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Tag: Political Science

  • Alumna Bailey Koepsel focuses on the future of Door County’s History

    Alumna Bailey Koepsel focuses on the future of Door County’s History

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay alumna works to sustain the peninsula’s past and its future Bailey Koepsel ’15 (Public Administration) is in a position many of her millennial peers will find familiar, yet her challenge is unique: How does she keep alive the history of generations that came before, even as she strives to set a course that…

  • Prof. Alise Coen on WPR at 4 p.m., tonight (Sept. 22)

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Alise Coen will be featured on Wisconsin Public Radio at 4 p.m. this evening, Sept. 22, 2021, to discuss the latest immigration news. “We bring you up to date on the latest immigration news, including President Biden raising the refugee admissions cap, the deportation of Haitians from the U.S., Afghan refugees…

  • Faculty note: Prof. Helpap publication

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. David Helpap (Dept. of Public and Environmental Affairs; Political Science) recently had the article, “Providing Public Goods in Rural America: The Role of the Professional Public Administrator” accepted for publication in Public Administration Quarterly. Using data from rural governments in Wisconsin, the article examines public expenditures on nine specific services (e.g., fire…

  • Prof. Weinschenk publishes new article

    Prof. Weinschenk publishes new article

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Rosenberg Professor and chair of Political Science) recently had a peer-reviewed article accepted for publication at the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. The article is called “The Relationship Between Education and Political Knowledge: Evidence from Discordant Danish Twins” and is co-authored with Chris Dawes (New York University), Stig…

  • Faculty note: Prof. Weinschenk serves on dissertation committee at University of Montreal

    Faculty note: Prof. Weinschenk serves on dissertation committee at University of Montreal

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science) recently served on a dissertation committee for Fernando Fietosa, a political science Ph.D. candidate at the University of Montreal. He served alongside four other political scientists, Ruth Dassonneville, Andre Blais, Richard Nadeau, and Patrick Fournier. The dissertation focused on the sense of…

  • Faculty note: Weinschenk publication

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science) recently had a peer-reviewed article accepted for publication at the Journal of Political Marketing. The article is entitled “Democratic Norms, Social Projection, and False Consensus in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election” and is co-authored with Costas Panagopoulos, Prof. of Political Science at Northeastern University, and Sander van…

  • A Palestinian American (alumna Heba Mohammad) from Wisconsin leads a bold campaign to change Biden’s Middle East policy | John Nichols | madison.com

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Heba Mohammad (’14, Political Science) spent 2020 getting Joe Biden elected.Now in 2021 the Wisconsinite, who served as the Democrat’s digital organizing director in her home state, is determined to get Biden to address the suffering of the Palestinian people and to take steps to achieve a just peace in the Middle East.Mohammad is not…

  • Please spread the word: Women’s Congressional Staff Foundation Scholarship Opportunity

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    Editorial Student

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    The Women’s Congressional Staff Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for women interested in interning (in-person or virtual) on Capitol Hill. The scholarship program is designed to ensure that women from diverse backgrounds are able to bring their voice, knowledge, and experience to the legislative process. High priority will be placed on applicants with strong financial…

  • Prof. Weinschenk featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, ‘Wisconsin voting patterns in April election races mirrored November’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    As politics is nationalized, April’s nonpartisan elections are looking more and more like November’s partisan ones. Five months after the November 2020 presidential race, Wisconsin held a contest for state school superintendent. The November election was close. The April election wasn’t. The November election attracted massive attention. The April election didn’t. The November election drew…

  • Reminder: CAHSS Events this week

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    Editorial Student

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    All Rise: Kayla Billett and Anthony Sirianni Jr. Join Kayla and Anthony Monday, April 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. Both Kayla Billett and Anthony Sirianna Jr. are UWGB alumni. After finishing a Master’s at UWGB, Kayla is now a student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law; she has recently clerked for the Minnesota Center…