Scientific theory has had a rough time in America’s public schools. The approach is not limited to evolution. Legislatures across the country are proposing or passing laws that purport to encourage ...

The Department of Political Science and International Relations currently offers a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) degree, which consists of coursework during the first six semesters followed by ...

Perhaps nowhere is this more clear than when it comes to conspiracy theories: Many people believe that you can’t talk conspiracists out of their beliefs. But that’s not necessarily true. It turns out ...

This week, thousands of social scientists are meeting in Los Angeles for the 119th annual American Political Science Association meeting. I’ve attended nearly every APSA since 1984, a third of its ...

A graduate of the Van Andel Graduate School for Statesmanship received a major award for his dissertation on global justice theory last month. The American Political Science Association presented ...

It’s been 15 years since a particular concept of behavioral science went mainstream. “Nudge theory,” the notion that our behavior can be successfully influenced through “soft” interventions, has ...

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Joanne M. Miller, Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 2000) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science & International Relations and in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the ...

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Political science major Odessa Runyan photographed in front of the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in downtown Sacramento. Runyan had an internship with Kamala Harris. (Karin Higgins/UC ...