Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Professor Peverill Squire's most recent book, The Rise of the Representative: Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America, is now out from University of Michigan Press.

Read an interview with Squire about his latest project.

Three MU Political Science graduate students attended the prestigious Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan this summer.

Lael Keiser, professor of public policy and administration, has been appointed director of the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs.

In July Dr. Sheena Greitens testified to Congress on the terrorism threat from ISIS-affiliated groups in the Philippines and how the US can design security cooperation with the Philippines to counter these threats.

New book from Andrea Benjamin and Cambridge Press, Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections, examines racial and ethnic coalition building in local elections and considers Black and Latino political incorporation more broadly.

In April, the department held our annual awards reception, honoring our undergraduate and graduate student scholarship winners.

Undergraduate Scholarship Winners

William L. Bradshaw Scholarship
Steven Chaffin

Jeffrey D. Byrne Scholarship
Morgan Corder
Brooks Green

J.G. Heinberg Scholarship
Tricia Swartz
Dylan Cain

Michael A. Kinney Scholarship
Taylor Cofield

Bill Horner, Teaching Professor of Political Science, and Heather Carver, Professor and Chair of the MU Theatre Department, evaluate the impact of comedy on the 1976 election in their new book, Saturday Night Live and the 1976 Presidential Election, from McFarland Press.

Congratulations to Department of Political Science members who were recently recognized with campus-wide awards.