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Civic engagement is a core value for me. I have always aspired to help the communities I’m from.” Mazaher Kaila, a Maxwell alumna and third-year student at Syracuse University's College of Law, moved with her family from Sudan to Central New York when she was four years old. “I realized that to make meaningful change in society, I needed to understand the systems that power it—government and politics—and that’s insight I would gain by studying political science.”
Mazaher Kaila ’19, L’22
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Gadarian Speaks With Chronicle-Tribune About 2024 Political Tension, Violence
March 23, 2024
Chronicle-Tribune
According to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey, nearly one-quarter of Americans believe political violence may be necessary if the elections don’t go their way in 2024, illustrating that political tension in the U.S. is on the rise as the 2024 elections loom later this year.
Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research, isn’t shocked by the outcomes of the PRRI political poll. “It is not super surprising that people who still are willing to identify as Republican and want to vote Republican to say, ‘Yes, I’m okay with violence,’” she says.
“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 Gadarian.
Read more in the Chronicle-Tribune article, “2024 Political Tension Increases Support for Violence and Authoritarianism.”
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Gadarian Speaks With Chronicle-Tribune About 2024 Political Tension, Violence
March 23, 2024
Chronicle-Tribune
According to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey, nearly one-quarter of Americans believe political violence may be necessary if the elections don’t go their way in 2024, illustrating that political tension in the U.S. is on the rise as the 2024 elections loom later this year.
Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research, isn’t shocked by the outcomes of the PRRI political poll. “It is not super surprising that people who still are willing to identify as Republican and want to vote Republican to say, ‘Yes, I’m okay with violence,’” she says.
“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 Gadarian.
Read more in the Chronicle-Tribune article, “2024 Political Tension Increases Support for Violence and Authoritarianism.”
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