Announcements

For more than seven weeks, Turkey has grappled with the aftermath of a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Join Saladin Ambar in a conversation with Rutgers University Lecturer Selin Bengi Gümrükçü about the lasting effects of the catastrophic earthquakes in February and how the upcoming elections will shape the country's rebuilding efforts.   Listen to the full interview here.

SBS Dean's Distinguished Lectureship Talk: The Far Right by Cas Mudde Cas Mudde, one of the foremost experts on right wing politics and populism in the world, is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia as well as an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo. He is the author, among others, of “The Far Right Today” (Polity, 2019) and (with Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser) Today” (Polity, 2019) and (with Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser) “Populism: A Very Short Introduction” (Oxford University Press, 2017). He is currently working on two new research projects, one on soccer and politics and one on the transformation of European politics (with Tarik Abou-Chadi). Event information is below: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 5 pmCook Student Center, Room 202 BC59 Biel RoadRutgers University - New Brunswick The far right is stronger today than ever before in...

Professor Yalidy Matos new book, presents a novel understanding of how whiteness structures immigration attitudes and policy preferences as well as advances a new theoretical framework to understand white public opinion and behavior about immigration. It examines the factors that move white Americans to express more progressive views on immigration and theorizes at the intersection of whiteness and immigration through a race, ethnicity, and politics (REP) lens, which seriously investigates and engages with questions of power vis-à-vis race and ethnic relations.  

Prof. Shana Gadarian will be visiting Rutgers University New Brunswick this Spring Professor Shana Gadarian will be giving our 2023 Dean's Distinguished Lectureship Talk on "Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID". Abstract COVID-19 has killed more people than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the scale and grim human toll of the pandemic were not inevitable.  Health is not an inherently polarizing issue, but the Trump administration’s partisan response to COVID-19 led ordinary citizens to prioritize what was good for their “team” rather than what was good for their country. Democrats, in turn, viewed the crisis as evidence of Trump’s indifference to public well-being. At a time when solidarity and bipartisan unity were sorely needed, Americans came to see the pandemic in partisan terms, adopting behaviors and attitudes that continue to divide us today. This book draws on a wealth of new data on public opinion to show how pandemic...

Professor Saladin Ambar's 2022 book, Stars and  Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama (Oxford University Press) has won the PROSE award from the Association of American Publishers for the best book in government and politics: https://publishers.org/news/association-of-american-publishers-announces-finalists-and-category-winners-for-2023-prose-awards/

Associate Professor of Professional Practice Ava Majlesi is not content to just do her job well. In fact, it may be hard to pin down what exactly that “job” is, because she is so adept at coordinating and leading multiple projects for Rutgers. From development to management to directing to implementation, she has proved her worth. But the contribution that most stands out in its impact on undergraduate education at Rutgers is her role in the creation and growth of the undergraduate minor in Critical Intelligence Studies. The minor was developed via support from a federal grant secured in 2015, naming Rutgers as one of nine national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence. Professor Majlesi subsequently secured three additional federal grants to expand the Center for Critical Intelligence Studies and the minor into new research and teaching areas. Read more here

We are excited to share our first ever annual report with you! Read it to learn more about the research, teaching and other exciting developments in the department in 2022. Please see the last page about supporting the department and consider us for a tax-deductible donation in your year-end giving.   Click for an Interactive Report Click for a PDF of the Annual report    

Rutgers Office for Research is pleased to announce the promotion of Marika Dunn, PhD to Executive Director of Research Development within the Office for Research. “This promotion reflects the Office for Research’s commitment to supporting all Rutgers faculty as they pursue their research, scholarship, and creative endeavors,” said Michael E. Zwick, PhD, Senior Vice President for Research. “Dunn’s leadership and experience make her the ideal person to realize this expanded vision of faculty support.”  During the past two years, while reporting to both Zwick and Prabhas Moghe, PhD, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dunn has been immersed and engaged with peers and researchers at every stage of the research lifecycle to learn more about their needs and to support them in achieving their research aspirations. “I have had the fortune of collaborating with researchers across all fields to develop their research ideas, from the arts to humanities, biology to medicine, engineering...

Europe’s Autocracy Trap with R.Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Law, and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rutgers https://alumni.rutgers.edu/get-involved/events/scarlet-speakers-from-the-heart-of-new-brunswick-with-r-daniel-kelemen/

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rutgers University scholar Mona Lena Krook has won the 2022 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for exploring the nature of violence against women in politics and suggesting ways to prevent it.

Ross Baker, Chancellors Award for Excellent in Teaching. This award honors a faculty member whos teaching contributions resulted in an extraordinary impact on the institution , students, experiences, and public engagement. (2021)

Mona Krook, Chancellors Award for Global Impact. The award honors a faculty member whos research, teaching, or service has catalyzed global partnerships or generated global impacts and exceptional public engagement. (2021)

Mona Krook, is the recipient of the 2021 APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement, an award given to honor significant civic or community engagement by a political scientist that goes beyond research to have an impact outside of the profession. (2021)

Eric Davis delivered a presentation, "Kleptocracy, Militias and the October Revolution: the Iraqi State Between Sectarianism and Democracy," to the joint Middle East Seminar of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University." (September 9, 2021)

Mike Aronoff, in honor of his 80th birthday, a video was created of the symposium on Continuity and Change in Political Culture: Israel and Beyond. The video can be seen here:  (2021)          

Elena Gambino was the co-winner of the Leo Strauss Award, which is presented annually by the American Political Science Association to honor the best doctoral dissertation in political philosophy. (Sept 2020) Elena Gambino is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She works at the intersections of feminist, queer, and critical race theories, focusing in particular on how everyday political actors have developed and deployed these traditions to build coalitions, how they seek to contest and repair the inequalities that underpin modern political communities, and how they imagine radical futures premised on racial and sexual accountability. At Rutgers, Elena teaches courses in the Women and Politics subfield, where she brings together ideas at the intersection of political theory, feminist theory, and histories of sexuality. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2019 and was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics at...