitment to disability justice and equity, the committee’s goal is to build a vision for the discipline of political science where disability is actively valued as a dimension of diversity.” Schneider (Chair) is Paul Rejai Professor of Political Science at Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

By: Dr. Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education For the past several years, MPSA has been partnering with Wiki Education to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics related to Political Science. Thus far, Wiki Education has worked with 164 courses in the field of Political Science.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Moira Lynch (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the department of politics, geography and international studies at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Dr. Lynch completed her PhD in political science at the University of Minnesota.

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JULY 17, 2024

APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching and service. Volume 21, Issue 2 BOOK AWARDS Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs Recipient: Olukunle P.

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MAY 3, 2024

Maya Mikelson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Maya Mikelson is a rising senior at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor majoring in political science and minoring in data science. She presented her results from this work in a poster session at the 2023 American Political Science Association meeting in Los Angeles, CA.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

The Merze Tate Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Bassan-Nygate’s dissertation, “Who is Watching?

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JANUARY 30, 2017

In support of this call, I have marched in solidarity with fellow women and community members to declare that women’s rights are human rights and that we all stand together in defending the most marginalized among us. Now is the time to speak, listen and know one another. We all share common ground.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Before beginning his Ph.D.,

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As part of this work, I also collaborated with others (most closely with Dr. Hongying Wang) and eventually published some of our findings in PS: Political Science + Politics. I was chair of a very small political science department. Youve held leadership positions in both APSA Organized Sections and Related Groups.

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