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Political Science Alum Named 2024 Arts and Sciences Alumni Award Honoree
Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Awards ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 215,000 living alumni whose accomplishments are tangible evidence of the…

Celebrating Excellence: Pi Sigma Alpha Student Competition Winners Announced!
Congratulations to our outstanding Pi Sigma Alpha Student Paper Competition winners: Andrew Wong, Garrett Ziperstein, and Riley Stanton!
Their remarkable papers have made a lasting…

Associate Professor Benjamin McKean Awarded CRISPP Essay Prize
We are delighted to announce that Associate Professor Benjamin McKean from our department has been awarded the prestigious Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (…

2024 Pi Sigma Alpha Student Paper Competition
The Omicron chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha invites all chapter members to submit a paper they have written for a Political Science course at The Ohio State University. This competition seeks to…

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…

Ohio State Political Science Department Searches for New Faculty for the Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev Chair in Data Analytics.
The Department of Political Science at Ohio State University invites applications, at the full or associate professor level, for the Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev Chair in Data Analytics.…

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…

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…

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…