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Latest News

September 16, 2026
Carol Mershon, politics faculty emerita presents at APSA 2026
September 2, 2026
Chloe Lola Browne and Wahinya Njau announced as the newest Graduate Affiliates at the Center for Effective Lawmaking
September 2, 2026
Grad student Joseph Bouchard awarded Marcellus Policy Fellowship
August 27, 2026
Politics student Ghita Chraibi awarded the John L. Nau III Graduate Fellowship
August 24, 2026
Prof. Jen Lawless contributes to Huffington Post article

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Recent Publications

NYT art Herman article

Wait, There Are Two Trump Administrations Right Now?

Herman Mark Schwartz

New York Times (2026)

Cover of Applied Research in Quality of Life

Working 9 to 5: The Global Impact of Jobs on Subjective Well-Being

David Leblang

Applied Research in Quality of Life (2026)

The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine

Iran and What We Have Lost

John M. Owen, IV

The Hedgehog Review (2026)