Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Alumna Describes Working on the Hill as ‘Deeply Fulfilling’
A congressional policy advisor, Miranda Peterson earned an executive master’s degree through Maxwell’s Washington, D.C., programs.
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Faulkner Discusses New York State’s Adultery Law in Washington Post Article
Laws criminalizing adultery are on the books in a handful of other states but are rarely enforced. In most cases, they were put on the books at a time when adultery was among the only ways to obtain a divorce, according to Carol Faulkner, professor of history.
See related: Law, New York State, State & Local
Thorson Explores Causes of Public Policy Misperceptions in New Book
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, recently published “The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public” (Oxford University Press, 2024).
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Williams Weighs In on McConnell’s Diminishing Power in the Senate in McClatchy DC Article
“He [Mitch McConnell] is basically a dead duck. The last of a dying breed,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Congress, Political Parties, United States
The Russian Threat and the Consolidation of the West
"The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine," co-authored by Seth Jolly, associate professor and chair of political science, was published in European Union Politics.
See related: Conflict, Europe, International Affairs, Political Parties, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Gadarian Speaks With Chronicle-Tribune About 2024 Political Tension, Violence
“The Republican party now has a leader who has been very clear, in his speeches, rhetoric and actions, that he has authoritarian tendencies. He [President Donald Trump] doesn’t have a lot of respect for the norms of democracy, and he is willing to use violence and call on others to use violence to save power,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research.
See related: Crime & Violence, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Maxwell History Alumna to Share Career, Advocacy Experiences During April 17 Talk
Sandhya Bathija leads the communications efforts for Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C.
See related: Asian-American, Media & Journalism, Social Justice, U.S. Elections
Taylor Discusses Putin and Russia’s Presidential Election With CBS News, Newsweek, Al Jazeera
“Really, we have 24 years of watching Putin build an increasingly repressive, authoritarian state. So the main purpose of elections like this in an authoritarian country is to show everyone that Putin is forever, there is no alternative to Putin, there's no point in resisting his state,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
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Emily Thorson Talks to KQED About Policy Misperceptions
"The more politicized a misperception is, the more it's tied up with someone's party identity, the more likely it is to be a product of people's political attitudes rather than something that affects those attitudes," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science.
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Reeher Speaks With El País and Newsweek About a Second Donald Trump Term
Trump’s return to the White House would mark a radical change from Biden’s multilateralism, says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “[There would be] an emphasis on bilateral rather than multilateral relations, and a general reduction in American involvement in international affairs,” he says.
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