New International Relations Major in GVPT: Equipping Students to Tackle Global Challenges

$2M Grant Establishes Election Resilience Lab at UMD

GVPT Assistant Professor Shannon Carcelli Publishes New Book: Competing for Foreign Aid

GVPT Assistant Professor Alex Flores Co-Authors National Study on Ethnic Media and Disinformation

Learn about Leonard Fomin, the New Chair of the BSOS Dean’s Student Advisory Council

GVPT Associate Professor Chryl Laird Receives Philip Converse Award at APSA 2025

Sports Arenas Can Be Effective Election Sites, Finds Study Co-led by UMD Researcher

GVPT Professor James Gimpel Quoted in WMAR-2 News on Texas Redistricting Battle

GVPT Alumna Keya Barot ’22 Awarded Prestigious Fulbright to Teach in Turkey

GVPT Professor Jóhanna Birnir Publishes New Study in Nature on Indonesian Election Archive

Michael Spivey Promoted to GVPT Principal Lecturer

GVPT Professor Patrick Wohlfarth Wins C. Herman Pritchett Book Award

GVPT Alum Kainan Gao and Professor Margaret Pearson Publishes New Article on Military Parades and Memory Wars

Critical Issues Poll: Back Ukraine as Long as It Takes, Majority of Americans Say

From Classroom to Careers: GVPT318C

MS in Applied Political Analytics at UMD

GVPT Business Coordinator Terecita Maxey Celebrates 5 Years of Service at UMD

GVPT Faculty Honored at 2025 BSOS Awards Ceremony

GVPT Student Briana Garcia Named University Medal Finalist

Inaugural Capitol Hill Lecture Series Featuring Congressman Glenn Ivey

Five GVPT Students Named 2025 Senior Marshals

CDCE Hosts One of the Region’s Largest Public-Sector Career Fairs

Junior Dhruvak Mirani Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship

UMD Department of Government and Politics Climbs in U.S. News Rankings

GVPT Professor Kathleen Cunningham New Book Explores How Governments Work with Rebels, for a Cause

MAIR Student Zohneseh Fopenawoh Awarded DACOR Bacon House Foundation Grant

GVPT Students to Speak at College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Commencement Ceremonies

GVPT Student Simone Flynn Reflects on Leadership, Mentorship, and a Purpose-Driven Journey

New Critical Issues Poll: Trump's Actions Against Universities and More

GVPT Associate Professor Chryl Laird Featured on Princeton University Press’s Ideas Podcast

GVPT Associate Professor David Karol Featured in WTOP on Trump Administration Budget Cuts

GVPT Professor Michael Hanmer Quoted in The Hill on Trump’s Attacks on Polling

Four GVPT Students Selected for Prestigious Public Service Scholars Program

GVPT Student Elizabeth Mazer Completes Legislative Internship with Maryland Delegate Elizabeth Embry

GVPT Assistant Professor Shannon Carcelli Publishes Op-Ed in The Hill

GVPT Honors Student Matthew Zinno Wins Winston Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Shares Analysis from Middle East Scholar Barometer: Campus Climate for Scholars Worsening

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Highlights Americans Opposition to U.S. Takeover of Gaza

CDCE Research Featured in The Baltimore Banner: New Poll Shows Support for Countywide Voting Centers

GVPT Student Tara Davoodi Places 3rd Nationally in American Moot Court Association Rankings

GVPT Student May Soe Min Awarded 2025 Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship

GVPT Ph.D. Candidate Flávia Batista da Silva Awarded Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

GVPT Faculty Coordinator Megan Miller Elected to University Senate as Exempt Staff Representative

GVPT Alumna’s Daily Work is Helping Solve World Challenges

GVPT Alum Gabriel Silverman Debuts Documentary at SXSW

GVPT Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu Interviewed on Political Betrayal and Dictate in Riyadh

GVPT Professor Janelle Wong Featured in Daily Trojan Article on Asian American Identity and Voting

GVPT Associate Professor David Karol Quoted in Newsweek Discussing Trump and Medicaid Expansion

GVPT Professor Isabella Alcañiz Coauthors Study on Social Identities and Disaster Assistance

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Pays Tribute to President Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

GVPT Professor Janelle Wong Co-Authors New Article on Affirmative Action and Asian Americans

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Analyzes Trump’s Potential Middle East Policy

GVPT Student Matthew Zinno Presents Honors Thesis at SPSA

GVPT Assistant Professor Marcus Johnson Receives a 2025 Independent Scholarship, Research, and Creativity Award (ISRCA)

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Weighs in on the Fall of the Assad Regime in Brookings Article

GVPT Distinguished Professor Margaret M. Pearson Publishes New Article on Chinese Overcapacity and International Trade

GVPT Associate Professor David Karol Featured in The Japan Times

GVPT Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu Discusses the Overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu

GVPT Professor Janelle Wong Analyzes Asian American Voting Trends in Niskanen Center Article

GVPT Professor Shibley Telhami Co-Chairs Report on Antisemitism and Islamophobia

GVPT Associate Professor David Karol Quoted in Roll Call on House Democratic Leadership Dynamics

GVPT Senior Lecturer Michael Spivey Provides Insight on Supreme Court's Gender-Affirming Care Case

GVPT Department Chair Antoine Banks Sadat Book Chat

Meet GVPT’s 2024-2025 Leaders on the BSOS Dean’s Student Advisory Council

GVPT Student May Soe Min Reflects on Transformative Experience at SCUSA

GVPT Student Julianne Barros Reflects on Unique Experience at SCUSA

GVPT Distinguished Professor Margaret M. Pearson Examines US and China Climate Change Dynamics in Brookings Article

GVPT Faculty Assistant Megan Miller Promoted to Faculty Coordinator

GVPT Associate Research Professor Stacy Kosko Recognized for Leadership in Global Education

GVPT Professor Patrick Wohlfarth Sadat Book Chat

GVPT Associate Professor Piotr Swistak Explores the Impact of Organizational Hierarchy on Accountability in APSR Article

GVPT Assistant Professor Breanna Gray Featured on NBC Washington Discussing 2024 Election Dynamics

Highlighting GVPT Professor Michael Hanmer’s Expertise During the 2024 Election Season

GVPT Lecturer Candace Turitto Featured on WUSA9 Discussing the Impact of Negative Political Ads

GVPT Senior Lecturer Michael Spivey Featured on CBS Baltimore Discussing Maryland’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment

GVPT Student May Soe Min Speaks at WHIAANHPI Summit on Youth Mental Health

Highlighting GVPT Professor James Gimpel’s Insights This Election Season

Recognizing GVPT Associate Professor David Karol’s Media Contributions this Election Season

GVPT Associate Professor Chryl Laird Featured on MSNBC, Examining Kamala Harris’ Appeal to Black Male Voters

5 Key Congressional Races to Watch on Election Night: Insights from GVPT Associate Professor Kris Miler

The GVPT 3rd annual Rising Scholars Conference

GVPT Lecturer Candace Turitto Featured on WUSA9 Discussing Modern Polling Challenges

Study Finds Veterans and Military Family Members Improve Election Confidence at the Polls

Latino Vote ‘Up for Grabs,’ Says GVPT Assistant Professor Alex Flores

GVPT Lecturer Candace Turitto Weighs in on Trump, Harris Campaign Ads

Post-UMD Poll: Alsobrooks Holds Her Lead in U.S. Senate Race

GVPT Professor James Gimpel Shares Insights on America’s Rural Electorate in Maryland Today

Ashley Gitau Awarded Dr. Rocky Lopes '80 Endowed Scholarship for Leadership

Meet GVPT New Faculty Members

Post-UMD Poll: Support Shifts From Hogan to Alsobrooks in Key U.S. Senate Race

GVPT Professor Sarah Croco Weighs in on Political Flip-Flopping in NPR Feature

GVPT Professor Kathleen Cunningham Explores the Overlooked Legitimacy of Violent Non-State Actors in New Irregular Warfare Article

GVPT Associate Professor Chryl Laird Featured on CBC News Discussing Kamala Harris' Presidential Image

New Study in PNAS Nexus from GVPT Professor Jóhanna Birnir: Can AI Reliably Accelerate Research?

A Side Effect of COVID Lockdowns: Less Violence in Middle East - Insights from GVPT Professor Jóhanna Birnir's Research in the APSR

Nature Scientific Report by GVPT Professor Ernesto Calvo Result of Four-Country Study

Professor Antoine Banks Appointed as Chair of GVPT

New Research in APSR from GVPT Professor Janelle Wong Examines The Reaction of Political Science to the Murder of George Floyd

GVPT Faculty Awarded in Grand Challenges Program

Faculty and Graduate Students Invited: Fall 2022 Sadat Book Chats

$2.6M in DOD Grants to Fund Studies of Climate Change Impact on Security

Grad Students: 2021 Minerva FOA is Live!

GVPT Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

In Memoriam: Dr. Roger H. Davidson

Op-ed: Blue Federal Leadership Could Spur Red State Backlash

Five with GVPT Ties Contribute to New Book

Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIR) Now Accepting Applications for 2021 - 2022 Academic Year

Latino and ‘MillZ’ Views on Climate Change

UMD Research Shows COVID-19 Risk Reduces Comfort with In-Person Voting, Does Not Increase Comfort with Mail Balloting

COVID-19 Complications Shouldn’t Keep College Students From Casting Ballots, Says GVPT Professor Mike Hanmer

GVPT Professor Stella Rouse Examines Adherence to COVID-19 Preventative Measures Across Racial Groups in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage

GVPT Ph.D. Candidate Nicholas Miras Discusses New Research on Governors and State AGs in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage

GVPT Undergrads Joseph Yinusa ('20) and Laura Phillips-Alvarez ('22) Working on Research Article on China's Economic Influence as Part of BSOS Summer Research Initiative

GVPT Professor Janelle Wong Provides Extensive Commentary in The Hill on Americans' Views About the Use of "Kung Flu" and "China Virus" to Describe COVID-19

Gen Z, Gender, and COVID-19: New Research by GVPT Professor Stella Rouse Examines the Gender Gap in Attitudes About COVID-19 Among Generation Z

GVPT Professor David Karol Joins the 'Congress, Two Beers In' Podcast to Discuss the 2020 Presidential Election and VP Pick

GVPT Professors Lilliana Mason and Antoine Banks Quoted in New York Times Op-Ed

Statement on Diversity

Policing and Racism in America: A Virtual Townhall Panel

Join Us for Virtual Commencement!

GVPT graduate student Alauna Safarpour co-authors article in The Washington Post on Americans' unwillingness to use tech apps to track the spread of COVID-19

Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds broad support for restrictions on businesses and immigration amid COVID-19 outbreak

Professor David Karol joins Vox's The Weeds podcast with Matt Yglesias to discuss the presidential nominating system

Do Americans care about civility in politics? Professor Sarah Croco and GVPT undergraduate Jacob Silverman discuss in the Washington Post.

Can the GOP win Hispanic voters in 2020 with conservative stances on abortion? Probably not, according to professors Stella Rouse and Janelle Wong.

Professor Kathleen Cunningham and Caitlin McCulloch Discuss New Research on Opposition Tactics and Foreign Public Opinion

September 2019 Newsletter now available

May 2019 Newsletter Posted

Professor Calvert Jones Continues String of Public Engagement with Foreign Affairs Article

Professors Stella Rouse and Shibley Telhami Publish News Article on Hispanics' Opinions of Trump

Professor Calvert Jones Publishes Piece on the Dynamic Role of Expert Consultants in Autocratic Countries

Kanisha Bond Co-authors Foreign Policy Piece on the Politics of Women in ISIS

April 2019 Newsletter Availale

March 2019 Newsletter Now Available!

Former GVPT Undergrad Ashley Feng Publishes Article in Foreign Policy

February 2019 Newsletter Now Available!

The New York Times Again Looks to Professor Calvert Jones for Insight!

Moran Stern Interviewed for Sputnik Piece on Hezbollah Tunnels into Israel

December Newsletter is Available

Professors Stella Rouse and Janelle Wong on Perceptions of Abortion among Millenials and Evangelicals

The New York Times cites Professor Calvert Jones

November Newsletter is Available

October 2018 Newsletter is Available!

September 2018 Newsletter is Available

Founder, CEO of OpenGov to serve as 2018 Spring Commencement speaker

The Israeli Palestinian Experiment: New Summer Course from CICDM and IIS

Dr. Rouse Receives ENACT Fellowship

Should Congressional Incumbents be Concerned About the 2018 Midterm Elections? CAPC Analysis

CAPC director Stella Rouse was selected as a new board member for Woman Also Know Stuff

Funding Opportunity: CAPC Seeking Two Research Fellows

Professor Shibley Telhami on American Views of Palestinian Peace Process Via Washington Post's Monkey Cage

May GVPT Newsletter Now Available

UMD Critical Issues Poll: Surge in Republican Unity and a Collapse in Democratic Unity Put Trump over the Top

ABC7 News Interviews Dr. Lilliana Mason´s Class About Presidential Debate

Democracy Then and Now, Upcoming Events

At the DNC with Hilary Nachem (GVPT Alumn ’09)

Anne Frugé Writes About the All Africa Pass (or the Opposite of the Brexit) at WaPo's Monkeycage

Moran Stern Speaking on Turkish-Israeli Relations on June 28th

Congratulations to all Doctoral Students who Recently Won Spring Awards and to Members of the GVPT Community Who Won Grant Funding

Can One Man’s Personality Overcome a Legacy of Violence and Extreme Fragmentation?

Executive Vice President of Monster Worldwide to Speak at GVPT Commencement

GVPT Ph.D Candidate Discusses Turkish-Israeli rapprochement in The Jerusalem Post

Spring Session Begins January 25th

"The Quintessential College Experience, Without The Big Bills"

December GVPT Newsletter Now Available

GVPT Research Initiative Announcement

GVPT Alum Receives Tenure at Middlebury College

GVPT Summer Term Courses Begin on June 1st

The department mourns the loss of Lowell Ensel who passed away Monday.

Public Reason Confucianism: A Construction

The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending

David Karol's article wins the APSA's Jack Walker award

Critical Issues Poll: Public Support for Ukraine Remains Strong Under New Administration

New Tools Help Marylanders Navigate the State Legislature

Washington Post-UMD Poll Shows Strong Support for Gov. Moore and Shifting Priorities for MD Voters

Remembering President Carter's Words at the University of Maryland

Critical Issues Poll Shares Americans’ Early Outlook on the New Administration

Support The Department of Government and Politics

Post-UMD Poll: Most Americans are Unsupportive of Key Trump Proposals

GVPT Department Chair Antoine Banks New Book Examines The Inequality of Anger in Politics

GVPT Political Scientists Hash Out Meanings, Misconceptions of Election

Celebrating 30 Years of the Jean Elizabeth Spencer Award

Professor Jóhanna Birnir Named The Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy

$2.5M Grant Funds CIDCM Study on How Armed Conflicts—Present and Future—Are Likely to End

Maryland First Lady and GVPT Alumna Dawn Moore Shares Priorities, Passions in Conversation at UMD

Amber Colquhoun Offered National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Poised for Political Engagement: 64% of Maryland 18-Year-Olds Are Registered to Vote

Dr. Margaret M. Pearson Named a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

UMD Critical Issues Poll: Public Support for Ukraine Jumps

GVPT/COMM Alumna Part of Pulitzer Prize Winning Team at Washington Post

Maryland Democracy Initiative Receives Two $100,000 Gifts

Dr. Janelle Wong Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Election Officials Meet at UMD to Discuss Election Integrity

UMD-Washington Post Poll shows athletes’ advocacy for voting rights garners broad support

New Feller Research Professor, Dr. Stacy Kosko

In Memorium - Professor Emeritus George H. Quester

Special Sadat Book Chat in Collaboration with CIDCM and MAIR

Apply Now for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management for Fall 2023!

GVPT Faculty Awarded in Grand Challenges Program

The Sadat Forum: A Conversation with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen on The Impact of the Election on Domestic and Foreign Policy

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Don Piper

BSOS Faculty Members Recognized as Top Scientists in National, International Rankings

Virginia Haufler Named as Fulbright-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow

GVPT Professor Quoted, Research Highlighted in Newsweek Cover Story

GVPT Students Participate in Big 10 Policy Simulation

GVPT Team Finds Female Candidates Increase Voter Turnout—Under Certain Circumstances

GVPT Professor Isabella Alcañiz appointed new director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Watch Video: BSOS Perspectives on Race and Politics

GVPT Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

In Memoriam: Dr. Roger H. Davidson

Upcoming Event: Lussier Workshop for Research on International Conflict (3/26)

Upcoming Event: Biden and the Iran Nuclear Deal: Options and Consequences (3/25)

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Martin Otto Heisler

GVPT Professor Antoine Banks Wins Best Article in Political Behavior Award

The Power of the Postcard in Rocking the Vote

GVPT Professor Mike Hanmer Named New CDCE Research Director

Professor Sarah Croco Named as Kekst Fellow

Applying #MeToo to Political Science

Prof. Tismaneanu's Co-authored Book, Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century Now Out!

David Karol's book Red, Green, and Blue: The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues Now Available

Ernesto Calvo and Maria Murillo's Non-Policy Politics Now Out

Kris Miler's Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty Wins Prestigious Award

Upcoming Race and Ethnic Politics Conference

The Sadat Forum: Immigrant Stories

Apply for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management for Fall 2019!

Prof. Stacy Kosko Adds Book and Human Development and Capability Fellowship to List of Accomplishments

Millenials and Republican Immigration Policy At Odds? Professor Stella Rouse Writes Monkey Cage Article

Stella Rouse Selected as 2018-2019 PRRI Public Fellow

Professors Scott Kastner and Margaret Pearson Weigh-in on Trump Administration's Approach to China

Conference - The Future of Humanity: The Challenge of Global Peace and Security

Dr. Johanna Birnir Explains Insurgent Violence in the Context of Elections

The Politics of Millennials by Dr. Stella Rouse Now Available

The Sadat Forum A Conversation with America’s Top Diplomat for the Middle East

Dr. Marcus Johnson Interviewed in UMD's PostDoc Profile Series

Professor Shibley Telhami on Trump Administration's Decision to Move Embassy to Jerusalem, Via Brookings

"Starkly Pessimistic View of the U.S. Political System Under President Trump", Findings from CAPC/Washington Post Survey