Professor Mark Vail was recently featured in an episode of National Public Radio's 'On Point' on the subject of ongoing social unrest in France and the implications for French politics and governance.

Tulane political scientist Mirya Holman’s report, Assessing Equity in Political Representation in New Orleans, takes a look at who has held office in city government and how representation has changed over time, particularly for women and people of color. NOLA.com and Tulane News featured the research, co-authored by recent graduate Chloe Schwanz, in recent stories. 

Assistant Professor Geoffrey Dancy has had a busy year of publications. Find out more about his exciting articles here.

Vail's forthcoming publication offers a new theoretical perspective on the role of economic liberalism in shaping patterns of economic adjustment in advanced industrial societies.

For thousands of years, critics have attacked rhetoric and the actual practice of politics as unprincipled, insincere, and manipulative. In Ethics and the Orator, Gary A. Remer disagrees, offering the Ciceronian rhetorical tradition as a rejoinder.