At a special reception on May 29, 2008, the three winners of the 2008 Manzer-Wesson awards for graduate student papers were announced.  The Committee noted that competition for these awards was keen, as all submissions were exceptionally fine papers.

Assistant Professor Robert Rauchhaus is one of the recipients of the 2007-2008 Distinguished Teaching Awards from the UCSB Academic Senate.

Noted jurist served more than 40 years as an instructor in the political science department at UCSB.

The department welcomes Amit Ahuja, a scholar of South Asia, who will join the faculty in Fall of 2008 after completing his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Michigan.