News // Department of Political Science // University of Notre Dame

November 06, 2020

SCOTUS foster agency case presents important questions on balance between religious freedom and antidiscrimination laws, experts say

Notre Dame Law School professors Stephanie Barclay and Richard Garnett comment on Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia.

October 29, 2020

American Democracy at Risk

A team of past and present Notre Dame students released a report on perceived threats to American democracy at this...

October 27, 2020

Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Justice Amy Coney Barrett

On behalf of the University of Notre Dame, I congratulate Amy Coney Barrett on her confirmation today by the United States Senate as a justice of...

October 26, 2020

Experts say most damaging scenario to US democracy is Trump rejecting election results, potential Supreme Court ruling against him

To get expert opinions on the fate of the nearly 245-year-old democracy, a group of students from the Keough School of Global...

October 21, 2020

Notre Dame president expresses concerns over proposed homeland security changes for international students

In a letter to the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), University of Notre Dame President Rev....

October 20, 2020

Professor Richard Garnett elected to American Law Institute

Richard Garnett, the Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, was recently elected a...

October 14, 2020

Bridging the Divide speaker series adds event with Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg, currently a faculty fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss “Rebuilding Trust in Our Nation’s Institutions”...

October 13, 2020

Liu Institute Experts Join Panel on US-Asia Relations

In a turbulent election year, it’s a topic that has received far less attention than the coronavirus, race relations, or...

October 09, 2020

Wolbrecht receives American Political Science Association grant to broaden impact of organization promoting expertise of female scholars

Christina Wolbrecht, a professor of political science and affiliated faculty member in the Gender Studies Program, has been awarded a Centennial...

October 08, 2020

International development studies minors adapt their capstone projects in wake of pandemic

Baitlotli and nearly a dozen other juniors in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies’ IDS program were forced to abandon their original...

October 07, 2020

Professor O. Carter Snead publishes new bioethics book with Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press has announced the publication of Professor O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human:...

October 01, 2020

Across three continents, research and languages are the keys to Ugandan undergrad’s success in economics and global affairs

Whether he’s studying in Uganda or France, South Africa or South Bend — or speaking English, Luganda, French, or Swahili...

September 28, 2020

Notre Dame Law School Professor Barrett nominated to US Supreme Court

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and a 1997 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, was...

September 24, 2020

Meet Luis Fraga, Learn About Undergraduate Opportunities at the Institute for Latino Studies

“The institute is consistent with the original mission of the school,” says Fraga. “[The University] was meant to serve a...

September 24, 2020

Thanking our Peer Reviewers

The editors of the Review of Politics would like to thank the following individuals for their expert assistance in evaluating...

September 23, 2020

Notre Dame speaker series to focus on civil conversations ahead of the presidential election

A new University of Notre Dame virtual event series will aim to promote understanding and civil dialogue ahead of the...

September 22, 2020

Notre Dame International Security Center embarks on a new wave of expansion

Over the last three years, the Notre Dame International Security Center has added faculty and postdoctoral fellows, expanded its undergraduate...

September 21, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month Reminds Us 1000+ ND Students are Latinx

Hispanic Heritage Month starts today at the Notre Dame and all over the nation. Over 14% of incoming undergraduates self-identify...

September 21, 2020

Statement by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame

“As we mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I recall fondly her standing-room-only appearance in the...

September 17, 2020

Trump must contend with a mobilized religious left, new research finds

With the 2020 presidential election on the near horizon, Kraig Beyerlein discusses what he and his co-researcher learned about the...