Political Science Spotlight

Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes recently published a working paper titled, " Russian Norm Entrepreneurship in Crimea: Serious Contestation or Cheap Talk " with the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. In it, the authors explore how powerful autocratic regimes such as Russia and China have...

Assistant Professor of Political Science Betcy Jose was awarded the 2018 Brodie Prize by the journal of Contemporary Security Policy . The Journal editors award the Bernard Brodie Prize annually to the author(s) of the most outstanding article published in the journal the previous year. Jose won for her article,...

Political Science Assistant Professor Betcy Jose recently published her latest article - titled, " Not completely the new normal: How Human Rights Watch tried to suppress the targeted killing norm ," in Contemporary Security Policy's special August issue on Targeted Killing and International Order. In it, Jose examines the shifting...

In The Modern Legislative Veto , published in July by the University of Michigan Press, Michael J. Berry , Associate Professor of Political Science, uses a multimethod research design, incorporating quantitative and qualitative analyses, to examine the ways that Congress has used the legislative veto over the past 80 years...

On August 7, at 3:00am, Eliza Cummings , regular presenter and panelist in Political Science First-Year Honors and Leadership courses, became the eighth swimmer since 1968 to complete the 20-mile Plymouth to Provincetown open-water marathon swim across Cape Cod Bay. She finished in 9 hours and 37 minutes, beating the 2014 record of 9:43.

Tony Robinson, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, says Benghazi is an issue that will likely be brought up again. “It won’t be the final word on it,” Robinson said. “The Republicans will raise the issue throughout the debate and so will Trump. He will remind voters at...

The CU Denver Association of Lecturers and Instructors (UCDALI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the University of Colorado Denver CLAS Non-Tenure Track Faculty Professional Development grants for spring 2017, selected from a pool of impressive candidates. Masoud Asidi-Zeybadadi and Richard Geyer , Department of Physics, will continue work...

Christoph Stefes , Associate Professor of Political Science, collaborated on two recently released books: Germany's Energy Transition: A Comparative Perspective , and Fighting Environmental Crime in Europe and Beyond: The Role of the EU and Its Member States .

Jim Walsh , Clinical Assistant Professor in Political Science, was awarded the 2016 Engaged Scholarship Award by the Campus Compact of the Mountain West. The Engaged Scholarship Award, "recognizes a faculty member at a CCMW member institution whose scholarships illustrates clear goals for academic and community change, adequate preparation in...