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The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us

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The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us By Geoff Dancy , University of Toronto and Christopher J. Fariss , University of Michigan Where is the human rights discourse most resonant? The answer to both questions, our research suggests, is “yes.” Read the full article.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

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The American Political Science Association (APSA) is very pleased to announce that Dr. Kimberly A. Kim’s extensive experience at APSA, combined with her passion for political science and commitment to advancing the discipline, make her an ideal choice to lead our association. WASHINGTON, D.C. –

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Learn More About: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing

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Project Title: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing Genevieve Bates, University of Wisconsin-Madison Genevieve Bates is an Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate and an incoming Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D.

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Meet Mary McLoughlin, 2023 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantee

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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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From Fleeing to Fighting Back: New Research Explores How People Decide During Violence

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In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Milliff’s research focus is on Indian Sikhs’ actions during the anti-Sikh pogrom in North India during the 1980s. MILLIFF, AIDAN.

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Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Larissa Beckman, University of Minnesota

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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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Learn More About: Resisting the Prohibition of Child Marriage in Latin America

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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.