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Roundtable: S. Akturk's Regimes of Ethnicity and Nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey

Event Start: February 21, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: February 21, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

UCSB Senior Awarded Public Service Grant from Strauss Foundation

Nanor Balabanian, a senior honors student in the political science department, has received a $10,000 public service scholarship from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation.  The Strauss grants fund public service projects to be carried out in the students’ senior year.

Students Gain Recognition and Support for "Fence Isla Vista Campaign"

A group of students in Professor Bimber’s PS 171 class are gaining attention through their Fence Isla Vista campaign.  The campaign, which began as a project for their class, has extended beyond the classroom.  Professor Bimber issued an assignment for his students to create a social media campaign around a topic of interest.  Six of the students gathered together and decided to focus on an issue that was important to them.  Inspired by two recent deaths from cliff falls, the students focused on increasing fence safety along the cliffs in Isla Vista to prevent future cli

Measuring and Explaining the Impact of New Parties in Taiwan's Party System

Event Start: April 16, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: April 16, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: The Lane Room

Speaker:
Dafydd Fell, The Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London

Face Value: Personal Diplomacy and the Problem of Intentions

Event Start: November 13, 2013 12:30 AM

Event End: November 13, 2013 12:30 AM

Event Location: Lane Room

The talk will cover an innovative theory of political intention signaling that draws upon evidence from psychology, phiosophy of mind, and social neuroscience. The talk will investigate the role of face-to-face diplomacy in world politics.

PS 595 Credit

CANCELLED: Legislative policy-making authority, the number of parties, and party system aggregation

Event Start: May 29, 2014 10:30 PM

Event End: May 29, 2014 10:30 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Heather Stoll, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSB

Please note that this talk has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for Fall of 2014.

Professor Lien Receives Taiwan Fellowship

Political Science Professor Pei-te Lien has been awarded a Taiwan Fellowship, which she will use during the summer of 2012 to study political socialization through citizenship education in Taiwan this summer.

New Faculty Member in International Relations

The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Bridget L. Coggins as Assistant Professor.  Receiving her Ph.D. from Ohio State University, Dr. Coggins specializes in International Relations and will be an excellent addition to the department.  Her scholarly work examines the topics of international order and security at the intersection of comparative and international politics. She was Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College and went on to become an International Affairs Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations.  Dr.