Category: Alumni

Posted on May 17th, 2024 in Alumni, Students, Students/Alumni, Teaching by Aaron Dusso

May is always a great month to celebrate our graduates and their accomplishments. This year, we were thrilled to watch Oriana Fuenmayor lead the student procession as the recipient of the Chancellor’s Scholar Award during the School of Liberal Arts Graduation Ceremony at the ballroom of the JW Marriot Hotel on Friday, May 10, 2024. …

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Posted on January 23rd, 2023 in Alumni, Faculty, Research, Scholarships, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

Does calling your political opponent names work?  Prof. Aaron Dusso and former student Sydnee Perkins designed a research project in order to provide that answer. Their article titled, “Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe: Name-Calling’s Backfire Effect on Candidate Evaluations,” was recently published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Since graduating in 2020, …

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Posted on October 27th, 2022 in Alumni, Students/Alumni, Teaching by Aaron Dusso

Congratulations to Sydney Kadinger (Class of 2019) for graduating from McKinney School of Law, passing the bar exam and landing her first position as a Prosecutor in Marion County! All tremendous accomplishments! Sydney is also now an Associate Faculty Member in the department serving as the Head Coach of our Mock Trial team!

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Posted on September 22nd, 2022 in Alumni, Events, Students, Students/Alumni by eengels

IUPUI students in the Legal Studies and Paralegal Studies programs learned about careers in the legal field during two recent panels held as part of IUPUI Fall Career Week. On Monday, September 19th, students attended Courtrooms and Clients – What it means to be a lawyer.  Nine panelists discussed what a typical day for a …

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Lockup grad
Posted on May 12th, 2022 in Alumni, Students, Students/Alumni by Aaron Dusso

  According to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, on average, an individual who graduates with a Bachelor’s degree from IUPUI will make $913,000 more over the course of their 40-year career than someone who never gets a bachelor’s degree at all. Moral of the story? Finish your degree!

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Beth W
Posted on October 22nd, 2021 in Alumni, Research, Students/Alumni, Teaching by Aaron Dusso

Beth Windisch who graduated from IUPUI with a Bachelor of Arts’ degree in Political Science in 2005 returned to campus earlier this month to be a guest speaker in Professor Scott Pegg’s POLS Y219 Introduction to International Relations class. Since graduating from IUPUI, Beth has remained actively engaged in terrorism and security studies research. Her …

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