“It’s something that would have been unthinkable I think under any other US president, whether Democrat or Republican,” said Mark Bell, assistant professor of political…
Associate Professor Helen M. Kinsella’s work focusing on gender and violence has taken her to Central America and Sri Lanka. She examines how the distinction between…
The United States, Great Britain, and South Africa have all utilized nuclear weapons in different ways. How are international politics affected by a country’s nuclear arsenal…
The 116th Congress is the most racially diverse in history. However, Latinx make up 18% of the US population and only 12.7% of Congress. Avi Muñoz’s PhD thesis examines the…
For Isabella Wartzenluft, Kelsey Weddig, and Victoria Nikonov, freshman seminar was nothing ordinary. One of their first classes on campus turned into a unique experience in…
When is wartime violence considered legal? Do lawyers and legal training make it easier or harder to use force on the battlefield? PhD candidate Tracey Blasenheim maps and…
Faculty in the department had another highly productive year in terms of award-winning books, articles published in the discipline’s top journals, and service within the…
Despite low levels of trust in the justice system, citizens in Chile and Colombia still make legal claims, but marginalized groups opt for informal strategies over perceived…