![Confronting Social Norms Is Critical for Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Alum Nayma Qayum Shows](https://i0.wp.com/politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2022/01/Untitled.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Nayma Qayum (Ph.D. ’14, Political Science) recently published Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh, a book that argues that women’s mobilization…
![Instead of Calls for ‘Civility,’ We Need Civic Radicalism: Alum Alex Zamalin on His Latest Book](https://politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/11/Zamalin-copy-pdf.jpg)
Alex Zamalin (Ph.D. ’14, Political Science) has published a book almost every year since defending his dissertation. The latest, Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in…
![Alum News: Spring 2021](https://i0.wp.com/politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/07/Brown_McMahon.jpg?resize=315%2C140&ssl=1)
Sumru Atuk (Ph.D., 2020) published “Femicide and the Speaking State: Woman Killing and Woman (Re)making in Turkey,” in the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies….
![Winning Their Marbles? The Return of Cultural Heritage Objects](https://i0.wp.com/politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/06/Pierre.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
How do cultural artifacts end up outside their country of origin? What are the different approaches that are being taken to repatriate historical treasures, and…
![On the Tenure Track: Alum Nicholas R. Micinski, Ph.D. ’19 Is on His Way to the University of Maine](https://politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/04/Micinski-header-3-pdf.jpg)
In August, Graduate Center alumnus Nicholas R. Micinski (Ph.D. ’19, Political Science) will start as the Libra Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs…
![The Pay It Forward Fund: Small Grants For Students Funded by GC Political Science Alum](https://politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/03/GC-exterior-01-1000x562-1-pdf.jpg)
See the application document here: Pay it Forward Application. The Political Science GC Alum Committee is now accepting applications for small grants to support research…
![2021 Virtual Awards Night](https://politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/03/PSCAwardsNight2021-pdf.jpg)
The PhD/MA Program in Political Science CUNY Graduate Center takes great pleasure in inviting you to Political Science Virtual Awards Night 2021 Thursday, May 6…
![M.A. Alum Danielle Garcia Explores Hip-Hop’s Political Power and Its Paradoxes, and Finds Her Calling](https://i0.wp.com/politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2021/02/Danielle_Garcia_gc_news_story_469px_241px.jpg?resize=469%2C140&ssl=1)
Hip-hop has exploded as a global phenomenon, heard everywhere from Broadway to Bangalore. Yet its commercial success is one of the paradoxes of a music…
![Alum Adam Sachs (M.A. '20) on Pivoting During the Pandemic: Laid Off from the Arts Sector, a Political Science Graduate Finds Opportunity and Meaning in New Role](https://politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2020/10/Adam-Sachs-1-pdf.jpg)
Adam Sachs (M.A. ’20, Political Science) was two months away from graduation when he was laid off from his finance role at a prestigious performing…
![Spring 2020 Alum interview: Jacqueline A. Ross](https://i0.wp.com/politicalscience.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2712/files/2020/07/Ross.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Jacqueline A. Ross (M.A., 2019) is a Doctor of Philosophy Student at the School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies at Bristol College in England….
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