{"id":7459,"date":"2023-03-08T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:23:36","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/retirement-of-professor-kristin-trenholm\/\">Retirement of Professor Kristin Trenholm<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-26T10:32:43-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 26, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Cheers to Professor Kristin Trenholm on her retirement from @uwmilwaukee ! &nbsp; Kristin has been a huge asset to our department and we were so happy to celebrate with her last week. (She received so many flowers (see the picture!) and well-wishes!) She\u2019s made a deep impact on our students, nominated several times for teaching &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/panther-shout-out-for-kristin-trenholm-horowitz\/\">Panther Shout Out for Kristin Trenholm Horowitz<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-08T14:18:00-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 8, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Take a look at what one of our students says about Professor Kristin Trenholm Horowitz. Big congrats, Kristin!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/2026-uwm-student-excellence-award-goes-to-ellyn-blakeman\/\">2026 UWM Student Excellence Award goes to Ellyn Blakeman!!!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T08:46:29-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 29, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Ellyn Blakeman, the Pi Sigma Alpha, Chapter Epsilon Xi President, has been awarded the 2026 UWM Student Excellence Award for the Outstanding Student Organization Leader of the Year! Congratulations, Ellyn!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/come-teach-with-us\/\">Come teach with us!<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-21T10:57:16-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 21, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for a full-time teaching faculty position. This is a 9-month instructional academic staff position with the possibility of additional paid teaching opportunities over the summer. The position will be on a yearly renewable contract, and its salary range is $30,355 \u2013 $46,555 &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/2026-political-science-scholarship-recipients\/\">2026 Political Science Scholarship Recipients<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-21T10:55:05-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 21, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Political Science department is happy to announce the scholarship recipients. All the applications are very impressive, but they are exceptionally outstanding. Keep up the good work! The Michael C. LeMay Scholarship Michael Gavin: Ph.D. student with a focus on courts and judicial politics Cassidy Geyer: Undergraduate student majoring in Political Science and an active &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/faculty-news\/\">Faculty News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T14:35:59-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 19, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">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.&nbsp; Did you catch these? Sara Benesh Just how impartial are State Supreme Court justices? Associate professor&nbsp;Sara Benesh&nbsp;gave her take in the&nbsp;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.&nbsp;As the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/graduate-student-news\/\">Graduate Student News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-11T15:24:25-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Graduate Student Research Our PhD students traveled to academic conferences this year.&nbsp;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 to consider the salience of emerging tech (AI, drones, semiconductors) on the United Nations Security &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/alumni-updates\/\">Alumni Updates<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-11T14:37:15-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Alumni Experiences Jaclyn Jecha (&#039;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: Political science alum Jaclyn Jecha attended the 2025 Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers at Georgetown University Law Center. This summer, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/undergraduate-student-news\/\">Undergraduate Student News<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-11T11:20:25-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Undergraduate Student Research&nbsp; Epsilon Xi Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society&nbsp; Members of our chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha also traveled to a national conference to present research this year! Three students \u2013 Ellyn Blakeman, Miso Choi, and Josephine Joanis \u2013 spent three days in Washington, D.C. at the Pi Sigma &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/from-the-chair\/\">From the Chair<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-11T11:09:08-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">December 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Another chair letter, another farewell!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 just completed her second term as University Committee Chair. She had also just finished her &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/political-science-awards-four-scholarships\/\">Political Science Awards Four Scholarships<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-05-15T09:46:48-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 15, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Department of Political Science is pleased to award four scholarships to our Political Science students, thanks to the generosity of our alumnus, Michael C. LeMay and the friends and family of Wilder Crane. Our 2025 recipients of the Michael C. LeMay Political Science Scholarship are Jakobe Godbolt and Shpresa Ameti, two impressive Political Science &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/political-science\/welcome-to-spring-2025\/\">Welcome to Spring 2025!<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-27T14:49:20-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">January 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Political Science is happy to welcome you back to campus for Spring 2025!\u00a0 We are especially excited to have one of our own alums, Professor Wendy Martinek (MA, &#039;95), here visiting this semester while she&#039;s on sabbatical from Binghamton University where she is Professor of Political Science. 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