Highlights from Recent Events
PSGSA Grad Student Colloquium Grant Writing Workshop
Presented by Political Science Professor Rosalee Clawson and Professor Torstein Reimer, Director of the College of Liberal Arts Research Academy (CLARA), who shared resources for identifying relevant research grants and writing successful applications.
PSRW is back for Spring 2025!
Dr. Sean Grailmard, UC Berkeley
Electoral Competition, Geographical Competition, and the Quality of Governance in Cities
January 17,2025
Dr. Nita Rudra, Professor in the Department of Government, McDonough School of Business, and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, made a special visit to Purdue where she answered questions and shared insights with our graduate students. Professor Rudra is a renowned IR scholar and is the founder and director of the Center for Globalization and Shared Prosperity.
Thank you, Dr. Rudra, we appreciate your kindness and enthusiasm!
American Political Science Association conference presentations by doctoral students working in the Governance and Responsible AI Lab, led by Dr. Kaylyn Jackson Schiff and Dr. Daniel Schiff.
Esteemed guest speaker John Feerick, Fordham School of Law, enjoying luncheon prior to his talk Presidential Succession and Fitness for Office.
PAIR Undergraduate Statehouse Tour, Indianapolis
Dr. Jason Roberts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Interpersonal Relationships and Legislative Collaboration
Dr. Mike Olson, Washington University, St. Louis
Deep South Disfranchisement: State Legislative Politics and Black Disfranchisement in Mississippi and South Carolina in the Late 19th Century
Co-Sponsored by the Purdue Department of History
Dr. Varun Rai, University of Texas at Austin
What Crises Teach Us and What We Learn: Insight for extreme-event resilience from the Texas electricity market since the 2021 blackouts
Co-sponsored by the Purdue University Institute for a Sustainable Future
Dr. Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania
Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud?
Visiting Scholar
2023-24 Ford Fellowship Postoctoral Fellowship award winner Vanessa Cruz Nichols is in residencey in Purdue's political science department as she completes work on her book Catalyzing Political Action.
Proud to Introduce Our Newest PhDs
Dr. Russell Hall
Dr. Jieyeon Kim
Dr. Sharonda Woodford
Congratulations Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings2022 Purdue College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Award