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- Great News!
Laura Satterfield, for faculty, 2010/01/29 11:09:16
Alex Downes, has just been told that he will receive the "Lepgold Book Prize"
for his book, Targeting Civilians in War.
This is excellent news, and an important recognition for our friend Alex! Congratulations....
- August 15, 2008 - David Siroky's op-ed in N&O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/08/15 10:04:32
David Siroky's very interesting op-ed was in Tuesday's N & O on the conflict in Georgia.
David also has spoken to at least one radio interviewer about this. Congratulations to David!
- Erik Wibbels in the N & O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/08/11 10:23:49
Erik's op-ed, "Why it's so unlikely" was in the August 8th issue of the N & O.
- Chris Gelpi in the News and Observer
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/08/11 10:21:57
"Good news from Iraq is a boost for McCain" by Chris is in the May 26th issue of N & O.
- Bruce Jentleson in the N & O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/08/11 10:20:04
Bruce's op-ed, "Saving lives when governments won't" was in the May 25th N & O.
- Alexander Downes' new book
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/05/02 15:07:35
In this book, Downes asks why states engage in civilian victimization -- military strategies that target an enemy's civilian population in wartime. He argues that such strategies are employed in two circumstances: to coerce an adversary to give up when leaders become desperate to win or to reduce their military casualties in costly wars of attrition, and to eliminate actual or potential resistance by the population in wars to conquer and annex an enemy's territory. http://www.duke.edu/~downes/publications.htm
Congratulations Alex!
- Honoring Professor Allan Kornberg
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/16 10:10:12
After 43 years of distinguished service to Duke, Professor Kornberg will officially retire from the university at the end of next academic year. In recognition of his many contributions to our department and the university, we are happy to announce that our conference room (Room 317) has been officially named the Allan Kornberg Conference Room! Please join me in congratulating Professor Kornberg for this most deserved honor and recognition.
We will have a formal naming reception in early September in which Professor Kornberg and his wife, Pat, will join us for this wonderful occasion.
Thanks to Provost Lange and Dean McLendon for their efforts in getting formal university approval for this honor.
- Ruth Grant on Community Radio
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/06/05 10:25:12
Listen to Ruth on community radio on a talk show about Moral Values sponsored by the North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture talking about Goodness and Evil. Congratulations Ruth!
- Gabriel Sheffer quoted in the Washington Post
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/05/01 16:19:47
Gabriel has been quoted in an article "Official Panel Accuses Israeli Leaders Of Multiple Failures in Lebanon War" in the May 1st issue of the Washington Post. Congratulations Gabriel!
- Congratulations to Claire Lauterbach
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/03 14:12:22
Claire Lauterbach, a Junior Political Science Major with an IR concentration, had a paper accepted for publication in International Studies Perspectives. The paper, entitled "The Costs of Cooperation: Civilian Casualty Counts in Iraq," was originally written when Claire was a Sophomore in Professor Tim Buthe's course on Non-State Actors in World Politics (PS 158/PPS 181). Good work Claire and thanks to Professor Buthe for his fine mentorship!
- John Transue in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/03/29 15:47:42
John Transue was quoted in an article in the March 26th issue of the Durham Herald Sun. Congratulations John!
- Dave Rohde in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/03/29 15:34:07
Dave has been quoted in the March 22nd issue of The New York Times, Congratulations Dave!
- Dave Rohde in Congressional Quarterly
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/03/29 15:24:41
Dave Rohde was quoted in the March 21st issue of Congressional Quarterly. Congratulations Dave!
- 2006 Graduate Student Research Day
Diane M Dunn, 2006/02/23 12:59:50
Michael Munger has been invited to participate in the 2006 Graduate Student Research Day as a reviewer on Wednesday, April 5th.
For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/student_life/finding_support/gsa/programs/graduate_student_research_day/
- Congratulations to Professor Chris Gelpi
Diane M Dunn, 2006/01/23 13:55:26
He has won the 2006 Karl Deutsch Award, given by
the International Studies Association to the
scholar under 40 years of age who is judged to
have made, through a body of publications, the
most signigicant contribution to the study of
International Relations and Peace Research.
You can read more about the Kark Deutsch Award at
http://www.isanet.org/committee/Deutsch.html
You will notice from the list of past winners
that Prof. Gelpi joins an august and exclusive
company.
- Congratulations to Doug Casson
Diane M Dunn, 2005/06/28 15:57:40
Doug Casson has won the APSA's Strauss Award for
best theory dissertation this year.
- Guillermo Trejo in APSR
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/09/22 10:06:53
Congratulations to Guillermo who had the lead article in the current issue of APSR. To view the article click here. This is a very important achievement. Congratulations Guillermo!
- Congratulations to Joe Grieco, Chris Gelpi, and Camber Warren
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/07/24 09:57:56
A slightly late congratulations to our friends Joe Grieco, Chris Gelpi, and Camber Warren for their paper in the April 2009 International Organization. The link to the abstract.... This paper is many of the things that makes our program a success. A long-term collaborative effort between two very productive faculty members, in one of the top journals in the discipline. And it also involves work with one of our best graduate students. Further, it is a really interesting and well-executed paper with important policy implications.
- April 28, 2009 - Ralph Bunche Summer Institute renewed for three years
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/04/28 10:07:21
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $404,000 to Duke
University to continue the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for the next three
summers, beginning this year.
The institute encourages highly competitive minorities to pursue graduate
programs in political science.
"I am pleased that the National Science Foundation remains impressed with
the work we are doing here at Duke," said Paula McClain, a political
science professor and the institute's director. "Bunche is considered a
cross-directorate program of the Division of the Social, Behavioral and
Economic Sciences, which means the proposal is reviewed twice by two
different panels and both reviews were stellar."
The five-week summer program is designed to simulate the academically
intensive graduate school experience as well as provide mentoring for
African-American, Hispanic and American Indian students. The program's
top students are given the opportunity to present their research at the
American Political Science Association's annual meeting.
"The success of the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute is unmatched by any
other pipeline program in the country," McClain said. "For example, six
former Bunche students will receive their doctorates this spring and will
move into faculty positions in the fall. There are another 25 that are
writing their dissertations, and numerous others in graduate programs
around the country."
Sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA), the
institute is funded by the National Science Foundation and Duke. The
institute, named in honor of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner and first
black American to receive a doctorate in political science in 1934, moved
to Duke in 2000 from the University of Virginia when McClain joined the
Duke faculty.
- March 23, 2009 - Welcome: Dr. Michael D. Ward
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/03/23 16:16:29
The Department is pleased to announce the successful recruitment of Dr. Michael D. Ward,
Professor of Politcal Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has been an affiliate
of the Cemter for Statistics and Social Sciences for some time. Dr. Ward's primary interests are
in international relations (spanning democratization, globalization, international commerce, military spending, as well as international conflict and cooperation), political geography, as well as mathematical and statistical methods.
Dr. Ward's hiring is a very significant addition to the International Relations and Methods offerings at Duke, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
- March 18, 2009 - Welcome: Dr. D. Sunshine Hillygus
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/03/23 16:17:48
We are pleased to announce that Dr. D. Sunshine Hillygus, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University, has accepted our offer to take a tenured Associate Professor Position in the Department of Political Science. Dr. Hillygus has research and teaching interests in political behavior and elections, and is the author of many articles, as well as the recent book The Persuadable Voter, published by Princeton University Press.
- March 01, 2009 - Mike Munger in the N & O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/03/04 10:16:52
Mike had a small piece in the Sunday Opinion section, on regulation, also in the N&O, in a little discussion of policy: ' Is more regulation the answer?'.
- February 27, 2009 - Feaver and Gelpi in the News & Observer
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/03/04 10:13:21
Peter and Chris in the February 27th issue of News and Observer - 'The Weight of War Casualties'.
- February 19, 2009 - Ruth Grant in search of Goodness
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/02/20 10:24:25
Ruth is the the Duke News.
- February 19, 2009 - Congratulations to Donald Horowitz
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/02/19 14:31:15
On February 17, 2009, Donald L. Horowitz received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association. A panel was convened to discuss his work as part of the award celebration.
- January 22, 2009 - Erik Wibbels in The San Diego Union-Tribune
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/01/22 10:52:06
Erik's and Jonathan Rodden's article "A federal bailout for the states?" is in today's San Diego Union-Tribune.
- January 15, 2009 - 2009 Dean's Awards for Excellence in Mentoring goes to Karen Remmer
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2009/01/15 10:53:21
Congratulations to Karen, for her extraordinary service in working with graduate students in our department. This is an award well deserved! Congratulations Karen!
- October 29, 2008 - Katie Cochran, MPSA best paper award
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/10/29 08:47:31
Katie's paper “International Conflict and the Spread of Democracy: The Effects of Selection, Emulation, and Socialization” has been chosen for the 2009 MPSA best paper award for IR. The committee thought that this was a superb research effort. The award will be made on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the MPSA business meeting in Chicago at the conference.
Congratulations.
- October 28, 0200 - Kerry Haynie in the news
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/10/23 10:02:27
Race and politics: how far have we come? By Gregory Childress : The Herald-Sun gchildress@heraldsun.com Oct 21, 2008 Durham --
When Barack Obama announced he was running for president nearly two years ago, he pushed race to the forefront of presidential politics in a way never done before. He is now the first African-American with a legitimate chance to win the nation's highest office and, as such, blacks and whites have begun to see the 2008 presidential election as a bellwether on race. Its outcome will potentially be the yardstick by which many measure racial progress for decades to come. "I think it will be a barometer of how far we have come and also of the work we have to do," said Jarvis Hall, director of the N.C. Central University Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change. "This is a critical juncture." Obama enjoys a comfortable lead in the polls with just 14 days left to Election Day, something that would not be possible without the support of legions of white voters. "This is a monumental positive step forward for this country," said Durham attorney Ken Spaulding, who is a former chairman of the influential Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. "I'm just elated to see whites put race behind in favor of competency." Still, it's difficult for blacks such as Jarvis to talk about the Obama candidacy without mentioning the "Bradley effect" -- a term coined after exit polls showed former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley leading by a wide margin in the 1982 California governor's race. After the final vote was counted, Bradley had lost to white Republican George Deukmejian, which led some pollsters to conclude that white voters lied to pollsters about for whom they voted because they didn't want to seem bigoted. "Certainly, I expect there to be some of that," said Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science at Duke University. But Haynie believes Obama has something that may be more powerful than race working in his favor to defeat Republican John McCain -- the economy. "That may favor Obama on a number of fronts," Haynie said. "That has taken race off of the table." Just a few short months ago, however, Haynie thought differently. He predicted race would be a major factor working against Obama in his bid to become America's first black president. "The issue of race is going to loom large for Sen. Obama," Haynie said in June. "He's going to have to reach out to white voters who might not be comfortable voting for an African American candidate." But since then, the economy has taken a nose-dive, and Congress has agreed to spend $700 billion to bail out financial institutions that many Americans think are undeserving. Haynie said voters struggling to pay their mortgages and watching their retirement savings shrink likely will have their pocketbooks uppermost on their minds when they enter the voting booth. David Smudski, chairman of the Durham County Republican Party, also believes race will be less of a factor than the economy and Obama's politics. "I have not picked up a racial tone [among the people with whom he's spoken to about the election] except once or twice," Smudski said. Smudski says Obama's "Marxist" politics will supersede his skin color when Republicans enter the voting booth. "They're just amazed that someone so leftist and Marxist could make it to the top of the Democratic ticket," Smudski said. "But then again, they were also surprised that [President] Bush nationalized the banks." Charmaine McKissick-Melton, associate professor of mass communication at N.C. Central University, an Obama supporter who describes herself as a "guinea pig" of integration, says her instincts tell her that, racially, times have changed for the better, particularly among America's youth. "I see the younger students, those under 30 in particular, as having a different mind set," McKissick-Melton said. "They're more open-minded [about race], but they also see Obama as the light out of the darkness." McKissick-Melton, the sister of state Sen. Floyd McKissick, believes an Obama victory will depend heavily on whether young people move beyond simply campaigning for Obama to actually show up at the polls Nov. 4 to cast votes. "If they come out in droves, I assume we will win," McKissick-Melton said. Note: you will have to register to read the article online at Heraldsun.com [more]
- October 17, 2008 - New program for DukeReads
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/10/21 09:01:24
We notified you earlier that Valentino Achak Deng, the subject of What is
the What by Dave Eggers would be on campus to be interviewed by Frank
Stasio. Unfortunately, Deng had to change his plans and will not be coming
to Duke on October 17.
Instead for Homecoming, we have created a new panel, moderated by Stasio,
that we hope you'll find provocative and thoughtful: political science
professor Alexander Downes, whose principle research interests are the
causes and effectiveness of civilian victimization in warfare and the
origins and consequences of foreign-imposed regime change; Duke student
Megan Foran '10, new co-chair of the First-Year Advisory Counselor (FAC)
Program and co-chair of the Student Alumni Advisory Board, who's involved
with the Inter-Community Council and DukeEngage; and Jin-Soo Huh '09, past
co-chair of the FAC program, who's active in the International Relations
Association and serves as a tour guide. Huh was on the committee that
selected What is the What as the summer reading assignment for the Class of
2012.
You can listen to session after October
18 on the iTunes U at http://itunes.duke.edu/
- Aldrich Receives APSA’s 2008 Eldersveld Career Achievement Award !
Laura Satterfield, for faculty, 2010/06/16 10:12:38
Our own John Aldrich has been selected to receive the 2008 Samuel Eldersveld "Career Achievement Award," given annually by the American Political Science’s Political Organizations and Parties Section, “honoring a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field." Congratulations John!
John is the third member of our department to receive this award. Alan Kornberg won it in 1989 and Herbert Kitschelt in 2006. Duke faculty represent 1/6 of all the Eldersveld career achievers in the entire discipline. No other university has even won TWO, and now we have THREE.!
For more information: http://www.apsanet.org/~pop/awards.htm and Political Organizations and Parties Section Award Winners
- Mike Munger as guest columnist
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/07/07 14:50:38
It took a Frenchman to define American dream
By Michael Munger : Guest columnist
The Herald-Sun
Jul 3, 2008
As we approach Independence Day, I am proud to reflect for a moment on America, and what it has meant to those of us who care deeply about liberty and responsibility. The American dream is simple, at its core. If you work hard, you will succeed.
But what is the essence of the American dream? What is the system that we think other nations should look to, and adopt? Remarkably, it took an outsider, a Frenchman, to recognize what makes America unique.
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville published a memoir of his travels in the U.S. It was called "Democracy in America," but it could have been called, "How Americans Get Things Done." Tocqueville marveled at how Americans worked together privately to solve civic problems.
Tocqueville was no fan of majority rule. The problem with political democracy, he said, is that citizens are isolated and feeble. They can hardly do anything by themselves, and they can't force others to help them. He admired the American solution to this problem: organize into private groups, and leave government out of it.
Specifically, Tocqueville said: "They all, therefore, become powerless if they do not learn voluntarily to help one another. If men living in democratic countries had no right and no inclination to associate for political purposes, their independence would be in great jeopardy, but they might long preserve their wealth and their cultivation: whereas if they never acquired the habit of forming associations in ordinary life, civilization itself would be endangered."
Translation: rely on people, not rules! Private voluntary associations are the very essence of liberty, and hence of authentic American society. Citizens freely associating promote liberty, protect liberty and provide increased welfare for everyone. If you want to go out and persuade some people to work with you -- and all voluntarily work for the benefit of each -- then that is libertarian democracy. If someone wants to drop out and form a different association, then he is free to do so.
Tocqueville was very critical of his countrymen in France. He had seen, in the legacy of the French Revolution, the damage that political democracy and a reliance on majority rule could do.
But when I read his critique today, I get a sick feeling. His criticism on France in 1831 is an even more scathing indictment of American society today. We have come to focus on politics, rather than action. Voting, for far too many of us, is the extent of our civic action, leaving lobbying by interest groups the only route open to solve civic problems.
Tocqueville said the mistake the French made was to believe that the more enfeebled the citizens become, the more active government ought to be. He questioned whether the state can do what individuals can no longer do for themselves.
The real American dream is not more, but less, government from the top down. Given the freedom to do so, and the responsibility to act, citizens organize to solve problems. After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people tried to help. They organized mountains of contributions of food and supplies, they donated money to rent trucks and they gave their time to drive those loaded trucks toward New Orleans. And they were turned away. Turned away! Instead of keeping order inside the ruined city, the one job government really can do, federal troops "kept order" by turning away relief supplies at the borders.
The spirit of America does not allow for sitting back and waiting for the state to do it. If you are my neighbor, I'll help you. And you'll help me. We have a direct, powerful voluntary connection, complete with reciprocal obligations, complex organizations, relationships voluntarily negotiated and ended.
Top-down government crowds those out. If the government is supposed to take care of all of us, then I have no moral obligation to help out. I see you attacked, and I look up and down the street and cluck to myself, "Why don't the police do something?" If I see a bad school, I wonder why the state doesn't improve it.
In spite of all its flaws, all its taxes and regulations, America itself, 232 years after the founding, represents a limitless sense of the possible. The American dream rests on individuals, working together in complex, interconnected organizations that they have designed, trying to solve problems.
Michael Munger is chair of the Duke University political science department and the Libertarian candidate for governor of North Carolina.
- Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/06/30 09:48:27
Congratulations to Professor Kerry Haynie for his recently published co-edited volume, New Race Politicsin America: Understanding Minority and Immigrant Politics. The volume was co-edited with Jane Junn and published by Cambridge University Press.
- Kerry Haynie, a guest faculty for the Bravarian-American Academy's Summer Institute on Ethnicity and Society in America
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/06/30 09:46:57
Professor Kerry Haynie will serve as guest faculty for the Bravarian-American Academy's Summer Institute on Ethnicity and Society in America, that will be held in Munich, Germany, July 21-25.
- June 13, 2008 - Congratulations to Bill English
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/06/16 11:39:38
William English has received a Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science
Foundation. And, we just got approval from IRB to carry out the experiments! Congratulations Bill!
- May 23, 2008 - Munger, Keynote speaker at the Libertarian Party's national convention
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/05/21 13:18:36
Mike will be the keynote speaker at the Libertarian Party's national convention which is being held in Denver, CO this weekend. CSPAN is very likely to cover the convention. Mike's speech is scheduled for around 2pm on Friday.
Good luck Mike!
- May 06, 2008 - Congratulations to David Siroky--Peace Scholar
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/05/06 14:07:49
David Siroky has been chosen by the United
States Institute of Peace as a Peace Scholar for 2008-2009. David's proposal was selected as one of ten winners from a pool of 166 applications. This is an outstanding achievement. Congratulations David!
- April 30, 2008 - Congratulations to Dennis Rasmussen
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/04/30 10:15:01
Dennis Rasmussen's dissertation has been published - "The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society" - congratulations Dennis!
- Bruce Jentleson in the N & O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/04/07 09:08:47
Bruce has an article in the Point of View section the News & Observer. Congratulations Bruce!
- March 27, 2008 - Gold Citation Award goes to John Aldrich
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/03/28 09:35:27
John Aldrich has just been notified that he will receive the "Gold Citation Award" for outstanding achievements by an alumnus, from Allegheny College
The Gold Citation is awarded in recognition and appreciation of honor reflected upon the College by virtue of professional or volunteer activities.
Congratulations John!
- March 12, 2008 - Raymond Mercado article in N & O
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/03/12 16:36:04
A very interesting op-ed in today's N&O, from our own Raymond Mercado. Congratulations, Raymond!
- February 04, 0200 - Dave Rohde on NPR
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/02/11 09:11:14
Dave Rohde interview on NPR "Primary Colors, Brighter than Usual?"
- January 24, 2008 - Congratulations Prof. Kornberg!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/02/04 09:42:20
Our recent dedication of the Allan Kornberg Conference Room is one of the featured stories on Duke Today. The story includes a great photo of Allan and Pat. http://news.duke.edu/2008/01/kornberg.html
- January 24, 0200 - Congratulations to Prof. Kornberg
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/02/04 09:40:10
Our recent dedication of the Allan Kornberg Conference Room is one of the featured stories on Duke Today. The story includes a great photo of Allan and Pat.
- Congratulations to Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2008/01/18 11:39:16
Paula McClain has won this year's Samuel Dubois Cook Award.
The award was given for having "demonstrated the ideals of the Cook Award in the quality of your research, your dedication to teaching and your commitment to mentoring. Moreover, you are truly a 'citizen-scholar'contributing to Duke University, to your professional discipline and to
the African American community in a variety of ways. By awarding you the "Sammie" we seek to acknowledge your extraordinary effort to forward the goals of the Cook Society--to translate the promise and potential of African Americans into fulfillment and actuality, and to seek to improve
relations among persons of all backgrounds."
The Cook Award will be presented at the annual Awards Dinner to be held on Tuesday, February 19th at the Washington Duke Inn.
Congratulations Paula!
- Congratulations David Rohde!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/12/06 15:30:12
Dave's paper "Dimensions, Issues and Bills:
Appropriations Voting on the House Floor" has been chosen as the winner of the Fett Award of the Midwest Political Science Association. Congratulations Dave!
- November 05, 2007 - Raymond Mercado in the News & Observer
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/11/05 13:54:28
Ray's article, Shields for Europe is in the November 5th News and Observer. Congratulations Ray!
- Chris Gelpi's op ed in the N&O Sept. 27th
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/10/01 10:55:33
"A Moment of Reckoning on Iraq" an article by Chris can be seen at Duke News. Congratulations Chris.
- Congratulations to Claire Lauterbach!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/09/24 10:15:08
Clair has been awarded the Duke University Scholar Award. This award was established in 1974 by members of the faculty of Duke University to encourage undergraduates to undertake serious scholarship and to recognize excellence in scholarship.
- Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler notable mention!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/09/25 10:49:37
Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler paper got mentioned by a Washington Post writer on NPR's "On the Media" over the weekend. Blog post with transcript: Audio
Congrats to both Brendan and Jason!
- Abdeslam Maghraoui quoted in Christian Science Monitor
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/09/17 12:10:45
Abdeslam has been quoted in the September 10th issue of Christian Science Monitor. Congratulations Abdeslam!
- Chris Gelpi in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/09/17 12:07:53
Chris has been quoted in a Reuters article. Congratulations Chris!
- Peter Feaver in the news....everywhere!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/09/17 12:04:26
Peter has been quoted in the following articles...Congratulations Peter! NY Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, NBC Nightly News (transcript not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu), Boston Globe, Australian Broadcasting, Wall Street Journal
- Congratulations to Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/27 10:21:33
The APSA Women's Caucus is going to give Paula a special "Mentoring" award at their annual meeting with the national association in Chicago. Paula has mentored and worked with a lot of young faculty, so it is hard to narrow this down to any one act. But the Ralph Bunche Summer program is surely a big part of it. http://www.apsanet.org/section_397.cfm
For those of you attending APSA, the Women's Caucus Business meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. Friday Aug. 31st, in the Hyatt, room Stetson A.
- Congrats to Judith Kelley and David Soskice
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/24 16:39:59
Judith's paper, "Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Nonsurrender Agreements." is in the most recent APSR journal. David Soskice along with Cusack and Iversen, had a paper "Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Systems" that was the lead article in the same issue. Congratulations all!
- Duke Political Science is highly rated
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/24 16:34:09
In 'A Ranking That Would Matter' in Inside Higher Ed., Duke's Political Science Department has been ranked 7th compared to NRC's rank of 14.
- Chris Gelpi in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/24 16:29:38
Chris has been quoted in the article "Bush prepares way for key Iraq assessment" in The Christian Science Monitor. Congratulations Chris!
- Peter Feaver in the Washington Post
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/08/24 16:27:10
Peter has been quoted in the Washington Post, "2008: The Year of the Civilian". Congratulations Peter!
- Chris Gelpi on NPR news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/07/17 14:52:45
Chris can be heard on NPR Morning Edition July 10 discussing "Service, Sacrifice Must Include Privileged".
- Chris Gelp quoted in Voice of America
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/07/17 14:49:12
Chris has been quoted in the article "McCain Presidential Bid Falters" online, July 13th, at newsvoa.com.
- Kerry Haynie quoted in Miami Herald
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/07/17 14:45:27
Kerry has been quoted in the article "Edwards takes campaign to America's rural poor" in the July 17th issue of Miami Herald.
- Congratulations to Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/06/19 15:25:13
Paula McClain has been selected to receive the eleventh annual Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award. The Goodnow Award is the first award given by the American Political Science Association to honor the outstanding contributions of individuals, groups, and public and private organizations to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the American Political Science Association. Frank J. Goodnow was the first president of APSA. The award will be presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Congratulations Paula!
- Congratulations to Niambi Carter
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/06/07 09:14:23
The paper Niambi Carter (as of this past May 13th, DR. Niambi Carter!) presented at the 2006 APSA meeting, "Super Natural: Reclaiming Black Female Sexuality in Pornography", has been selected for the "Best Paper" award by the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics organized section! This is a wonderful honor.
You may recall that Niambi's paper, "Three's Company? Or Three's A Crowd? Tripartite Race Relations in A Southern City," won the best paper on Black Politics at the 2006 Southwestern Political Science Association meeting.
Congratulations Niambi!
- Congratulations to Chris Gelpi, Peter Feaver, Jason Reifler, Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, Jill Rickershauser, and David Rohde!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/06/05 10:13:21
The June 2007 volume of POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (vol 29, no. 2) is a special issue on the Iraq War and the 2004 Presidential Election. Our department is prominently represented in this volume.
There is an article by Gelpi, Feaver, and Jason Reifler, and one by Paul Abramson, Aldrich, Jill Rickershauser, and Rohde.
This is great for them and for us!
- Congratulations to Tim Buthe
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/06/05 09:49:18
The Provost has approved Tim Buthe's reappointment to a second term. Congratulations Tim!
- Ruth in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/05/19 17:24:34
Ruth's new book, Naming Evil, Judging Evil, is in the news. Congratulations to both Ruth Grant and Peter Euben!
- Dave Rohde in Newsday
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/05/10 12:07:42
Dave was quoted in an article, No apologies from Rudy, in the May 9th issue of Newsday.com. Congratulations Dave!
- Dave Rohde quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/05/01 16:24:53
Dave has been quoted in an article "President to get war spending bill on untimely day" in the May 1st San Francisco Chronicle. Congratulations Dave!
- Congratulations to Dave Rohde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/05/01 10:40:27
Dave Rohde was honored at the Distinguished Professor dinner that was held April 25th. Effective July 1st, he is the Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science. Congratulations Dave!
- Timur Kuran has accepted our offer!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/25 11:34:14
Timur Kuran has accepted our offer and will be joining us in the fall. He is currently at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Special thanks to Tom Spragens for his work on the intial search committee, and Karen Remmer for her work on the tenure review committee. Special thanks as well to all of you who were willing to go the extra mile to facilitate his recruitment.
- Dave Rohde quoted in the Washington Post
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/25 14:22:19
Dave was quoted in an article, "Senate Leader Becomes Chief Critic of Bush; Reid Assumes an Unexpected Role" in the April 25th issue of the Washington Post. Congratulations Dave!
- Ole Holsti: OP-ED: Two Congressional Resolutions Threaten Vital National Interests
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/23 09:05:02
Herald-Sun, April 18 -- Foreign relations specialist Ole Holsti says the House of Representatives and Senate are on the verge of passing separate resolutions on human rights issues "that, no matter how well-intentioned, could seriously damage American foreign relations." Congratulations Ole!
- Henrik Enderlein in Le Monde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/17 11:31:52
Article: Le mirage du compromis à l'allemande in the April 13th issue of Le Monde, France et Société. Congratulations Henrik!
- Chris Gelpi in the news
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/16 11:21:07
Chris Gelpi has been quoted in a April 13th article from Reuters. Congratulations Chris!
- April 08, 2007 - 'Public perception will dictate which side succeeds' by David Rohde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/04/11 09:14:35
Commentary -- Public Perception Will Dictate Which Side Succeeds by David Rohde, director of Duke's Political Institutions and Public Choice Program in the April 8th issue of the News and Observer. Congratulations Dave!
- Chris Gelpi in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/26 08:30:55
Chris has been quoted on Yahoo news in a February 24th article, "Americans underestimate Iraqi death toll". Congratulations Chris!
- Congratulations to Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/23 09:42:08
Paula has been elected Chair of the Academic Council. Her term begins July 1, 2007.
Political scientist to become first African-American chair of the council
By Geoffrey Mock Thursday, February 22, 2007 Durham, NC
The Academic Council Thursday elected political science professor Paula McClain as chair of the council, the university’s top faculty governing body. When she takes office July 1, McClain will become the council’s first African-American chair.
McClain will succeed law professor Paul Haagen, who is concluding a two-year term. She defeated biomedical engineering professor Craig Henriquez, chair of the Pratt School Faculty Council, in a secret ballot.
A member of the Duke faculty since 2000, McClain is also a professor of public policy. She has significant experience in university governance, having served as chair of the Appointment, Promotions and Tenure Committee and as member of the Provost’s Diversity Task Force and the Arts and Sciences’ Budget Task Force.
She is currently co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences and co-convener of the Duke University Black Faculty Caucus. She also directs the American Political Science Association’s Ralph Bunche Institute, a summer program that provides minority undergraduate students with an experience of intensive graduate-level education.
Her research interests focus on minority group politics, particularly social and political competition between minority groups, and urban politics. She recently received national attention for a study exploring the dynamics of relations between blacks and Latino immigrants in American cities.
McClain has held several prominent professional positions, including a recent term as president of the Southern Political Science Association. She also is a past vice president of the American Political Science Association and past president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
In addition to being the first African-American to serve as council chair, McClain becomes the third woman to hold the post. Previous chairs include historian Anne Firor Scott and Dr. Nancy Allen.
Congratulations Paula!
- Congratulations to John Aldrich and Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/23 10:47:02
John and Kerry were co-authors on the article "Moving Forward at Duke" in the February 23rd issue of the Chronicle. Congratulations to John and Kerry.
- Congratulations to Chris Gelpi
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/20 14:55:46
Chris was quoted in the February 17th issue of the International Herald Tribune. Congratulations Chris!
- Congratulations to Dave Rohde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/14 14:17:53
Dave was quoted on bloomberg.com February 13th, "Former Governor Romney Begins 2008 Presidential Bid" (Update2) Congratulations Dave!
- Congratulations to Tim Buthe
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/09 13:35:20
The European Union Studies Association (EUSA) has decided to award the EUSA Prize for Best Conference Paper presented at the 2007 Conference to our own Tim Buthe for his paper entitled, "The politics of antitrust and merger review in the European Union: Institutional change and decisions from Messina to 2004." Congratulations Tim!
- Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/07 09:30:09
Kerry was quoted in the February 3rd issue of the (Toronto) Globe and Mail. Congratulations Kerry!
- February 06, 2007 - Congratulations to Professor Chris Gelpi
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/07 09:19:35
The Provost has approved the recommendation of the APT Committee that Chris Gelpi be promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Political Science. Congratulations Chris!
- Congratulations to John Aldrich
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/06 15:37:51
John was quoted in the February 6th edition of the Charlotte Observer. Congratulations to John!
- Congratulations to Collin Doherty, Liz Clarke, and Morgan Sanders
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/02/06 10:18:19
Congratulations to Collin, Liz, and Morgan for being selected for the Duke Journal of Politics, Spring 2007.
- Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/25 10:35:15
Kerry was quoted on ABC TV 11 News January 22nd. Congratulations to Kerry!
- Congratulations to David Rohde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/23 10:33:16
David was quoted in the January 21, 2007 issue of the Wichita Eagle. Congratulations to David!
- Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/23 10:29:55
Kerry was quoted in a January 21, 2007 article in Diverse. Congratulations to Kerry!
- Congratulations to John Aldrich
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/23 14:13:45
John has been noted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's January 23rd issue. Congratulations to John!
- Congratulations to Professor Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/22 11:29:11
Prof. McClain is one of the featured keynote speakers at the upcoming American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference that will be held in Charlotte, NC, February 9 - 11, 2007. She will be speaker for the luncheon on Saturday, February 10th. Congratulations Paula!
- January 11, 2007 - Chris Gelpi in the news!
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/16 07:47:06
Chris is quoted in the January 11, 2007 of VOA News. Congratulations Chris!
- Congratulations to all fellowship award winners
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2007/01/08 15:53:40
BASS ADVANCED INSTRUCTORSHIPS PROGRAM IN ARTS AND SCIENCES: Daniel Kselman
STERN DISSERATATION FELLOWSHIP: T. Camber Warren
SUMMER RESEARCH (contingent upon passing prelims by end of Spring 2007 semester):
Nazli Avdan,
Mark Axelrod,
Lorena Becerra Mizuno,
Bruno Borges,
Cristina Corduneanu-Huci,
Matthew Fehrs,
Marco Fernandez,
Laura Grattan,
Daniel Kselman,
Brendan Nyhan,
Damon Palmer,
Anoop Sadanandan,
Erika Seeler,
Lenka Siroky,
Christopher Whytock
Congratulations to all our winners!
- Congratulations to Chris Gelpi and Peter Feaver
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/12/21 10:13:18
Our very own Chris and Peter are in the Monday December 18, 2006 issue of the Washington Post. Congratulations to Chris and Peter!
- Congratulations to Dennis Rasmussen
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/12/17 15:43:54
Dennis will take a one year postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University and then begin a
tenure track position at University of Houston. Congratulations Dennis!
- Congratulations to Bill Curtis
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/12/13 12:39:12
Bill has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Portland. Congratulations Bill!
- Congratulations to Donald Horowitz
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/12/06 14:39:14
Congratulations to Donald Horowitz for his op-ed in the 12/4/06 issue of the Wall St. Journal.
- Congratulations to Alex Downes
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/12/05 11:55:36
Congratulations to Alex for his interview in the 12/3/06 Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the At Issue section (front page and interview).
- Congratulations to Chris Gelpi
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/28 14:56:12
Chris was quoted in a article at Baltimoresun.com. Congratulations Chris!
- Congratulations to Don Horowitz
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/28 10:25:57
Congratulations to Don Horowitz on his appointment the the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion!
- Congratulations to Professor David Rohde
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/27 11:06:07
Congratulations to David Rohde for his interesting op-ed in the NY Times on November 18, 2006. Congratulations to David!
- Congratulations to Ole Holsti
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/14 16:05:03
Congratulations to Ole Holsti on his interesting op ed in the Sunday News and Observer.
- Congratulations to Mike Munger
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/28 15:04:53
Mike Munger had an interesting op-ed in the November 7th News & Observer Congratulations to Mike!
- Congratulations to Ole Holsti
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/28 15:10:11
Ole's letter was published in November 8th New York Times. Congratulations to Ole!
- Congratulations to Professor Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, for faculty, 2006/11/03 16:07:05
The American Political Science Association has announced that Kerry Haynie has been elected to the APSA Council. Congratulations Kerry!
- Congratulations to Evan Charney
Diane M Dunn, 2006/11/03 10:17:21
Check out Evan's quote in a MSNBC article at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15534009/
- November 02, 2006 - Congratulations to Professor Chris Gelp
Diane M Dunn, 2006/11/02 10:07:10
Please take a look at the NPR news article quoting Professor Gelpi. http://tinyurl.com/yce768
- Congratulations to Jorge Bravo
Diane M Dunn, 2006/10/13 14:53:22
Jorge Bravo has accepted a tenure-track
position as Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA, starting on Fall 2008. Congratulations Jorge!
- Congratulations to David Rohde and Chris Gelpi
Diane M Dunn, 2006/09/05 15:40:48
Congratulations to David Rohde whose analysis of the coming election was quoted on the front page of USA Today.
Congratulations to Chris Gelpi who was interviewed by ABC news on Bush's rhetoric on foreigh affairs.
Congratulations to both David an Chris!
- Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt
Diane M Dunn, 2006/09/05 15:39:00
Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt who received a lifetime achievement award from the Organization and Parties Section of the APSA. Congratulations Herbert!
- Congratulations to Ashwini Chhatre
Diane M Dunn, 2006/08/01 14:39:51
Ashwini has accepted a tenure-track position in the Geography Department at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ashwini will begin his position in the Fall of 2007. For the 2006-07 academic year, he will be a post-docoral fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Congratulations Ashwini!
- Congratulations to Guillermo Trejo
Diane M Dunn, 2006/07/14 09:12:38
Professor Trejo will be this years recipient of the Mancur Olson Award for the best Dissertation in Political Economy. Congratulations Guillermo!
- Congratulations to Matt Falvey
Diane M Dunn, 2006/06/26 10:04:01
Matt has been awarded a FLAS Fellowship for 2006-07 from the Duke Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Congratulations Matt!
- Congratulations to Professor Alex Downes
Diane M Dunn, 2006/06/26 10:04:16
Professor Downes' dissertation, "Targeting Civilians in Wartime," has won the Helen Dwight Reid award for best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics. The award will be presented at the APSA meetings this year. Congratulations to Professor Downes!
- Congratulations to Seth Jolly
Diane M Dunn, 2006/06/26 10:04:09
Seth has accepted a two year Postdoctoral Fellowship and an Instructor's position in the Committee on International Relations at the Unversity of Chicago. Congratultions Seth!
- Congratulations to Amy McKay
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/24 14:27:37
Amy has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Congratulations Amy!
- Congratulations to Paul Neuman
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/16 14:08:06
Paul is receiving a 2006-07 Turkish FLAS Award and a Tinker Fellowship for summer fieldwork from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Congratulations Paul!
- Congratulations to Tom Merrill
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/12 10:38:40
Tom has accepted a tenure-track job at St. John's College. Congratulations Tom!
- Congratulations to PJ Brendese
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/12 10:37:33
PJ has accepted a visiting postition at William and Mary. Congratulations PJ!
- Congratulations to Monique Lyle
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/04 15:46:49
Monique has been awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship from Elon University for 2006-2007. Congratulations Monique!
- Congratulations to Harlan Koff
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/04 12:13:44
Harlan (2002-2003) has accepted a tenure track position at the University of Luxembourg. Congratulations to Harlan!
- Congratulations Brandon Goodwin
Diane M Dunn, 2006/05/02 16:11:29
Brandon is a double major in Political Science (primary) and History (secondary) and will be graduating with Honors in History. Brandon also had an article published in the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, a journal published each semester by Purdue University, for his work with Professor Aldrich. His article focused on the parallels of neo-conservative movements in the UK and US. Entitled "Crossing the Pond: A Trans-Atlantic Journey Through Modern Conservatism in the United States ad England," he received wonderful advising from Professor Aldrich. Congratulations Brandon!
- 2006 Undergraduate Award Winners
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/27 15:19:18
Alona E. Evans Prize in International Law:??
One or more awards to undergraduate and/or graduate students in arts and sciences whose paper(s) on international law reflect excellence in scholarship.
Gayle Joanna Argon
Sana Nourani
Seema Gail Parkash
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American Government and Constitutional Law:
An award to the outstanding student in the field of American government and constitutional law.
Thomas Michael Burnett
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American National, State, and Local Governments:
An award to the outstanding student in the field of American national, state and/or local governments.
Geoffrey Miles Lorenz
The Robert S. Rankin American Government Award for Leadership and Academic Achievement:
These awards are given to students chosen by the Department of Political Science who have demonstrated excellence in the study of American government and whose past achievements and future promise manifests not only high intellectual attainments, but also an exemplary leadership role in service to Duke University or to the community as broadly defined.
Frank David D’Angelo
Thomas Russell Ferguson
Adam Gabriel Yoffie
Elizabeth G. Verville Award:
An award to the undergraduate student who submits the best paper in the subject matter of political science.
Matthew Andrew Runnalls
Diana-Lynn Tracey
Ole Holsti Award in American Foreign Policy and International Relations:
An award to the best student written work in the area of American foreign policy and international relations.
Natasha Chantal Roetter
- Congratulations to Kiril Kolev, Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, and David Siroky
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/25 09:52:43
Kiril, Cristina, and David have received grants from Duke's Center for European Studies for summer fieldwork. Congratulations Kiril, Cristina, and David!
- Congratulations to Brendan Nyhan
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/14 10:43:02
Brendan has been selected as a 2006-2007 PARISS fellow. Congratulations Brendan for this honor!
- Congratulations to Carol Atkinson
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/12 10:08:38
Carol has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship
at the Center for International Studies at the
University of Southern California for 2006-2007.
Congratulations Carol!
- Congratulations to Jorge Bravo and Dan Kselman
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/11 16:40:33
Jorge and Dan have won NSF Dissertation Research
Awards. Professors Remmer and Kitschelt are the
dissertation advisors. Congratulations!
- Congratulations to Owen Yeates
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/03 10:55:12
Owen Yeates has been awarded the Archival
Processing Internship from the Graduate School
and Perkins Library. This fellowship provides a
full graduate financial package. Congratulations
Owen!
- Congratulations to Adam Yoffie
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/03 09:04:55
Adam Yoffie, a graduating senior political
science major, has won a Fulbright Fellowship to
Hebrew University in Jerusalem for next year to
focus on HIV/AIDS research and outreach.
Congratulations Adam!
- Congratulations to Victoria DeFrancesca-Soto
Diane M Dunn, 2006/04/03 08:47:40
Vicky has been awarded a pre/post doctoral
fellowship in the political science department at
Rutgers University - New Brunswick.
Congratulations Vicky!
- Congratulations to Lindsay Cohn
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/20 08:44:38
Lindsay Cohn has been awarded the John M. Olin
Dissertation year fellowship from Harvard.
Congratulations Lindsay!
- Congratulations!
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/13 09:29:08
Congratulations to Francesca Jensenius, Jie Lu,
Sinziana Popa, and Matthew Singer. They have
received the Graduate School International
Research Travel Award. Congratulations to all!
- Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/06 16:24:48
Kerry Haynie has been nominated to the APSA
Council. Congratulations Kerry!
- Congratulations to Brett Benson
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/06 16:25:54
Brett Benson has accepted a tenure track IR job
at Vanderbilt. Congratulations Brett!
- Congratulations to Jorge Bravo
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/02 16:34:55
Jorge Bravo has accepted the Nuffield
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship. This is
a 3 year post-doc at Nuffield College at Oxford
University. Congratulations Jorge!
- Congratulations to Niambi Carter
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/02 15:49:46
Niambi Carter has just accepted a post doc at
Denison University for the 2006-2007 academic
year. Niambi is currently a pre-doctoral fellow
at the Center for the Study of African American
Politics at the University of Rochester.
Congratulations Niambi!
- Congratulations to Steven Wilkinson
Diane M Dunn, 2006/03/02 14:02:22
Steven Wilkinson has been formally promoted to
Associate Professor with indefinite tenure.
Congratulations Steven!
- Congratulations to Yoonkyung Lee
Diane M Dunn, 2006/02/22 09:56:49
Yoonkyung Lee has accepted a tenure-track
assistant professor's position at Binghampton
University (SUNY). The appointment is a joint
position in the Political Science department, the
Sociology department, and the Asian Asian-
American Studies Program. Herbert Kitschelt was
the dissertation chair. Congratulations
Yoonkyung!
- Congratulations to Michael Tofias
Diane M Dunn, 2006/02/23 10:18:49
Michael Tofias has accepted a tenure-track
assistant professor's position at the University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. John Aldrich was
Michael's dissertation chair and Mike Munger was
co-chair. Congratulations Michael!
- Congratulations to Niambi Carter
Diane M Dunn, 2006/02/07 08:33:16
Niambi Carter's paper "Three's Company? Or
Three's a Crowd? Tripartite Race Relations in a
Southern City," has been awarded the Best Paper
Award in Black Politics by the Western Political
Science Association. Congratulations Niambi!
- Congratulations to the following students who have won graduate school fellowships
Diane M Dunn, 2006/02/01 13:55:01
Congratulations to all!
James Bourke 2006-07 James B. Duke Fellowship;
Benjamin Hertzberg 2006-07 Graduate School
Endowment Fellowship;
Jacob Montgomery 2005-06 Minnie Brady Jaffrey
Endowed Fellowship;
Matthew Singer 2006-07 Bass Instructorship Award
- Congratulations to Patrick Gaughen!
Diane M Dunn, 2006/01/31 14:42:42
Patrick Gaughen has been awarded a Steele Family
Endowed Graduate Fellowship retroactive for the
period August 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
- Congratulations to Kevin Morrison!
Diane M Dunn, 2006/01/31 14:41:10
Kevin Morrison has been awarded the 2006-2007
Evan Frankel Arts & Science Fellowship that is
given by the graduate school. The purpose of
this fellowship is to give the recipient full
academic relief from teaching or other service
responsibilities so that they can complete their
dissertation.
- Congratulations to Brett Benson
Diane M Dunn, 2006/01/31 14:38:57
Brett Benson has accepted a tenure track IR job
at Vanderbilt. Congratulations Brett!
- Congratulations on the recipients of a Summer Research Fellowship Award
Diane M Dunn, 2006/01/04 11:02:57
Congratulations to Victoria DeFrancesco-Soto,
Daniel Lee, Sinziana Popa, Jill Rickershauser,
and Camber Warren for being awarded Summer
Research Fellowships from the Graduate School.
Congratulations to all!
- Jorge Bravo selected for 2006-07 Bass Instructorship Award
Diane M Dunn, 2005/12/19 15:00:17
Jorge Bravo has been selected by the Graduate
School to receive a 2006-07 Bass Instructorship
Award. Jorge will teach a course titled "The
Comparative Political Economy of Contemporary
Migration," and will receive a full graduate
fellowship from the Graduate School.
Congratulations Jorge!
- Congratulations to Professor Paula McClain
Diane M Dunn, 2005/12/16 10:33:23
Professor McClain will be giving her Presidential
Address at the Southern Political Science
Association meetings on Friday, January 6 at
5:45pm, in the Windsor D room of the
Intercontinental Hotel-Buckhead in Atlanta,
Georgia.
You may still register to attend at the following
address: http://www.spsa.net/preregistration.htm.
- Congratulations Candis Watts
Diane M Dunn, 2005/12/07 11:54:02
Ms. Candis Watts, a senior Political Science
major, has been selected to receive an APSA
Minority Graduate Fellowship! Thanks to her
letter writers for support: Prof. McClain, Prof.
Wilkinson, and Prof. Haynie. Congratulations
Candis.
- Kevin Morrison and Victoria DeFrancesca-Soto awarded a National Science Foundation Dissertation Award
Diane M Dunn, 2005/07/22 11:43:43
Kevin and Victoria have been awarded a National
Science Foundation Dissertation Award.
Congratulations Kevin and Victoria!
Congratulations to Professor Remmer who
is Kevin's advisor.
- Congratulations to Professor Steven Wilkinson
Diane M Dunn, 2005/07/01 11:52:58
Congratulations to Steven Wilkinson, who is co-
winner of the American Political Science
Foundation's
2005
Woodrow Wilson Award, for
his book
"Votes and Violence:
Electoral
Competition and Ethnic Riots in India".
The Award, made annually since 1947, is given
to "the best book published in the United States
during the prior year on government, politics or
international affairs," and carries a cash prize
of $5000. Previous winner's include Duke's own
Herbert Kitschelt, whose book "The Radical Right
in Western Europe" won in 1996.
- Congratulations to Edmund Malesky
Diane M Dunn, 2005/07/05 08:43:15
Edmund Malesky's dissertation has been selected
as the winner of APSA's 2005 Gabriel A. Almond
Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the
field of Comparative Politics. The award will be
presented at the the annual APSA conference.
- Professor Paula McClain elected President of SPSA
Diane M Dunn, 2005/07/01 11:27:37
Congratulations to Professor Paula McClain on her
election to the 2004-2005 President of the
Southern Political Science Association! This is a
presidential year for the department: Professor
John Aldrich is the current President of the M
idwest
Political Science Association.
- Guillermo Trejo, expert on religion and politics, to join department in Fall 2005
Diane M Dunn, 2005/06/27 09:39:59
Guillermo Trejo, an expert in religion and
politics in Latin America who currently teaches at
CIDE
in Mexico City, will join the Duke department
in Fall 2005.
- David Rohde, expert on Congress and party politics, joins department in Fall 2005
Pete Camagna, 2005/04/12 13:58:40
Professor David Rohde, a nationally known expert
on Congress and party politics, has accepted an
offer to join our department from MSU in Fall
2005. We look forward to welcoming him to our
department, as well as to participating in our
collaborative research in the Duke
UNC American
Politics Program.
- Placement Success 2004-05
Pete Camagna, 2005/04/12 14:03:03
This year's Duke Ph.D.s have accepted tenure-track
jobs at UC Berkeley, St. Olaf College, UC San
Diego, Loyola-Chicago, Haverford College, Meredith
College, Georgia Southern, and James Madison.
Congratulations to all!
- Recent Duke Ph.D elected to House of Representatives
Pete Camagna, 2005/04/12 14:04:51
Congratulations to Duke Political Science Ph.D.
'98 Dan
Lipinski (D.-IL-3rd) on his November 2004
election to the House! He joins faculty member
Representative David Price
(D.-NC-4th) and political science alumna Senator
Elizabeth Dole'58 (R.-NC) in Congress. Other Duke
grads currently in the House include Reps. Robin
Hayes (R-NC-8th) History '67, Bob Inglis
(R-SC-4th) '81, Ron Paul (R-TX-14th) MD '61 and
two out of three West Virginia representatives
(Nick Rahall (D-WV-3rd) '71, Shelley Capito
(R-WV-2nd) M.Ed.).
- Recent Faculty Publications
Pete Camagna, 2005/04/12 14:02:16
Five Department members have published books in AY
2004-05. Scott De Marchi's Computational and
Mathematical modeling in the Social Sciences was
published by Cambridge
in July 2005. Steven Wilkinson's book Votes
and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic
Riots in India was published by Cambridge in 2004.
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