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Welcome to the Department of Political Science

For more than half a century, the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara has been home to top scholars engaged in cutting edge research. The Department prides itself on first-rate teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

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Awards and Announcements

Political Science Alumna, Natasha Bennett, publishes an op-ed in The Monkey Cage

Natasha Bennett, a recent Ph.D, has a very incisive piece in The Monkey Cage explaining why...

Political Science Alumnus, Arthur Svenson, receives 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient

The American Political Science Association (APSA) will present the ...

Graduate students, Daniel Gomez and Michele Zamora, place second in PAPOR competition

The Department of Political Science congratulates...

Leah Stokes talks on PS You're Interesting podcast

In this episode of the PS You’re Interesting podcast, Jeff Jenkins talks with ...

Events

Guest Speaker: Justin Gest, George Mason University

Justin Gest
Associate Professor of Policy and Government
Schar School of Policy...

  1. December 6, 2019 - 10:00am
Panel Presentation: Why Do White Women Vote for Trump?

UCSB Feminist Futures presents:

Why Do White Women Vote for Trump?

Panel...

  1. December 6, 2019 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm