For his international work in advancing public sector performance, UNC Charlotte researcher James Douglas has received the Senator Peter B. Boorsma Award. The Southeastern Conference for Public Administration presented him the award in October in Raleigh at its annual conference. The Boorsma Award honors a practitioner or academician who facilitates over many years the international […]

Two teams from UNC Charlotte competed in the Grand Strand Mock Trial Invitational hosted by Coastal Carolina University on October 15-16. The “A” team won third place in the tournament with a record of 6-2. Additionally, UNC Charlotte Political Science majors won 5 of the 12 individual awards. Senior Christopher Dong won Best Attorney, junior […]

Students participating in UNC Charlotte’s Model United Nations this fall are finding increased opportunities to compete nationally and internationally, as well as options for volunteering in the local community. They will be participating in three conferences this semester. The first is the 27th Annual Carolinas Conference hosted by our organization at UNC Charlotte, the second […]

UNC Charlotte students are learning research and debate skills through their participation in the North Carolina Student Legislature. Students participate in a model General Assembly and gain valuable insight into how the state engages in policymaking. They also learn to express their own beliefs and ideas with confidence….. https://exchange.uncc.edu/students-learn-research-debate-skills-in-nc-student-legislature/

The Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration has earned national recognition, including being named the nation’s second-best value MPA degree and ranking in the top 25% of public affairs programs by U.S. News & World Report. The program has worked to endow its longest-awarded scholarship, the Burkhalter-Rassel Scholarship, and welcomed Tom Barth as its […]

Five UNC Charlotte students attended the two presidential nominating conventions this summer – one as an elected delegate and four through an academic program with The Washington Center. Four of the students are pursuing majors or minors in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, while the fifth is a finance major in the Belk […]

As Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005, people worldwide converged around TVs to witness the devastation of an iconic city and government’s response to the storm. This catastrophic, list-altering event served as a pivotal point in researcher Cherie Maestas’ work. She has applied her research in the creation of her experimental lab POLS-LABat UNC […]

Professor Beth Whitaker has been named as a finalist for the 2015 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. This award honors outstanding teachers at UNC Charlotte and represents an example of the University’s commitment to excellence in teaching. The five finalists for this year’s award will be honored at a ceremony in September 2015 […]

Professor Beth Whitaker and her colleagues John Clark (Florida International University), Pamela Mbabazi (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda), and Kennedy Mkutu (United States International University, Kenya) co-led the 2015 American Political Science Association Africa Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 20-31, 2015. Centered around the theme of “Conflict and Political Violence,” the workshop […]

The UNC Charlotte Political Science and Public Administration Faculty have published a variety of books recently, including the following: In July 2015 Greg Weeks published the second edition of his textbook U.S. and Latin American Relations with Wiley. It was completely updated and includes a new chapter on the response to U.S. hegemony in Latin […]