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Political Science
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Recent News
Maria Lovetere received the 2026 Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award!
The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards recognize the efforts and accomplishments of GSIs who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and excellence as teachers.
Benjamin Goehring received the 2025 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award!
This award is given in recognition of the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan who completed their dissertations in 2025.
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
Apr
16
Professors Jie (Jackie) Li, Ralf J. Spatzier, and Nicholas A. Valentino, Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Upcoming
Mar
26
Discussing the 2026 Peruvian Presidential Election
10:00 AM
Room 340
West Hall
Mar
27
Multi
American Institutions Group
12:00 PM
Pre-Function Room 5769
Haven Hall
Mar
27
Multi
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences
1:30 PM
Pre-Function Room 5769
Haven Hall
Apr
09
The Miller-Converse Lecture: States of Distrust: Science and Politics in America
James Druckman, The University of Rochester
4:00 PM
1430
Institute For Social Research
Apr
09
Multi
Political Economy Workshop
4:00 PM
Room 201
Lorch Hall
Apr
10
Multi
Political Theory Workshop
2:00 PM
Walker, Room 5664
Haven Hall
