News & Events

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  UH Professor on the 118th Congress

  Associate Professor Jason Casellas took part in an APSA webinar, "Making Sense of the 118th Congress: What's Happened and What to Expect." Watch the video HERE, which is part of APSA's new Educate series of videos.
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  Professors Awarded $95,000 Grant

  Associate Professors Jennifer Clark and Boris Shor were awarded a $95,000 grant from the Energy Transition Institute at UH. The project will study the politics of renewable energy policies at the state level to understand what the political conditions are to enable the innovation, introduction, and spread of carbon mitigation policies. The grant will fund original surveys and graduate student Research Assistants.
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  Professor Casellas Helps ABC News on Election Night

  Professor Jason Casellas joined the ABC News "Decision Desk" to analyze 2022 midterm election returns. Casellas is fourth from the left in the picture above.
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  Professor Scott Clifford Named Editor of JEPS

  Associate Professor Scott Clifford was named co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS). JEPS publishes cutting-edge work using experimental methodology to investigate political phenomena. Clifford and his team were selected out of other university teams around the world.
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  PhD Student Burak Giray Receives Prestigious Fellowship

  PhD Student Burak Giray has received a DAAD PRIME Postdoctoral Fellowship that will fund him for 18 months to do research in Germany and Sweden. Giray was one of 22 fellows selected from 231 applicants for this prestigious grant. He will be working on a project that will create an original dataset on the effect of public services that international peacekeepers provide to countries in conflict.
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  Graduate Students Taking Part in Selective Institute

  PhD students Naomi Nubin and Samantha Chapa were recently selected for a highly competitive summer fellowship through the American Political Science Association's Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER). Nubin's research focuses on welfare policy in the US, and she plans to use this fellowship to promote accessibility and to bridge the gap between research and advocacy. Chapa's research interests include race, ethnicity, immigration, and politics. Through this opportunity, she hopes to create research that improves the lives of diverse groups, such as migrants.

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  Professors Simas and Badas Win Best Article Award

  Associate Professor Elizabeth Simas and Assistant Professor Alex Badas have been awarded Best Law and Courts Journal Article for their joint publication, "The Supreme Court as an Electoral Issue: Evidence from Three Studies," which appeared in "Political Science Research and Methods (2021): 1-19."

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  Professor Kistner Wins Best Dissertation Award

  Assistant Professor Michael Kistner has been awarded the Christopher Z. Mooney Best Dissertation Prize for his dissertation, "Fundraising for the Caucus: Money, Party Politics, and Policymaking in American Legislatures," in the category of best PhD dissertation in American state politics and policy in 2021.

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  POLS Professors Win Major UH Awards

  Ryan Kennedy has received the Excellence in Scholarship and Research Award at the level of Associate Professor at the University of Houston. Associate Dean and Professor Susan Scarrow has been awarded the CLASS Distinguished Faculty Award. Associate Professor Elizabeth Simas won the CLASS Ross Lence Teaching Excellence Award.