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Notre Dame is home to outstanding faculty members who tackle critical questions about politics from diverse intellectual and methodological perspectives. We combine award-winning research in all major fields of political science with excellent teaching and a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate mentorship.
Recent Faculty Publications
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'The Last Man' and 'The Journal of Sorrow' by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Oxford University Press, 2026
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Media Mentions
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WNDU
Indiana congressional redistricting proposal advances to vote in House
December 02, 2025
Jeffrey Harden, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, said redistricting in the middle of a census cycle isn’t as common because it’s not new data, but it can be done. “I think one perspective is, why fix something that isn’t broken? You know, we’ve already got a set of maps that were approved at least at one time. Why should we do this again until we actually have new data that’s going to reflect changes in where people live? And that won’t, of course, won’t come until 2030,” Harden said.
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The Christian Science Monitor
US, Ukraine find common ground on peace. Will Russia join them?
November 25, 2025
“The situation on the ground in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, the military is having trouble with desertions ... and now Zelenskyy has a very big corruption scandal on his hands,” points out Michael Desch, an international affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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