PS: Political Science and Politics

Who Supports Syrians? The Relative Importance of Religion, Partisanship, and Partisan News by Brian Newman, Pepperdine University One week into his presidency, Donald Trump faced protests at airports across the country over his refugee policy. Since […]

Failure in the Tenure Process: We Can Do Better  by Jennifer A. Diascro, University of California Washington Program Tenure is the brass ring of the academy, and careers are made or broken in the effort to achieve […]

Tenure Track to Think Tank and Back: An Unreproducible Path to Success by Christopher H. Foreman, University of Maryland As my career heads toward closure 40 years after earning a doctorate in political science, my most gratifying […]

Making Academic Life ‘Workable’ For Fathers by Jon B. Gould, American University and Brian C. Lovato, Augustana College At a time when “toxic masculinity” is being closely scrutinized, when the #MeToo movement has drawn attention to the […]

Introduction: Reflecting on the Profession by Susan M. Sterett, University of Maryland and Jennifer A. Diascro, University of California Washington Program Dr. Jennifer Diascro, Associate Academic Director of the University of California Washington Program, and Dr. Susan Sterett, Professor […]

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Google Scholar by Francesca R. Jensenius, University of Oslo, Mala Htun, University of New Mexico, David J. Samuels, University of Minnesota,  David A. Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Adria Lawrence, Johns Hopkins University and Michael Chwe, University of […]