Political science associate professor Sara Benesh studies legitimacy of the Supreme Court, but just where does that legitimacy come from? Her theory is that it’s born in society’s media, movies, and books, so her new class, Law Through Popular Culture, has everything from “My Cousin Vinny” to “Perry Mason” on the syllabus.… Continue Reading »

Exciting news for the Department of Political Science — our own Professor Kathy Dolan will begin editing one of the top two peer-reviewed journals in Political Science this summer.  Read all about it here: https://uwm.edu/news/dolan-appointed-co-editor-of-the-american-journal-of-political-science/.  Congratulations!  We are PROUD!… Continue Reading »