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Political Science
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Recent News
Nancy Burns received a Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award!
The Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards honor senior faculty who have consistently demonstrated outstanding achievements in scholarly research or creative endeavors, teaching and mentoring of students and junior colleagues, service, and other tasks.
CPS Blog: Unexpected Margins - Analysis of the 2025 Elections
Interview with Tyler Simko, elections analyst on the CBS News team.
Learn the skills, Serve communities, Change the world.
"Within the University of Michigan Department of Political Science, you can build an astonishing and versatile and long-lasting skillset here. One that will scaffold whatever you do next, and whatever you do after that, and after that. One that gives you the tools to transform the world."
- Former Chair, Nancy Burns
Events
Featured
Feb
11
Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series
4:00 PM
Rogel Ballroom | Second Floor
Michigan Union
Upcoming
Feb
13
Multi
American Institutions Group
12:00 PM
Pre-Function Room 5769
Haven Hall
Feb
13
Multi
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences
1:30 PM
Pre-Function Room 5769
Haven Hall
Feb
13
Multi
Political Theory Workshop
2:00 PM
Walker, Room 5664
Haven Hall
Feb
13
The Elasticity of Empire: Palestine, War, and the Point of the List
Lisa Bhungalia, Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies at UW-Madison
3:30 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Feb
24
Multi
Political Economy Workshop
1:00 PM
Eldersveld, Room 5670
Haven Hall
Feb
26
DISCO Network Presents - Content Creation and the End of Social Media
Crystal Abidin, Brooke Erin Duffy, and Kelechi Okafor in conversation with Catherine Knight Steele
4:00 PM
Off Campus Location
