Bucknell Political Science

Congratulations to Prof. Christina Xydias (@CVXydias) on the publication of her book on gender & ethnicity in German politics with @TempleUnivPress!! Check it out here--> tupress.temple.edu/books/beyond-l…

Save the date for our annual National Security Forum Lecture--April 23. Retired CIA senior officer David P. Hunt will speak on "Ukraine: Putin's Goals There, Beyond, and Why."

Read about how Sarah Downey '25 forges connections across her work in Italian Studies and in political science (and why political theory and research methods have been important to her!). bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/…

Professor Zhiqun Zhu, political science & international relations, advocates for the revival of Fulbright exchanges in China and encourages students to study there. 🔶🔷 Read his insights in this @insidehighered piece ➡️ bit.ly/3wKhrh2.

Join Prof. Doces this Wednesday (Nov. 8) for a presentation on his experimental research on language, perception, and political opinion. Presented by the Center for Social Science Research.

How India Votes @CPR_India the August 2023 line-up includes conversations on welfare, urban-rural divide, ground narratives with @RahulMukherji64 @AiyarYamini @ProfVarshney Partha M. @sharmasupriya @sajjanjnu @soundarya_c YouTube link of our series: bit.ly/3OEfc5G

A political science and theater double-major? More common than you might think! Check out this profile of Reid Fournier '24, who is pursuing and connecting his interests in both majors. bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/…

📣We are hiring! . . . Tenure-track American politics with a focus on race and ethnic politics. Application review starts Sept. 23--more info here: jobs.bucknell.edu/en-us/job/4974…

Political science grad Rylee Donaldson '23 from @Bucknell_WSOC speaks on the importance of Title IX at its 50th anniversary: twitter.com/NCAA/status/16…

Jerra graduates with political science and critical black studies majors, and she's also received this year's President's Diversity and Inclusion award from Bucknell and membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha, among other senior awards!

Congrats to Jerra Holdip '23, who earned our department's Longley Prize, which honors the graduating major who best exemplifies both high achievement and a commitment to service.

Some new research from political science professors was on display today at the Faculty Scholarship Reception--featuring publications by @zhiqun_zhu, @CVXydias, @profmeinke, and @soundarya_c. Thanks to @BucknellLIT for this great event!

Tonight’s #Bucknell Forum speaker Barbara F. Walter ‘86 is revisiting college life this afternoon in Professor Luke Wood’s Conflict & Security in Europe class.

Along with the usual Pi Sigma Alpha swag, this year's new members received a book--Holbein and Hillygus' Making Young Voters--so they won't be without political science to think about after commencement!

We were excited to welcome a large group from the @BucknellU class of '23 to membership in @PSANational this week and celebrate their accomplishments!

Check out this new publication by @CVXydias in @PoliticsGenderJ--Prof. Xydias provides a new perspective on the role of shared experience in understanding political representation. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Axelrod and Kasich spoke about current political divisions in America and shared their views on the 2024 election, and demonstrated how leaders with two very different perspectives can disagree as well as find some common ground. 2/2

The Bucknell Forum recently brought Democratic strategist David Axelrod and former GOP Governor John Kasich to campus, and some POLS students and faculty (and other Bucknellians) had a chance to hear from them in a seminar conversation. 1/2

Tonight at 7 --> Our annual National Security Forum event, featuring Juliette Kayyem speaking on National Security in an Age of Borderless Threats. Kayyem is a security expert at the Harvard Kennedy School, and former assistant secretary of DHS, among other leadership roles.

Join us February 23rd at 11:30am for a pizza and policy event on transnational feminism and reproductive justice!