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On April 5, Dr. Mary Jo McGowan, Undergraduate Coordinator and Teaching Professor, and Dr. Robert Hines, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, met with students getting ready to attend UNC Charlotte.
Admitted Students Day for Political Science and Public Administration
Department Chair Cheryl Brown participated in the Duke University “Symposium on Fostering AI/ML Research for Health Equity and Learning Transformation (FAIR HEALTH™),” March 13 – 14, 2024.
As an AIM-AHEAD National Institutes of Health grant recipient, Department Chair Cheryl Brown participated in the Duke University “Symposium on Fostering AI/ML Research for Health Equity and Learning Transformation (FAIR HEALTH™),” March 13 – 14, 2024. Research assistant, Taniyah Pruitt, and former Political Science major from Dr. Brown’s Artificial Intelligence and Global Power course, Amaya […]
On March 21, the Charlotte Business Journal honored LaRita Barber (MPA ’90) as one of the 25 recipients of the Women in Business awards in the Charlotte region. Department Chair Cheryl Brown attended the event honoring her former graduate assistant.
LaRita Barber is Chief Advancement Officer of Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont.
Dr. Yaoyao Dai interviewed with Vivian Wang, New York Times China correspondent, about the incidents of nationalist and populist netizen campaigns in China.
Dr. Yaoyao Dai, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, interviewed with Vivian Wang, New York Times China correspondent, about the incidents of nationalist and populist netizen campaigns in China. Dr. Dai will conduct research on “Global Populism: Large Language Models for Measuring Populism in Multilingual Corpora” in Fall 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/world/asia/china-nationalists-online-attacks.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR28E_ycFkRDx-LXWbToSMvgtaWPN-0amyzmmMcap2dCU_7iFFsfpKYrJ30_aem_FFAvnTj6xWU6ta9bGM1hFg
Dr. Jason Giersch, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, is cited in the news article on charter schools.
Not all North Carolina private schools accept vouchers.
Dr. Amber Knight, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, is an inaugural member of the New American Political Science Association Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession.
Meet the new ASPA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession: https://politicalsciencenow.com/meet-the-new-apsa-committee-on-the-status-of-disability-in-the-profession/?fbclid=IwY2xjawE7DHtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeUE_iQ_hmvsK3NK_C8iFBeUdxnMHFoRTJWTo04aFMi8KK-MaVkwJuaL9A_aem_WwCKfzxSECVKrZOfAjb4hg
“Inside Washington Seminar”–Taught by Dr. Eric Heberlig, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Spring 2024
“Inside Washington Seminar”–Taught by Dr. Eric Heberlig, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Spring 2024 Students in the “Inside Washington Seminar” course (POLS 3010.D01) are participating in The Washington Center’s “Inside Washington” seminar from January 3-11, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The seminar focuses on the national agenda for the president and the Congress during […]
Dr. Jourdan Davis has a forthcoming chapter (14), “Mending the Fragile Credibility of a Hollow State with Storytelling,” in Empowering Public Administrators: Ethics and Public Service Values
Congratulations, Dr. Jourdan Davis. She has a forthcoming chapter (14), “Mending the Fragile Credibility of a Hollow State with Storytelling,” in Empowering Public Administrators: Ethics and Public Service Values (Routledge), 2024. Dr. Davis, of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, teaches in the Gerald G. Fox MPA Program.
Dr. Mary Jo McGowan spoke on “Women as Candidates for Political Office” to the League of Women Voters
Dr. Mary Jo McGowan spoke on “Women as Candidates for Political Office” to the League of Women Voters on Tuesday, November 14. Dr. McGowan’s book, “Campaign Finance Complexity: Before Campaigning Retain an Attorney,” was published in 2018. Among her many accomplishments, Dr. McGowan was appointed a Republican Presidential Elector in 2012. She worked as a […]
Professor Martha Kropf, as a member, participated in the launching of the Commission on the Future of Elections at Catawba College
Professor Martha Kropf, as a member, participated in the launching of the Commission on the Future of Elections at Catawba College