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Who We Are:
• 578 Undergraduates
• 7 Honors Students
• 7 BA/MA Students
• 30 PhD Candidates
• 23 Faculty
• 5 Visiting Faculty
• 4 Administrative Staff
What We Do:
We’re proud of our cutting-edge research, some in these areas:
• Latin American electoral politics
• Economics of national security
• Capitalism, race, and urban politics
• Literature and culture in political history
• Classism and the politics of oppression
• Gender, queerness, and their effects on war
Our students and faculty have been published in these places:
• Journal of Political Science
• Journal of Translational Behavioral Science
• Urban Affairs Review
• Journal of Contemporary China
• Diplomacy & Statecraft
• Newsweek
• Mother Jones
Did You Know?
• We have a course specifically on the politics and policies of the HBO show The Wire!
• Our students and faculty have had their works translated into different languages around the world, including Greek and Korean!
• A former professor left behind over 900 books of his own collection to the department!