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Dr. Amber Knight will lead an online book discussion of Margaret Price’s new book, “Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life.”
Dr. Amber Knight, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, will lead an online book discussion of Margaret Price’s new book, “Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life.” The discussion will focus on disability studies’ applications in political science. Day/Date/Time: Friday, November 15, 3:00 – 4:30 PM Location: Online Cost: Free To […]
Dr. Martha Kropf contributed to the Miami Herald in an interview, “Does Trump or Harris have an Electoral College Advantage? What Political Experts Say,” with Brendan Rascius.
Verbatim pdf of article provided by the reporter. Does Trump or Harris have an Electoral College Advantage? What political experts say… Polls show the presidential race is tightening toward a possible toss-up, but how close is it actually? The answer, to a large extent, will depend on which candidate has an advantage in the Electoral […]
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