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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: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in South Florida When Dr. Toby Bolson and Dr. Risa Palm showed South Floridians future expected flood zone maps of their homes, they thought they would be more supportive of policies and laws designed to mitigate the pace and extent of climate change. Residents didn’t. “There was actually a decline in those who believe it is… more »
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Sarah Gershon appointed to the WomenLead ProfessorshipThe Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Dr. Sarah Gershon to the Ray and John Uttenhove WomenLead Professorship. The criteria for selection of this endowed professorship included high-quality scholarship, excellence in leadership, and an ability to inspire students to learn. WomenLead was established in 2015 by the Robinson College of Business… more »
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Upcoming: Sites of Reckoning Symposium, Mar 5-6, 2020Co-organized by the Political Science Department’s Dr. Jelena Subotic, this two-day symposium will bring together a distinguished group of US and international scholars to consider memorials and museums as important sites for truth-telling and accounting for past violence. The March 5-6, 2020 event will also explore how these sites narrate violent histories in… more »
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New Publication on Elite Corruption in Post-conflict Kosovo PhD student Chris Jackson published a research paper in the Journal of European Integration. The study, entitled “The EU and rule of law development in Kosovo: EULEX, domestic spoilers, and a two-level commitment problem,” addresses the problem of persistent elite corruption in post-conflict Kosovo. The author argues that despite the presence of the EU… more »
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Carey Links the Global Wave of Protests to Internal Immigration Dr. Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses the common reason behind demonstrations that have swept across a lot of countries recently. “Numerous anti-government protests have paralyzed cities across the globe for months, from La Paz, Bolivia, to Santiago, Chile, and Monrovia, Liberia, to Beirut,” he wrote. “… [T]hey also share… more »
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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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Go Back to Basics in the Middle East
Chair Carrie Manning introduced Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Dr. Chris Brown before the student-faculty discussion on war in the Middle East.