Faculty News

Faculty in the Media As you might imagine, our Political Science faculty get called upon frequently to contribute their expertise to local and national media outlets.  Did you catch these? Sara Benesh Kathleen Dolan Kennan Ferguson Shale Horowitz Joel Rast …

Graduate Student News

Graduate Student Research Our PhD students traveled to academic conferences this year. Pictured to the left is Ahmet Ergurum and friends after their panel at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting where Ahmet presented his research using computational text analysis …

Alumni Updates

Alumni Experiences Jaclyn Jecha (’24, MA Political Science) attended the 2025 Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers at Georgetown University Law Center this summer. She shared her recollections of the program in this testimonial: This summer, I had the privilege …

Undergraduate Student News

Undergraduate Student Research  Epsilon Xi Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society  Members of our chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha also traveled to a national conference to present research this year! Three students – Ellyn Blakeman, Miso …

From the Chair

Another chair letter, another farewell!    First, we bid farewell to our long-time colleague, Distinguished Professor Kathy Dolan, who retired in June after an impactful career. Farewell, and a hearty congratulations! Professor Dolan served nearly 25 years at UWM and had …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.