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

February 01, 2017

Professor pursues dual interests in Russian politics and global environmental issues

In her academic research, Debra Javeline leads two lives. She is passionate about sustainability—and how post-Communist Russia is perceived. She...

January 31, 2017

Institute for Latino Studies co-director wins career achievement award from Midwest Political Science Association’s Latino/a Caucus

Luis Fraga, an esteemed scholar and pioneer in the field of Latino politics and co-director of Notre Dame’s Institute for...

January 30, 2017

Department of Political Science adds experts in American and comparative politics to faculty

Notre Dame’s Department of Political Science added two new faculty members this year, growing its roster of experts in American and comparative...

January 23, 2017

Video: Ford Motor Company Vice President Bill Dirksen ’82 on his liberal arts education

“The liberal education I received at Notre Dame really taught me how to learn, how to analyze, and, at the...

January 19, 2017

New article by professor emeritus, David Leege!

David Leege, professor emeritus of political science, authored "What Does Vladimir Putin See in Donald Trump?" for The New York...

January 19, 2017

New article by Steve Reifenberg!

Steve Reifenberg, executive director of the University of Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies in the Keough School of...

January 13, 2017

Congratulations to Patrick Deneen!

Congratulation to Patrick Deneen whose book, "Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents," has been reviewed in The Wall Street Journal....

January 09, 2017

Dianne Pinderhughes quoted in WalletHub

Dianne Pinderhughes has been quoted in WalletHub's recent piece about racial progress in 2017. You can find the article here.…...

January 08, 2017

Videos: Alumni discuss how political science benefited them in consulting, labor negotiations, and foreign relations

Notre Dame political science majors have had remarkable success in finding careers in the U.S. and abroad.The skills they gain...

January 07, 2017

Political science alumnus Patrick Vassel plays pivotal role in success of Hamilton

Political science major Patrick Vassel '07 didn’t come to Notre Dame dreaming of a career on Broadway. But a path that...

January 01, 2017

A letter from the chair

David Campbell For good or for bad, politics is having a moment. Whatever else might be said about America’s 45th president,...

Arts and Letters students research, travel, explore careers over fall break

Even during fall break, College of Arts and Letters students were hard at work. They toured Latin America to perform sacred...

December 19, 2016

Congratulations, Luis Fraga!

Join us in congratulating Luis Fraga, co-director at the Institute for Latino Studies, on receiving the 2017 MPSA Latino/a Caucus's Distinguished...

December 14, 2016

Congratulations, Mike Desch!

Congratulations to Mike Desch for the publication of his new edited volume "Public Intellectuals in Global Arena: Professors or Pundits?"...

December 06, 2016

Congratulations to Luis Schenoni!

One of our graduate students, Luis Schenoni (along with three co-authors) has just published a piece in Latin American Politics...

December 06, 2016

International experience and research prepare Notre Dame senior for career in counterterrorism

Notre Dame senior Sienna Wdowik knows exactly the type of job she wants after graduation. Her two majors in the...

December 06, 2016

Summer Language Abroad program helps students prepare for future through immersive international experiences

Through intensive language coursework and daily interaction with native speakers, the Summer Language Abroad experience allows students to rapidly enhance their...

November 22, 2016

Eileen Hunt Botting--New Publication!

Dr. Botting recently published, "Mary Wollstonecraft, Children’s Human Rights, and Animal Ethics,” in Sandrine Berges and Alan Coffee, eds., The Social...

November 01, 2016

Video: Professor David Campbell on political involvement and civic engagement

David Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of...

October 03, 2016

Sarah Daly publishes new article and blog post at the Monkey Cage

Sarah Daly has a newly published article and blog post at the Monkey Cage. The article is "Retrospective Causal Inference with Machine...