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Isabella Alcañiz
Articles:
- "Gender, Land Distribution, and Who Gets State Funds to Stop Deforestation." Journal of Environmental Management (with Ricardo Gutierrez).
- "A Survey Experiment on Bad Bosses: The Effect of Social Networks on Gender Solidarity." Latin American Research Review 55(4) (with Ernesto Calvo and Marcelo Escolar).
Lectures and Presentations:
- Guest speaker at Comparative Politics/Political Economy workshop at UC Santa Barbara to discuss research on disaster politics.
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Tiago Ventura
Articles:
- "Do Mayors Matter? Reverse Coattails on Congressional Elections in Brazil." Forthcoming in Electoral Studies.
- "Will I Get COVID-19? Partisanship, Social Media Frames, and Perceptions of Health Risk in Brazil." Forthcoming in Latin American Politics and Society (with Ernesto Calvo).
- "Polarization, News Sharing, and Gatekeeping: A Study of the Bolsonaro Election." Forthcoming in Digital Journalism (with Natalia Aruguete and Ernesto Calvo).
Awards:
Don C. Piper Award
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Ernesto Calvo
Journal Articles
- "Will I Get COVID-19? Partisanship, Social Media Frames, and Perceptions of Health Risk in Brazil." Forthcoming in Latin American Politics and Society (with Tiago Ventura).
- "Polarization, News Sharing, and Gatekeeping: A Study of the Bolsonaro Election." Forthcoming in Digital Journalism (with Tiago Ventura and Natalia Aruguette).
- "A Survey Experiment on Bad Bosses: The Effect of Social Networks on Gender Solidarity." Latin American Research Review 55(4) (with Isabella Alcañiz and Marcelo Escolar).
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Alauna Safarpour
Media
- "Exit poll results and analysis for the 2020 presidential election." The Washington Post. November 4, 2020 (with Dave Weigel, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin, Kevin Uhrmacher, Ann Gerhart, Claudia Deane, and Jocelyn Kiley).
- "What exit polls tell us about the Latino vote." The Washington Post. November 3, 2020 (with Claudia Deane and Jocelyn Kiley).
Awards
- Winner of the Conley H. Dillon Award
- Winner of an APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
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Jóhanna Birnir
Journal Article
- "The Politics of Co-optation: Ethnopolitical Minority Organizations and Authoritarian Elections in the Middle East." Ethnopolitics (with Agatha Hultquist and Victor Asal).
Invited Talk
- "Alternatives in Mobilization: The Challengers Winning Coalition." Michigan State University. January 2021.
Award
- Received the Faculty Student Research Award from the Graduate School. "Automating the AMAR Coding."
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Shibley Telhami
Article
- "Why the discourse about Palestinian payments to prisoners' families is distorted and misleading." Brookings Institution Order from Chaos. December 7, 2020.
Presentations
- Center for New American Security Report Launch: "A New U.S. Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," December 16, 2020.
- Also, a Webinar: "The Arab Uprisings Revisited" hosted by Rice University's Baker Institute Center for the Middle East, January 6, 2021. And a Joint Webinar: "US and the Middle East under President-elect Biden" hosted by the University of Warsaw and the University of Haifa, January 26, 2021.
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Youngjoon Lee
Journal Article
- "The Rule of Law, Anti-Corruption and Land Expropriation: Evidence from China." China: An International Journal 18(4): 85-101.
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Stacy Kosko
Appointed to the Executive Committee and elected as Vice Chair of the Board for the newly formed Center for Values in International Development.
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Antoine Banks
Received a Russell Sage Foundation Grant: Group Status and Emotionally Coping with Discrimination (with Jennifer Merolla and Heather Hicks).
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Lilliana Mason and Jennifer St Sume
Received a Faculty Student Research Award from the Graduate School: Racial Collectivism and Black American National Identity.
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Elin Berlin
Winner of the 2020 Jean Elizabeth Spencer Award.
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SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor
Winner of the Roger H. Davidson Award.
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Kee Hyun Park
Winner of the Graduate School's Outstanding Research Assistant Award for AY20-21.
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GVPT Undergraduate Program
Scholarships
We will be awarding several departmental scholarships this semester. Please encourage your very best students to apply for these awards and consider writing letters of recommendation for them. More information on our scholarships is available at: http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/undergraduate/scholarships/
Academic Deadlines
The spring 2021 Schedule Adjustment period will end on February 5. Students may continue to add/drop courses through this date.
The last day for students to withdraw from a spring 2021 course will be May 11. Students who withdraw from a course will receive a W notation on their transcript.
Slack Workspace
We have created a Slack account for teaching related communications. If you would like to join the slack please contact David Cunningham or Karmin Cortes.
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Applied Political Analytics Program (APAN)
The Applied Political Analytics Program (APAN) is thrilled to welcome its inaugural cohort in Fall 2021!
This exciting new program offers promising students an opportunity to earn a Master of Science degree in the high-demand, and still growing, modern data science industry. It is delivered as either a standalone degree or a combined 4+1 BA/MS. All admitted students will complete 36 credit hours at the graduate level, with classes from both the Government & Politics (GVPT) and Survey Methodology (SURV) departments. Graduates of the APAN program will be well-suited and prepared well above average for data-oriented political careers in the private sector, research organizations, NGO’s, and government agencies of all levels.
Whether it is understanding which message to use to encourage a citizen to register to vote, or what services are needed to support programs to reduce radicalization among at-risk youth, data-driven strategies are a key to success. In order to be most effective, the workforce needs more than just technical skills. That is, with a firm foundation in theoretical and empirical research, the most successful researchers will be able to communicate more effectively with clients and adapt to new questions and issues as they arise. The MS in Political Analytics program is designed to provide students with this foundation.
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Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development
In February, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and the Department of Art will be co-hosting the annual Sadat Art for Peace Competition on the theme of "Black Lives Matter." The judging committee will meet virtually on March 2nd to select the competition winners. For more information on this competition, please visit: https://sadat.umd.edu/events/sadat-art-peace-competition. |
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GVPT Master of Arts in International Relations
The MAIR program welcomes new Advisor Lindsey Sitler to the program team. Lindsey will be providing support and advising to prospective and current MAIR students. Lindsey has been with the University of Maryland since Fall of 2017 as an Education Abroad Advisor with the Office of International Affairs/Education Abroad. Previously, they have worked in Phoenix, Arizona with CEA Abroad, a study abroad provider, working on student advising and admissions. They hold a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. In their work, they are passionate about diversity, equity, and providing individualized student support.
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Ph.D Alumni Updates
- Heather Hicks received a Russell Sage Foundation Grant: Group States and Emotionally Coping with Discrimination (with Antoine Banks and Jennifer Merolla).
- Seungjun Kim is currently working at UC Merced as a lecturer and received the remote instruction excellence award in the Fall 2020.
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American Politics Workshop: Mark Kayser (Hertie School) and Michael Peress (Stony Brook)
February 5th | 11am | Virtual
Comparative Politics Workshop: Şule Yaylaci (UPenn)
February 17th | 11am | Virtual
American Politics Workshop: Simon Sheaff
February 19th | 11am | Virtual
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