Lissandra Villa wins Women Impacting ISU award

Lissandra (Lissa) Villa, a senior majoring in political science and in journalism and mass communication, has been selected for the 2016 Women Impacting ISU award by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics. She will appear on the 2016 calendar that recognizes and pays tribute to women faculty, staff, and students who have distinguished themselves through their accomplishments at ISU. Read More

Making energy efficiency a priority

Yu Wang is the author of a new book, Green Savings: How Policies and Markets Drive Energy Efficiency, from Praeger Press. The book is co-authored by Marilyn Brown, who is a Nobel Prize laureate. Read More

Professor David Peterson is the newest editor of Political Behavior

David Peterson, professor of political science at Iowa State University, became editor of the journal Political Behavior effective Jan. 1, 2015. “I am excited by the opportunity to edit the journal and raise the profile of the excellent work on political behavior and communication being done here at ISU,” Peterson said. Read More

The 2015 Awards Luncheon and Pi Sigma Alpha Initiation

On April 15, 2015, the following students and alumni were recognized for a variety of achievements at the Political Science Awards Luncheon and Pi Sigma Alpha Initiation. Read More

Steffen Schmidt appears on The Daily Show

On Monday's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," correspondent Al Madrigal poked fun at the amount of attention Iowa gets every four years, and University Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt was there to field his questions - and jabs. Read More

“The day I did The Daily Show”

Political Science professor Steffen Schmidt reflects on his interview with Al Madrigal of The Daily Show, which will air in early June. Read More

Alumnus Gerd Clabaugh receives Public Service Award

The 2015 Dwight Ink Public Service Award was proudly presented by the Department of Political Science at its April 15 Awards Luncheon to Gerd Clabaugh, Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health. Read More

Political science students take home the win at 2015 Midwest Model European Union

The Iowa State University team representing Slovakia won top prize in the Midwest Model European Union that was conducted April 9-11, 2015. Read More

Notice Regarding M.P.A. Program

The M.P.A. Program at Iowa State is no longer accepting new students into the program as directed by the Iowa Board of Regents. We encourage prospective students to consider applying for the M.A. in political science where they can take courses in public policy and policy implementation within its larger context of politics both in the U.S. and abroad. Read More