How He Converted ‘Dumb Questions’ Into Serious Research: Conner Martinez, Class of 2021 M.A. Grad, on Getting Into a Political Science Ph.D. Program

How He Converted ‘Dumb Questions’ Into Serious Research: Conner Martinez, Class of 2021 M.A. Grad, on Getting Into a Political Science Ph.D. Program

Conner Martinez (M.A. ’21, Political Science) is heading to Indiana this August to begin a doctoral program in political science at the University of Notre…

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‘Over-Policed and Under-Protected’: Professor Michael Fortner on How to Safeguard Black Communities

‘Over-Policed and Under-Protected’: Professor Michael Fortner on How to Safeguard Black Communities

Professor Michael Fortner (Political Science) is the author of Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment, a close examination of…

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Ph.D. Candidate Thuy Anh Tran Awarded Dissertation Research Grant by the American Political Science Association

Ph.D. Candidate Thuy Anh Tran Awarded Dissertation Research Grant by the American Political Science Association

Graduate Center doctoral candidate Thuy Anh Tran (Political Science) was awarded a 2020 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant by the American Political Science Association. The…

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"She Was Speaking Directly to Us": Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, "The Hill We Climb"

“She Was Speaking Directly to Us”: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, “The Hill We Climb”

Of the many stirring elements of last week’s presidential inauguration ceremony, Amanda Gorman’s reciting of her inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb,” captured the most…

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Read the Fall 2020 Edition of Homo Politicus

Read the Fall 2020 Edition of Homo Politicus

The Fall 2020 issue of the department newsletter Homo Politicus is now available! To download the newsletter, click here. You can also access the newsletter…

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Professor Peter Beinart, Latest Graduate Center 'New York Times' Columnist, on Writing About Politics

Professor Peter Beinart, Latest Graduate Center ‘New York Times’ Columnist, on Writing About Politics

Peter Beinart, Latest Graduate Center New York Times Columnist, on Writing About Politics in a Time of “Craziness and Ghastliness” Professor Peter Beinart (Political Science),…

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Election 2020: Unprecedented Politics, New Challenges for Political Science

Election 2020: Unprecedented Politics, New Challenges for Political Science

PhD/MA Program in Political Science The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, presents: Election 2020: Unprecedented Politics, New Challenges for Political Science The…

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2020 Presidential Election Forecasting symposium co-edited by Prof. Charles P. Tien in  PS: Political Science & Politics

2020 Presidential Election Forecasting symposium co-edited by Prof. Charles P. Tien in PS: Political Science & Politics

What do political scientists predict will happen in the 2020 Election? PS: Political Science & Politics recently released their 2020 Presidential Election Forecasting Symposium co-edited…

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Prof. Michael Fortner on Politico: Comparing the uprisings of 1968 and 2020

Prof. Michael Fortner on Politico: Comparing the uprisings of 1968 and 2020

Professor Michael Fortner was interviewed by Elizabeth Ralph for Politico’s “The Backstory,” comparing the civil rights uprisings of 1968 and 2020. Watch the story here.

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Alum Adrienne Jones Interviews Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg

Alum Adrienne Jones Interviews Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg

Alum Dr. Adrienne Jones (’15), Assistant Professor of Political Science at Morehouse College, interviewed presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg November 18th in Atlanta, Georgia. Watch…

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