Department of Political Science

 A new $250,000 fellowship at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has been named for labor leader Frank Jenkins

Interview featuring Christopher Parker, UW professor in the department of political science.

Op-ed from UW political scientist Scoot Lemieux

Four Huskies, all who studied in the Collage of Arts & Sciences, presented the rawness of struggle and survival at the UWAA Short Talks on Art.

Victor Menaldo, associate professor with UW's Department of Political Science, explains how backslides to authoritarianism reside in democratic constitutions themselves.

Scott Lemieux, of the UW Department of Political Science weighs in on felony-murder laws.

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

John Wilkerson of the UW Department of Political Science weighs in on this important topic

Civil rights attorney David Owens (2004) represents victims of police misconduct and wrongful conviction. 

Shutdowns are all about “branding” for members, write political scientists Andreu Casas and John Wilkerson, who closely studied the 2013 government shutdown.

A recent opinion piece from Christopher Parker of the UW Department of Political Science on 2018 elections.

UW political scientists Mark Smith is quoted

Former chair of the UW Department of Political Science takes on new role.

LA Times op-ed on the fate of the Affordable Care Act authored by Scott Lemieux, lecturer in political science at the UW.