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) …
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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 …
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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!
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By Professor Erin M. Engels, JD, IUPUI Pre-Law Advisor Are you considering law school? The Law School Admission Council (LSAT) collects data on law school applicants and admissions. An analysis of the 2020 data about IUPUI students provides some helpful guidance for those applying in the future. Last year 87 IUPUI students applied to attend …
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By Alex Workman As a child, I would watch out the car window as we passed the Harding Street power station spew out smoke from its huge stacks. The ominous clouds of pollution scared me since I knew that the dangerous smoke was being put into the same air that we all breathe. As a …
Read MoreThe Guilt of Combat Veterans Travis W. Endicott As a military veteran, it hurts to read The Atlantic’s reporting (subsequently confirmed by several other sources) of the president’s remarks concerning disdain for fallen and wounded soldiers. Mainly because I knew the coming refutations from President Trump would deny, deflect, or distract from the meanings behind …
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Political Science and Me When I was in elementary school, I loved reading books from R.L. Stine’s Give Yourself Goosebumps series. The books were designed to make the reader the protagonist and allow them the ability to choose how the story went. Though some choices were more important than others, all ultimately had some impact …
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“A riot is the language of the unheard…Our nation’s summer riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, “The Other America” (Stanford University 1967) Dr. King is one of the most iconic civil rights leaders that I have looked up to. As a child, I remember reading his most …
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The Department of Political Science would like to congratulate all of our 2020 award and scholarship winners! We look forward to great things from each of you! P.E. MacAllister Scholarship Bri Brown Yvonne Carmelo Robert C. Kirch Scholarship Riley Sawyer Christopher Rude James E. Sawyers Memorial Scholarship Jennifer Leeper Winslow Prize in Political Theory …
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If I could explain my internship with the Indiana State House Democrats in one word, then this post would not go beyond this sentence. However, there is not oneword that can fully describe the nearly three months that I servedas an intern at the Statehouse. It was an experience that both allowed me to shine, …
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