Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Three University of Missouri Political Science PhD candidates, Donatien Adou, Elizabeth Dorrsom, and Yu Bin Kim, were selected to attend The Institute for Qualitative and MultiMethod Research (IQMR) through Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University on fellowship. 

Each year 15 individuals are selected to receive a fellowship to attend the conference. These fellowships receive an average of 13 applications per available spot. 

Chastity is a first-year graduate student in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs. Before beginning at the Truman school, Chastity served as an Americorps VISTA member for a local nonprofit organization, Rural Action, during the summer of 2020 after earning her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Ohio University.

Truman School Associate Professor Dr. Mary Stegmaier will be observing elections in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan through the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).  Kyrgyzstan is holding early Presidential elections on January 10, 2021, as a result of a revolution in October.  Dr. Stegmaier has previously observed elections in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, and Albania. 

The Institute of Public Policy's Emily Johnson and Rachel Dicke joined Wendy Doyle, President and CEO of United WE (formerly Women's Foundation), and Celeste Cramer, System Director of Recruitment & Retention of CoxHealth for a virtual press conference unveiling new research on Thursday, November 12th, updating the public on the Status of Women in Missouri. United WE first commissioned the University of Missouri's Institute of Public Policy to determine areas of concern and policy solutions for Missouri's women in 2015 for a baseline study.

University of Missouri and the Department of Political Science mourns the loss of emeritus professor, Dr. Robin Remington. Dr. Remington was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Indiana.

With recently awarded grant funding, Dr. Irma Arteaga continues her studies of early childhood education with her study entitled Policy Influences on Early Care and Education.

Political Science Academic Advisor, Rebecca Fallon, has been named the winner of the Missouri Academic Advising Association Outstanding Academic Advising Award for Primary Role. She will be honored at this year's virtual conference on September 18th. In addition to being honored during the presentation, she will receive a free one-year membership to MACADA.