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EVENT: Political Scientists in Conversation—Civil-Military Relations
Join Ohio State political science experts tomorrow, February 9, 2021 at 4:00PM on Zoom for a conversation about civil-military relations in the United States.
Panel:
Gregory Caldeira…
Professor Jan Box-Steffensmeier named 2020 AAAS Fellow
Dr. Jan Box-Steffensmeier, the Vernal G. Riffe Professor in Government and Politics in the Department of Political Science, was recently named a 2020 American Association for the Advancement of…

Event—TDAI Speaker Series: Brice Acree Memorial Lecture with David Lazer
On Monday, Nov. 19, 2020, the Ohio State University Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) will hold a lecture commemorating the passing of Political Science and TDAI faculty…

Mock Trial Team—Season Update
The Mock Trial team, an undergraduate student organization within the Department of Political Science, is well underway with its Fall 2020 season. Read the tournament-by-tournament update on their…

Andrew Goodhart Awarded USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship
The Department of Political Science congratulates PhD student Andrew Goodhart for being awarded a Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for their…

Special Event: Book Discussion on Dr. Benjamin McKean's new publication, Disorienting Neoliberalism
On Tuesday, October 20, from 4-5PM, there was a special event to mark the launch of Professor Ben McKean's new book, Disorienting Neoliberalism: Global Justice and the Outer Limit of Freedom --…

PhD Program Alumnus Jong Kun Choi Appointed 1st Vice Minister of the South Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Jong Kun Choi, an alumnus of The Ohio State University Department of Political Science PhD program, was recently appointed as 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South…

Professor Inés Valdez Awarded 2020 Sussex International Theory Prize
Recently, Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Inés Valdez was awarded the 2020 Sussex International Theory Prize for her book Transnational Cosmopolitanism: Kant, Du Bois,…

Department Chair Dr. Gregory Caldeira Earns APSA Lifetime Achievement Award
Recently, Department Chair, Distinguished University Scholar, Dreher Chair in Political Communication and Policy Thinking and Professor of Law Dr. Gregory A. Caldeira was given the 2020 …