The Department of Political Science
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The Department of Political Science is proud to recognize Karina Alpayeva, a second-year Ph.D. student, for earning an Honorable Mention in this year’s UC Riverside Grad Slam competition. Grad Slam is a UC-wide contest that challenges graduate students to present...
We are proud to announce that Mirena A. Munich, a first-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded the prestigious Spring APSA Diversity Fellowship. Offered each spring by the American Political Science Association...
We are thrilled to share some exciting news about one of our outstanding alumni. Zabdi, a first-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at UCLA, has received an Honorable Mention in the highly competitive 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)...
UCR Professor Paul D'Anieri sat down with other experts to discuss the enduring war in Ukraine on the IGCC podcast "Talking Policy." Check it out HERE.
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Insights
September 30, 2024
UCR experts demystified voter props in online forum
Once again California voters are facing a plethora of state initiatives to decide on issues ranging from increasing penalties for theft and drug offenses to borrowing money to build schools.
To help voters better understand the myriad of propositions on the Nov. 5 ballot, the UC Riverside Office of Alumni Engagement and School of Public Policy hosted on Oct. 1 an informative webinar to help voter navigate the complexities of the 2024 California ballot propositions.
September 18, 2024
Q&A: 10 states face abortion rights initiatives
Shaun Bowler, professor of political science, and Andy Crosby, an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Public Policy, weigh in on how the plethora of state abortion rights initiatives may affect the presidential election.
September 03, 2024
The 2024 elections: gender and reproductive rights
Prior to the Sept. 10 presidential debate, UC Riverside faculty weigh in on various topics including the now-infamous ‘childless cat ladies’ reference.
June 05, 2024
Banning misinformation tweeters improved online discourse
A study co-authored by UC Riverside public policy and political science scholars found that the Jan. 6, 2021 crackdown by Twitter that banned more than 70,000 misinformation traffickers also significantly reduced the number of misinformation posts by users who stayed on the platform.