Public Scholarship Program

When Might Collective Suffering Lead to Reduced Empathy?

This piece, written by Nandini Dey, covers Anselm Hager, Krzysztof Krakowski, and Max Schaub’s new article “Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan.” The effects of trauma are betrayed in multiple ways. The Hondurans […]

2020 Elections

Colorado: Party Raiding, Winnowing, and Timing

On March 3, Colorado joins 13 other states in holding presidential nominating contests as part of Super Tuesday. A few features of this contest are new and fairly novel for presidential nomination contests, so this […]

2020 Elections

The Nevada Caucus: First in the West

Every state has some sort of primary election to help assist each political party in obtaining their nominee for President. Some states have closed primaries, others have open primaries, and a select few have caucuses. […]

APSA Teaching & Learning Conference

Meet the 2020 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation Winner: Jennie Sweet-Cushman of Chatham University

The CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation honors a wide range of new directions in teaching by recognizing a political scientist who has developed an effective new approach to teaching in the discipline. Jennie Sweet-Cushman is […]