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

February 03, 2020

Visiting researchers join the Kroc Institute for spring 2020

The Kroc Institute is pleased to announce that two scholars began their terms as Visiting Research Fellows and one as...

January 31, 2020

Political scientist releases definitive research on the first century of women voters

In new research fittingly published in the year marking the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the U.S.,...

January 31, 2020

Father Robert Dowd joins Notre Dame International

As of February 1, Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., associate professor of political science, will assume the position of assistant provost...

January 27, 2020

Diane Nash urges Notre Dame community to ‘choose an issue that moves you’ at MLK Celebration Luncheon

Walk the Walk Week at the University of Notre Dame continued Monday, Jan. 20, with the fifth annual Martin Luther...

January 27, 2020

How a Latino Studies Scholar found his voice at Notre Dame through theology, journalism, and political science

Junior Aaron Benavides is pursuing faith through service, building community through writing and design, and understanding where in the world...

January 27, 2020

Presidential Debate Watch Party

President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced that the University’s limited number of tickets to the first U.S. presidential debate...

December 06, 2019

5 questions for Susan Ostermann about ND's first study abroad in India

Global affairs professor and Liu Institute fellow Susan Ostermann will lead Notre Dame’s first-ever summer abroad program in India from July 25...

November 24, 2019

Political science major Prathm Juneja named Rhodes Scholar

University of Notre Dame senior Prathm Juneja has been named to the United States Rhodes Scholar Class of 2020. Juneja,...

November 13, 2019

Lozada '93 Elected to Pulitzer Board

Carlos Lozada '93, an associate editor and book critic for The Washington Post, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board alongside David...

October 21, 2019

Rooney Center faculty member Dianne Pinderhughes elected to the prestigious Academy of Arts & Sciences

Two faculty from Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters — Declan Kiberd and Dianne Pinderhughes — have been elected...

October 05, 2019

NSF-funded team working to make data from states more accessible and easier to analyze

Notre Dame political scientist Jeff Harden is part of a multidisciplinary research team awarded a $1 million National Science Foundation...

October 02, 2019

The Lawfare Podcast: Michael Desch on Social Science and National Security

David Priess sat down with Michael Desch, Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and the director...

September 30, 2019

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks about evidence-based anti-poverty policy

LEO was honored to cohost, with The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, an event for University of...

September 17, 2019

The Building Bridges Mentoring Program receives the Presidential Team Irish Award

The Presidential Team Irish Award program recognizes staff teams that exemplify the University’s Core Values of integrity, accountability, teamwork, leadership in mission...

September 12, 2019

Trejo Honored for Article on Mexican Drug Wars

Guillermo Trejo, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Political Science, has received the Editorial Board Best Paper Award from...

August 30, 2019

Luis Fraga, ILS director and political scientist, awarded 2019 Norton Long Career Achievement Award for Politics

Luis Fraga, director of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, has been selected as the 2019 Norton Long Career Achievement Award winner...

August 23, 2019

Cyber crimes unit welcomes record eight student interns

A record eight Notre Dame students will intern with the St. Joseph County Cyber Crimes Unit this year, working with...

August 23, 2019

How an internship in Ireland inspired a political science major to pursue a career in immigration law

Samantha Caesar ’14 is an immigration attorney in Washington, D.C. Here, she writes about how a Notre Dame education and experience abroad...

August 08, 2019

America’s mass shootings are a political choice

Ernesto Verdeja, Associate Professor, was quoted in the Quartz article “America’s mass shootings are a political choice.” Originally published by kroc.nd.edu...

August 05, 2019

Assistant Professor David Cortez recently wrote an opinion piece for USA Today: "I asked Latinos why they joined immigration law enforcement. Now I'm urging them to leave."

Latinos make up half of American Border Patrol agents. But it's not self-hatred driving them to work for agencies deporting...