News
2019
Mateo Mateo says one of the most important lessons he learned at Mizzou during his freshman year is to pay attention in class. The Immokalee, Florida, native was sitting in one of Teaching Professor Bill Horner’s political science classes last spring when he heard Horner mention that applications were being accepted for the Betty Ann McCaskill Memorial Scholarship, which provides financial support to undergraduates studying political science who participate in internship programs in Washington, D.C....
Graduate Award Recipients
In May, the department held our annual awards reception, honoring our undergraduate and graduate student scholarship winners.
Undergraduate Scholarship Winners
William L. Bradshaw Scholarship
Riley Messer
Jeffrey D. Byrne Scholarship
Mary Claire Schallenberg
J.G. Heinberg Scholarship
Sarah Cox
Rachel Hehr
Andrew Huber
Kalleberg Family Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Sales
Edward Goldring, doctoral candidate in Political Science, has been awarded a 2019-20 US-Asia Grand Strategy Fellowship at the University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute.
Goldring will be studying under David Kang, working on his dissertation on the causes of elite purges in dictatorships, which includes an individual-level analysis of elite purges in North Korea under Kim Jong Un.
Michael Smith, Jake Haselswerdt, Nicole Foster Shoaf, Moises Arce, Kevin Anderson, Nisha Bellinger, Marvin Overby, Fares Akremi
An alumni reception was held at MPSA in April for alumni, faculty, and graduate students.
Congratulations to College of Arts and Science Senior Associate Dean Cooper Drury, recognized as the Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) Distinguished Scholar of 2019 by the International Studies Association (ISA).
Congratulations to Marvin Overby, the recipient of the 2019 Gold Chalk Award presented by the Graduate Professional Council.
The Gold Chalk Award recognizes MU faculty who have made significant contributions to the education and training of graduate and professional students.
Jacey Schank (BA, '19) is the recipient of the Mizzou ’39 award. The Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board awards 39 outstanding seniors each year based on their academic achievement, leadership and service to Mizzou and the community.
A special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law focusing on Health and Political Participation is now published online ahead of print: https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advance-publication.
The Administrative Conference of the United States recently released Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies (Second Edition) by Jennifer L. Selin and David E. Lewis, available for download from their website.
Join the Capitol Visitor Center and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society for a discussion with Marvin Overby to explore the rise of voluntary departures over time to eclipse electoral defeats as the primary source of Senate turnover.