2023 Annual Newsletter

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Alumni Interview: Danniyal Ahmed
2023 Summer Internship Profiles Of Our Undergraduate Students
Alexander Wendt Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
Alumni Spotlight: Interview with Alison Storsve by Sara Werling-Waldron
Celebration For Three Faculty Book Publications
Janet Box-Steffensmeier Wins APSA's Goodnow Award
Meet the 2023-24 U.S.G. President and Vice President: Political Science Majors, Bobby McAlpine and Madison Mason
Ohio State Model UN Team hosts High School Model UN Conference
Ohio State Political Science Department Named Recipient of “Good-to-Great” Grant
Political Science Advisory Board Members Speak with Undergraduates
Political Science Ph.D. Student Named Recipient of 2023-2024 Presidential Fellowship
Professor Bear F. Braumoeller: A true scholar and friend by Steve Wartenburg
Q&A faculty spotlight: Jan Box-Steffensmeier
Shedeed awarded 2023-2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant
Six graduate students awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship for 2023-2024
With events in Washington, IDEA workshops help spread and improve democracy

What U.S. Legislators Do When They Can’t Pass Laws Alumni Interview: Danniyal Ahmed

In this issue

Alumni Interview: Danniyal Ahmed

Danniyal Ahmed is a skilled state and federal policy attorney with a strong background in political science. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Ohio State University in…

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2023 Summer Internship Profiles Of Our Undergraduate Students

Many of our undergraduate students had an exciting summer completing internships. Read below to get to know our students and their summer experiences. Name: Keelyn (Kiki) Coulson Year:…

Ohio State Model UN Team hosts High School Model UN Conference

Friday, March 31st marked the first day of the Ohio State Model UN Team’s annual high school conference, OSUMUN. The conference is held once a year in the spring and allows Ohio high school students…

Meet the 2023-24 U.S.G. President and Vice President: Political Science Majors, Bobby McAlpine and Madison Mason

Bobby McAlpine and Madison Mason are two undergraduates here at the Ohio State University, who were recently elected to serve respectively as the President and Vice President of the U.S.G. (…

From left, political science graduate student Michael Lopate, Alan van Beek ’23 PhD and Caroline Barto ’22 meet with Professor Bear F. Braumoeller. (Photo by Jodi Miller)

Professor Bear F. Braumoeller: A true scholar and friend by Steve Wartenburg

Bear F. Braumoeller knew how to make people feel welcome. “He was one of the first faculty members to greet me when I came here,” says Tanya Berger-Wolf, director of Ohio State’s Translational…

Alumni Spotlight: Interview with Alison Storsve by Sara Werling-Waldron

Alison Storsve joined the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament as Deputy U.S. Representative in August 2023. A Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State since 2003, she…

Ohio State Political Science Department Named Recipient of “Good-to-Great” Grant

The Department of Political Science is pleased to share that it was one of only nine programs, across the entire Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center to be awarded a large, multi-year…

Drawings of Martha Finnemore and Alexander Wendt

Alexander Wendt Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

Alexander Wendt, Professor of Political Science and Mershon Professor of International Security, is one of two joint winners, of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for 2023. This prize…

Janet Box-Steffensmeier Wins APSA's Goodnow Award

Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, was recently honored as the winner of APSA's Frank J. Goodnow Award for 2023. The Goodnow Award honors service to the…

With events in Washington, IDEA workshops help spread and improve democracy

Fixing Congress and making democracy better are lofty goals. But they’re challenges that the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) was made for. IDEA's Director,…

Q&A faculty spotlight: Jan Box-Steffensmeier

Jan Box-Steffensmeier is Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, professor of sociology by courtesy and Distinguished University Professor. Professor Box-Steffensmeier received her BA in…

Six graduate students awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship for 2023-2024

A record number of graduate students from The Ohio State University have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships for 2023-2024. Six students are recipients of the…

Mohamed Shedeed will conduct research on Tribal Identity and the Politics of Water Management in Jordan

Shedeed awarded 2023-2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant

Mohamed Shedeed, a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research…

Book Authors in Front of their Respective Cakes

Celebration For Three Faculty Book Publications

This past fall, members of the Department of Political Science gathered in the courtyard of Derby Hall to celebrate the book publications of 3 faculty members. Assistant Professor Melinda…

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Political Science Advisory Board Members Speak with Undergraduates

On Thursday, October 18th, Political Science Advisory Board Members spoke with roughly 50 undergraduate political science students and members of the Pre-Law Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta. Andrew…

Political Science Ph.D. Student Named Recipient of 2023-2024 Presidential Fellowship

Recently, the Graduate School here at Ohio State announced the 2023-2024 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate…