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The Graduate Student Association is pleased to announce the 2020 Atlanta Symposium on Political Science (ASOPS). Deadline for submissions is January 14, 2020.

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The Gap Decade!
Many Political Science professors inspired Velazquez, including Dr. Mike Evans. “I learned at least as much from Joey as he did from me,” said Dr. Evans.

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New Publication: Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism Only when democratic decentralization is combined with the integration of political parties, fiscal federalism will consistently deliver on its governance promises, Dr. Charles Hankla and coauthors argue in a new book. Using data from 135 countries across 30 years in addition to comparative case studies of Senegal and Nigeria, the authors formalized… more »
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Stacey Abrams on Campus for the 2019 GSUMUN Opening Ceremony With a standing ovation and close to 1,000 attendees, Stacey Abrams was welcomed today to Georgia State University High School Model of the United Nations (GSU MUN) conference’s opening ceremony. The GSU MUN is the second-largest MUN conference in the south, with more than 900 delegates from 43 schools across metro Atlanta. Under the supervision… more »
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Call for Papers: 2020 Atlanta Symposium on Political Science (ASOPS) The Graduate Student Association is pleased to announce the 2020 Atlanta Symposium on Political Science (ASOPS), hosted by the Political Science Department at Georgia State University on March 7, 2020. Graduate students at all levels of their respective programs are welcome to submit. Submissions for panel presentations and working paper roundtables are welcome,… more »
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Goldberg on NPR Discussing Changes Among White Liberal Voters Zach Goldberg, a doctoral student of political science at Georgia State University, had his work featured on NPR discussing the changes among white liberals towards race. In an article entitled “How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race,” NPR’s political correspondent Asma Khalid discussed different indicators that show a more left-leaning… more »
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Wonseleah Teah Awarded South African Women’s Alliance Scholarship Wonseleah Teah, a Political Science student at Georgia State University, has been awarded the 2020 Scholarship by the South African Women’s Alliance (SAWA). Ms. Teah won the $1,000 award after taking part in a writing competition addressing the issue of Land Restitution Rights for Black South Africans. Headquartered in Atlanta, SAWA was… more »
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Dexter Lensing Awarded NBR’s Chinese Language Fellowship Dexter Lensing, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Georgia State University, has been awarded the 2019-2020 Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) from the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). The fellowship seeks American scholars in PhD programs committed to researching contemporary Chinese politics, society, and modern history with the goal… more »
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Kristina LaPlant Awarded the Certificate of Excellence in TeachingKristina M. LaPlant, ABD Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence in College Teaching by GSU’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL). The Certificate of Teaching Excellence provides a professional academic standard by recognizing the discipline-specific pedagogy programs, and related mentoring and supervision achieved by Graduate Teaching Assistants… more »
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New Publication: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism The Cornell University Press has published a new book by Dr. Jelena Subotic, Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, on the memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe following the end of Communism. Yellow Star, Red Star inquires about the reasons behind the troubled memory of the Holocaust in the countries… more »
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