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Mirya Holman
Prof. Holman is one of three principal investigators to evaluate program to recruit more women for civic boards and commissions
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The Trump Effect Book
Prof. Nancy Maveety contributes to new book assessing the Trump presidency.
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Celeste Lay and Mirya Holman
Profs. Celeste Lay and Mirya Holman co-author an article on the phenomenon that as they get older, girls lose political ambition
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APSR
Professor Mirya Holman pens an article about Theresa May and Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks
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Menaka Philips
Assistant Professor Menaka Philips's new article investigates the influence of superheroes and violence in the superhero genre.
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Mirya Holman
Professor Mirya Holman interviewed by NPR on gender socialization affecting political ambition
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Journal Comparative Political Studies
Professor Geoff Dancy is published in the Journal of Comparative Political Studies with an article on Truth Commissions
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American Political Science Review
Professor Mirya Holman co-authors an article for the American Political Science Review on reactions to televised debates
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Leiden Journal of international law
Professor Dancy writes on the impacts of the International Criminal Court for the Leiden Journal of International Law
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French Academic Palmes
Professor Sloan among Tulane faculty members named recipients of the French Academic Palms
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International Studies Quarterly
Prof. Drew Kinney was interviewed for a POMEPS podcast about his recent essay on the military’s removal from politics in ISQ
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World Development
Professor Ruth Carlitz has a new publication in World Development on environmental degradation in authoritarian regimes
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Journal Policy Political Economy
Max Weber, editor-in-chief of the Tulane Journal of Policy & Political Economy, proudly releases inaugural issue
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Thomas Oatley
Prof. Thomas Oatley has an article published in Foreign Policy on the median voter theorem and the end of the Carbon Coalition
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Marys photo
Prof. Mary Clark co-authors “Populism and health policy in Latin America" for the Int'l Journal of Health Policy & Management
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PhD student Mart Trasberg, Tulane University
PhD student Mart Trasberg has written an article on Covid-19 social protection responses in Brazil & Mexico in Current History
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IJHPM
Prof. Mary Clark co-authors “COVID-19 and power in global health" for the International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Kinney
Professor Drew Kinney has an essay that has been published in International Studies Quarterly entitled Sharing Saddles
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Global Public Health
Prof. Mary Clark co-authors “Investigating global mental health: Contributions from political science" for Global Public Health
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Kendall Gardner, Political Science Tulane University
Political Science Major Kendall Gardner wins the prestigious Marshall Scholarship
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Nancy Maveety, Daniel Lelchuk, Bill Kristol, and Lawrence Douglas
Prof. Nancy Maveety is a part of Daniel Lelchuk's Talking Beats 2020 Election Roundtable with Bill Kristol and Lawrence Douglas
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Andrew Ward on stage
Professor Andrew Ward featured in Tulane Hullabaloo article on New Orleans tourism industry
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The Supreme Court building
Prof. Nancy Maveety expounds upon recent Supreme Court events in her article: A Supreme Court Appointment in an Election Year
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Mobile phone showing Social Media apps
Professor Menaka Philips pens an article on Cultivating Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
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Mail in ballots and masks
Professor Brian Brox writes about the phenomenon of patterns in voting behavior influencing election results
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Geoff Dancy Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Geoff Dancy discusses conspiracy theories and why people believe them in the latest episode of On Good Authority.
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Flyer for a Texas Tech panel event on the Politics of COVID 19, Present & Future
Dr. Mirya Holman serves as part of a distinguished panel for Texas Tech University on the Politics of Covid-19, Present & Future
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Flyer for the Tulane University Libraries 2020 Faculty Author Spotlight Series
Professor Nancy Maveety featured in Tulane University Libraries 2020 Faculty Author Spotlight Series
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Book cover, Professor Sally Kenney's 2012 book, Gender & Justice
Justice Ginsburg's passing brings new relevance to Professor Sally Kenney's 2012 book, Gender & Justice
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Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Mirya Holman discusses Sheriff elections on Democracy Works
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Sally Kenney Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Professor Sally Kenney pens op-ed honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Christina Kiel, Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Christina Kiel's article, "Chicken Dance (off)," published in International Journal of Cultural Policy
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book cover, Professor Izabela Steflja's book Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice
Professor Izabela Steflja's book Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice has been released
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Menaka Philips pens op-ed in Made by History in Washington Post
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Nancy Maveety Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Prof. Nancy Maveety interviewed about the Roberts Court by Daniel Lelchuck on "Talking Beats" (Part 2)
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Nancy Maveety, Department of Political Science at Tulane University
Prof. Nancy Maveety interviewed about the Roberts Court by Daniel Lelchuck on "Talking Beats" (Part 1)
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Asst. Prof. Menaka Philips's “Feminist Preoccupations” wins 2020 Okin-Young award for best article in Feminist Political Theory
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Max Landy, Max Steitz and Franziska Trautmann
Tulane International Development students launch a free, citywide glass recycling program in New Orleans
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Ruth Carlitz Department of Political Science Tulane University
Ruth Carlitz cited in the New York Times article "Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19?"
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Martin Dimitrov Professor Department of Political Science Tulane University
Martin Dimitrov receives the 2020 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching.
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Fiona Grathwohl (SLA '19)
An interdisciplinary track with tangible skills: International development celebrates a recent graduate
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Izabela Steflja Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Izabela Steflja named Faculty in Residence
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Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Mirya Holman honored as one of Political Research Quarterly’s Top 20 Outstanding Reviewers for 2019
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Thomas Oatley Department of Political Science at Tulane University
Dr. Thomas Oatley has been offered a nine-month residential fellowship with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Professor Lee Gary, part of Ebola response team, weighs in on coronavirus
Professor Lee Gary, part of Ebola response team, weighs in on coronavirus
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Thomas Oatley, Tulane University Department of Political Science
Professor Thomas Oatley's paper named one of the top 10 best works on Political Economy for 2019 by the Washington Post
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips co-authors a timely new study of collective identity and digital democracy.
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A Global Citizen State Of Mind
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Moises Arce Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Preparing Global Citizens
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Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Tulane workshop examines barriers to women in state and local politics
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Mirya Holman
Mirya Holman's election results analysis quoted in New York Times
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Professor Holman co-authors Washington Post piece on 'hostile sexism' in politics
Mirya Holman co-authors Washington Post piece on 'hostile sexism' in politics
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Kavanaugh Panel
J. Celeste Lay, Scott Nolan, Rosalind Cook, and Nancy Maveety participate in the panel "Kavanaugh and the New Supreme Court”
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Professors Lay & Holman
Study finds neutral fact-checking doesn't convince voters to abandon ‘fake news’
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Professor Holman wins national award for gender research
Professor Mirya Holman wins national award for gender research
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Report Authored by Mirya Holman and Chloe Schwanz Featured on NOLA.com
Report Authored by Mirya Holman and Chloe Schwanz Featured on NOLA.com
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Mirya Holman and J. Celeste Lay
Professors Holman and Lay Awarded 2018 Hillman Prize
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Raymond Taras Professor Department of Political Science Tulane University
Ray Taras Receives Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award
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Mirya Holman
Al Jazeera Interviews Mirya Holman for Report on US Sheriffs
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Menaka Philips Examines Fake News and Democratic Habits for the Washington Post
Menaka Philips Examines Fake News and Democratic Habits for the Washington Post
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J. Celeste Lay Publishes on Mayoral Control and Local Test Scores
J. Celeste Lay Publishes on Mayoral Control and Local Test Scores
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Philosophy and Politics: Gary Remer's Upcoming Publications
Philosophy and Politics: Gary Remer's Upcoming Publications
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Martin Dimitrov Publishes on Media Control in China
Martin Dimitrov Publishes on Media Control in China
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Glass and Gavel book cover
Supreme Court's history with alcohol gets a look in 'Glass and Gavel'
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Geoffrey Dancy
Human Rights and International Criminal Courts: Recent Publications by Geoffrey Dancy
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Christina Kiel
Christina Kiel Publishes a Chapter in LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips Publishes on JS Mill and Liberalism
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Glass & Gavel
Glass and Gavel: Nancy Maveety's new book analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court and its history with alcohol
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Raymond Taras
Raymond Taras gives an introduction to his new book: Nationhood, Migration and Global Politics
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips Publishes on Harriet Taylor Mill, Gender, and Intellectual Labor in the Canon
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Fellowship Awarded to Zhu Zhang
Fellowship awarded to Political Science PhD student Zhu Zhang
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Patrick Egan Globalizing Innovation
Patrick Egan Publishes on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
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Virginia Oliveros
Crime, Clientelism, and Corruption: Recent Publications by Virginia Oliveros
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Ethics and the Orator
Ethics and the Orator: Gary Remer's New Book
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Mirya Holman
Professor Holman is one of three principal investigators to evaluate program to recruit more women for civic boards and commissions
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The Trump Effect Book
Prof. Nancy Maveety contributes to new book assessing the Trump presidency.
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Celeste Lay and Mirya Holman
Professors Celeste Lay and Mirya Holman co-author an article on the phenomenon that, as they get older, girls lose political ambition
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APSR
Professor Mirya Holman pens an article about Theresa May and Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks
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Menaka Philips
Assistant Professor Menaka Philips’ new article for Cambridge University Press - Academic investigates the influence of superheroes and violence in the superhero genre.
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Mirya Holman
Professor Mirya Holman interviewed by NPR on gender socialization affecting political ambition
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Journal Comparative Political Studies
Professor Geoff Dancy is published in the Journal of Comparative Political Studies with an article on Truth Commissions
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American Political Science Review
Professor Mirya Holman co-authors an article for the American Political Science Review on reactions to televised debates
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Leiden Journal of international law
Professor Dancy writes on the impacts of the International Criminal Court for the Leiden Journal of International Law
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French Academic Palmes
Professor Sloan among Tulane faculty members named recipients of the French Academic Palms
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International Studies Quarterly
Professor Drew Kinney was interviewed for a POMEPS (Project on Middle East Political Science) podcast about his recent essay on the military’s removal from politics, which was just published in ISQ
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World Development
Professor Ruth Carlitz has a new publication in World Development on environmental degradation in authoritarian regimes
Read Full Story
Journal Policy Political Economy
Max Weber, editor-in-chief of the Tulane Journal of Policy & Political Economy, proudly releases inaugural issue
Read Full Story
Thomas Oatley
Prof. Thomas Oatley has an article published in Foreign Policy on the median voter theorem and the end of the Carbon Coalition
Read Full Story
Marys photo
Prof. Mary Clark co-authors “Populism and health policy in Latin America" for the International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Read Full Story
PhD student Mart Trasberg, Tulane University
PhD student Mart Trasberg has written an article on Covid-19 social protection responses in Brazil & Mexico in Current History
Read Full Story
IJHPM
Prof. Mary Clark co-authors “COVID-19 and power in global health" for the International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Read Full Story
Kinney
Professor Drew Kinney has an essay that has been published in International Studies Quarterly entitled Sharing Saddles
Read Full Story
Global Public Health
Professor Mary Clark co-authors an article on global mental health for Global Public Health
Read Full Story
Kendall Gardner, Political Science Tulane University
Political Science Major Kendall Gardner wins the prestigious Marshall Scholarship
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Nancy Maveety, Daniel Lelchuk, Bill Kristol, and Lawrence Douglas
Prof. Nancy Maveety is a part of Daniel Lelchuk's Talking Beats 2020 Election Roundtable with Bill Kristol and Lawrence Douglas
Read Full Story
Andrew Ward on stage
Professor Andrew Ward featured in Tulane Hullabaloo article on New Orleans tourism industry
Read Full Story
The Supreme Court building
Professor Nancy Maveety expounds upon recent Supreme Court events in her article: A Supreme Court Appointment in an Election Year
Read Full Story
Mobile phone showing Social Media apps
Professor Menaka Philips pens an article on Cultivating Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
Read Full Story
Mail in ballots and masks
Professor Brian Brox writes about the phenomenon of patterns in voting behavior influencing election results
Read Full Story
Geoff Dancy Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Geoff Dancy discusses conspiracy theories and why people believe them in the latest episode of On Good Authority.
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Flyer for a Texas Tech panel event on the Politics of COVID 19, Present & Future
Dr. Mirya Holman serves as part of a distinguished panel for Texas Tech University on the Politics of Covid-19, Present & Future.
Read Full Story
Flyer for the Tulane University Libraries 2020 Faculty Author Spotlight Series
Professor Nancy Maveety featured in Tulane University Libraries 2020 Faculty Author Spotlight Series
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Book cover, Professor Sally Kenney's 2012 book, Gender & Justice
Justice Ginsburg's passing brings new relevance to Professor Sally Kenney's 2012 book, Gender & Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter

Gender & Justice

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Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Mirya Holman discusses Sheriff elections on Democracy Works
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Sally Kenney Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Professor Sally Kenney pens op-ed honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Christina Kiel, Department of Political Science Tulane University
Christina Kiel, “Chicken dance (off): competing cultural diplomacy in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest” in International Journal of Cultural Policy
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book cover, Professor Izabela Steflja's book Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice
Professor Izabela Steflja's book Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice has been released
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Menaka Philips pens op-ed in Made by History in Washington Post
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Nancy Maveety Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Prof. Nancy Maveety interviewed about the Roberts Court by Daniel Lelchuck on "Talking Beats" (Part 2)
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Nancy Maveety, Department of Political Science at Tulane University
Prof. Nancy Maveety interviewed about the Roberts Court by Daniel Lelchuck on "Talking Beats" (Part 1)
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Asst. Prof. Menaka Philips's article, “Feminist Preoccupations,” published in Signs last year, was selected as the winner of the 2020 Winner of the Okin-Young award for the best article in Feminist Political Theory from APSA
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Max Landy, Max Steitz and Franziska Trautmann
Tulane International Development students launch a free, citywide glass recycling program in New Orleans
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Ruth Carlitz Department of Political Science Tulane University
Ruth Carlitz cited in the New York Times article "Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19?"
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Martin Dimitrov Professor Department of Political Science Tulane University
Martin Dimitrov receives the 2020 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching.

Martin Dimitrov has received the 2020 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching. This university-wide award is given to faculty members who have a sustained and compelling record of excellence in teaching and learning and an ongoing commitment to educational excellence. Typically, the award is conferred during the University Commencement Ceremony. As there will be no physical commencement this year, the award will be publicized in an article that will appear in Tulane Today next week.  

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Fiona Grathwohl (SLA '19)
An interdisciplinary track with tangible skills: International development celebrates a recent graduate
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Izabela Steflja Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Izabela Steflja named Faculty in Residence
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Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Professor Mirya Holman honored as one of Political Research Quarterly’s Top 20 Outstanding Reviewers for 2019

The Political Science Department's own Professor Mirya Holman was named one of Political Research Quarterly’s Outstanding Reviewers for this past year. These Top 20 Outstanding Reviewers are recognized in PRQ’s 2019 Annual Report and also in a separate space on the journal’s website. 

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Thomas Oatley Department of Political Science at Tulane University
Dr. Thomas Oatley has been offered a nine-month residential fellowship with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Tulane Political Science Department is proud to announce that our own Dr. Thomas Oatley, Director of Graduate Studies & Corasaniti-Zondorak Chair in International Relations, has been offered a nine-month residential fellowship with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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Professor Lee Gary, part of Ebola response team, weighs in on coronavirus
Professor Lee Gary, part of Ebola response team, weighs in on coronavirus

Lee Gary, adjunct assistant professor for international development studies at Tulane, has extensive experience managing disasters in extreme environments. Now, Gary focuses his energy on teaching his students about coronavirus, an emerging epidemic.

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Thomas Oatley, Tulane University Department of Political Science
Professor Thomas Oatley's paper named one of the top 10 best works on Political Economy for 2019 by the Washington Post
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips co-authors a timely new study of collective identity and digital democracy
Read Full Story
student wearing sunglasses and smiling
A Global Citizen State Of Mind
Read Full Story
Moises Arce Professor Tulane University Department of Political Science
Preparing Global Citizens
Read Full Story
Mirya Holman Department of Political Science Tulane University
Tulane workshop examines barriers to women in state and local politics
Read Full Story
Mirya Holman
Mirya Holman's election results analysis quoted in New York Times
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Professor Holman co-authors Washington Post piece on 'hostile sexism' in politics
Mirya Holman co-authors Washington Post piece on 'hostile sexism' in politics
Read Full Story
Kavanaugh Panel
J. Celeste Lay, Scott Nolan, Rosalind Cook, and Nancy Maveety participate in the panel "Kavanaugh and the New Supreme Court”
Read Full Story
Professors Lay & Holman
Study finds neutral fact-checking doesn't convince voters to abandon ‘fake news’
Read Full Story
Professor Holman wins national award for gender research
Professor Mirya Holman wins national award for gender research
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Report Authored by Mirya Holman and Chloe Schwanz Featured on NOLA.com
NOLA News on Holman Report

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. 

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Mirya Holman and J. Celeste Lay
2018 HIllman Prize
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Raymond Taras Professor Department of Political Science Tulane University
Ray Taras Fulbright
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Mirya Holman
Holman Quoted in Aljazeera
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Menaka Philips Examines Fake News and Democratic Habits for the Washington Post
Philips and Washington Post
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J. Celeste Lay Publishes on Mayoral Control and Local Test Scores
Celeste Lay Publication
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Philosophy and Politics: Gary Remer's Upcoming Publications
Gary Remer Upcoming Publications
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Martin Dimitrov Publishes on Media Control in China
Martin Dimitrov Publication
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Glass and Gavel book cover
Supreme Court's history with alcohol gets a look in 'Glass and Gavel'
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Geoffrey Dancy
Dancy Recent Publications

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

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Christina Kiel
Christina Kiel Publication
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips Publication
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Glass & Gavel
Glass and Gavel: Nancy Maveety's new book analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court and its history with alcohol
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Raymond Taras
Raymond Taras gives an introduction to his new book: Nationhood, Migration and Global Politics
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Menaka Philips Department of Political Science Tulane University
Menaka Philips Publishes on Harriet Taylor Mill, Gender, and Intellectual Labor in the Canon
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Fellowship Awarded to Zhu Zhang
Fellowship awarded to Political Science PhD student Zhu Zhang
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Patrick Egan Globalizing Innovation
Patrick Egan Book
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Virginia Oliveros
Virginia Oliveros Publications
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Ethics and the Orator
Gary Remer Book

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. 

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