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Gadarian quoted in NY Times article on gender gap in voting

"One of the things that I think that women are responding to in this current political moment is both a realization of past wrongs and the real threat of a loss of status," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

July 12, 2018

Keck weighs in on SCOTUS nominee on Capitol Pressroom, WAER

Tom Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, says the nomination of Kavanaugh is part of a "generation-long effort to stack the Supreme Court." 

July 11, 2018

Barkun quoted in Southern Poverty Law Center article on Russell Walker, Christian Identity

Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, notes that Russell Walker’s website contains "statements that are pure [Christian] Identity." "Generally speaking, people in Christian Identity have contempt for existing political institutions," he says.

July 6, 2018

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    In their new book, "The Assault on the State", Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein describe the dangers of state erosion and outline a strategy that can reverse this destructive trend.


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