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Professor Tijen Demirel-Pegg’s POLS-Y371 Human Rights class hosted Brian Adeba, a South Sudanese journalist and researcher, as a guest lecturer on April 19, 2021. Brian is the Deputy Director of Policy at The Sentry, an organization that investigates corruption and human rights violations in Africa. The Sentry was co-founded by George Clooney (yes, that George …

Congratulations to Political Science Alumnus Travis Endicott for landing his new position as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Wartburg College! Travis is also now Dr. Endicott after defending his Ph.D. dissertation (University of Mississippi) last week too! Wonderful news all around!

by Yartel Brooks After graduating, I plan on going to Japan for 6+ months, if allowed, to study the Japanese language. I have taken the LSAT and plan on applying for law school at the University of Michigan. There I will get my J.D. with a focus in International and Comparative Law. I will simultaneously …

Gary Foxcroft, the Founder and Executive Director of the Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network, joined Professor Tijen Demirel-Pegg’s POLS-Y371 Human Rights class via Zoom on April 14, 2021. Gary Foxcroft is one of the leading human rights advocates who has brought much deserved awareness to the issue of false witchcraft accusations as a human …

  Congratulations to our majors Elisabeth Huls and Riley Smith for being named to IUPUI’s Top 100! Both have been wonderful contributors to our department and classes for years! The Top 100 recognizes student excellence by honoring 100 outstanding undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in three categories: (1) academic excellence, (2) campus leadership, and (3) …

  Congratulations to all our scholarship and award winners! You all did amazing work during an incredibly challenging year!   Academic Achievement Award for Political Science Taylor Gaby Clara Margaret Powell Undergraduate Research Award Alexandria Workman James E. Sawyers Memorial Scholarship Derion Searcey P.E. MacAllister Political Science Scholarship Bri Brown Yvonne Carmelo Robert V. Kirch …

Prof. Bill Blomquist will be the IUPUI “TRIP Scholar of the Month” for April. Featured Scholar: Featured Translational Scholars: Translational Scholars: Translating Research into Practice: IUPUI IUPUI’s Center for Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) promotes, supports, and recognizes the work done by IUPUI faculty to try to apply their scholarly interests and research toward community …

I show documentary films in most of my classes. One of my favorites is “On Our Watch,” a PBS Frontline documentary on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan which I use in POLS Y219 Introduction to International Relations. That documentary speaks to several different theories of International Relations covered in the class, as well as the …

Check out Dr. Friesen’s new post at the Religion in Public blog on her recent publication, ‘You can’t repeal regret’: targeting men for mobilisation in Ireland’s abortion debate.

Political Science alumna Joselyne Whipple will present her work titled “The Black Militant Domestic: Illustrating Citizenship for African American Women” at The Global Conference on Women and Gender during their Saturday session, March 20th. Congratulations Joselyne!