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

November 17, 2017

Connection, political science, and climate change: A Q&A with Associate Professor Debra Javeline

Debra Javeline, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated faculty member of the Notre Dame Environmental Change...

November 13, 2017

Political scientist examines global impact of leaders on Communist Party

In Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party (Princeton University Press, 2017), author A. James McAdams seeks to...

September 06, 2017

Nanovic Hall brings social sciences students and faculty together

For Luis Fraga, acting chair of the Department of Political Science, Nanovic Hall is a dream come true. The state-of-the-art new...

September 01, 2017

Political science professor wins prestigious book award for research on women’s suffrage

In the nearly 100 years since women won the right to vote, a conventional wisdom about the aftermath of the...

August 29, 2017

Professor’s research on state legislatures wins American Political Science Association book award

Jeff Harden, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Political Science, has won the American Political Science Association’s Virginia...

June 20, 2017

Video: After full-time service work, political science alumna excels in job at Facebook

“The liberal arts education is one of the best things Notre Dame offers,” said Kaitlin Sullivan ’10, now a product...

June 14, 2017

New articles by Matthew Hall

Congratulations to Matthew E.K. Hall on two new publications — “Holding Versus Dicta: Divided Opinion Control on the U.S. Supreme...

May 22, 2017

Senior Thesis Prize Winners

Congratulations to these students and faculty, and to all the students who wrote senior theses this year and to the...

May 11, 2017

Asher Kaufman, historian of the Middle East, appointed director of Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Kaufman, professor of history and peace studies, has been appointed the John M. Regan Jr. Director of Notre Dame’s Kroc...

May 10, 2017

Professor Amy Barrett nominated to Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Amy Coney Barrett, Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law at the University of...

May 10, 2017

Important information for Commencement attendees

With the participation of Vice President Mike Pence, additional security measures will be in place at Notre Dame’s 172nd University...

April 27, 2017

Notre Dame political science professor wins Carnegie Fellowship to study political implications of secularism

David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as...

April 17, 2017

New article by Eileen Hunt Botting

Eileen Hunt Botting has published "The Early Rousseau's Egalitarian Feminism: A Philosophical Convergence with Madame Dupin and 'The Critique of...

April 17, 2017

NEW BOOK by Gary Hollibaugh and co-authors

Congratulations to Gary Hollibaugh and his co-authors Adam Ramey and Jonathan Klingler on their new book, "More Than a Feeling:...

April 14, 2017

Political science major Rebecca Blais awarded 2017 Truman Scholarship

Notre Dame junior Rebecca Blais, a political science major from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has been named a 2017 Truman...

April 07, 2017

College of Arts and Letters to launch new certificate program in international security studies

The College of Arts and Letters and the Notre Dame International Security Center (NDISC) will launch a new certificate program...

April 07, 2017

New article updated by Christina Wolbrecht and David Campbell

View the full Vox article ("Did Jeannette Rankin inspire other women to enter politics?") here.…

April 06, 2017

NEW: International Security Studies Certificate Program

The International Security Studies Certificate Program is now open to Political Science majors. The program helps students develop a broad understanding of...

April 04, 2017

Alan Dowty will receive award for excellence in research

The Association for Israel Studies is pleased to announce the 2017 awards for excellence in research on Israel Studies. The...

March 28, 2017

David Campbell quoted in, "Can Religious Charities Take the Place of the Welfare State?"

See the full article here.…