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Department of Political Science
Mailcode #9420
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9420

Phone: (805) 893-3432
Advising: (805) 893-4192
Fax: (805) 893-3309

News
Enrollment Guidelines for Winter Quarter 2010
The Political Science Department has established new Guidelines for Enrollment for Winter 2010 classes.  Students who would like to get into classes that are already full should read these Guidelines carefully to see how their individual instructors are going to handle late enrollments.
Department Offices Closure Dates
All Political Science offices, including advising, will be closed on Wednesday, November 25 under the department's furlough plan and will remain closed through the Thanksgiving weekend.  In addition, all offices will be closed December 21, 2009 through January 3, 2010.
Department Welcomes New Graduate Students
This year the Political Science Department welcomed 14 new graduate students.  This is the largest incoming class in recent memory, and is yet another sign of the growing prominence and excellence of our graduate program.
Cynthia Stavrianos Receives Dissertation Award
Cynthia Stavrianos, Ph.D. '08, has won an honorable mention from the Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association for her dissertation, "The Politics of Motherhood: Maternal Frames in Women's Political Action."
Tributes to Stan Anderson
Since the announcement of his death, the department has received many tributes honoring the late Emeritus Professor Stanley V. Anderson, which we share along with information about his memorial.
Kaplan Receives ISBER Grant for Collaborative Research
Professor Cynthia Kaplan has received a Collaborative Research Intitiative Grant from UCSB's Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER) for the year 2009-2010.
Graduate students win awards for papers

Two graduate students were honored by the political science department for papers that they presented at professional meetings during the academic year 2008-2009.

Political Science Faculty and Alum Featured Commencement Speakers

Professor Benjamin J. Cohen and political science alumna, the Reverend Anne Sutherland Howard '75, have been selected to be speakers at commencement exercises in 2009.

Stanley V. Anderson, 1928-2009

Emeritus Professor Stanley V. Anderson passed away unexpectedly on May 26, 2009.   A memorial service is planned for Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the UCSB Faculty Club.

Egidio Garay Awarded SAGE Fellowship

Graduate student Egidio Garay ("E.G.") is one of two 2009 recipients of the SAGE Sara Miller McCune Fellowships in the Division of Social Sciences.

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