Many alums of the Department of Political Science have established exciting and rewarding careers based on the experience and knowledge they obtained from the department. Read More
Happy Holiday from the everyone in the Department of Political Science. Our offices will be closed in observance of the holidays from Thursday,… Read More
Hello. The offices for the Department of Political Science will be closed for the Thanksgiving break from November 22nd through the 26th. We will reopen… Read More
Thanks to Natalia Rios Martinez and other students involved in a major re-boot of the Political Science Club! Club membership continues to grow, and is… Read More
[AMES, IOWA, October 15, 2021]—Dianne Liepa (’71 Political Science, MS ’75 Political Science) will be honored in a special ceremony for alumni award recipients at… Read More
Evelio Otero Jr. (’82 Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Science) will be honored in a special ceremony for alumni award recipients at the Iowa State… Read More
On October 12th, Jeff Osweiler, a U.S. Foreign Service Officer hosted a presentation to students about careers in the U.S. Foreign Service. Jeff Osweiler is… Read More
Owing to TO COVID-19, we were unable to conduct the usual in-person awards ceremony. The Department is providing this visual homage to recognize the students’… Read More
Katie Krumbholz (MA, Political Science, 2019) has received a 2020 Janet Box-Steffensmeier Award from the Society for Political Methodology. The announcement was made June 10,… Read More
Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that Amy Erica Smith, LAS Dean’s Professor and associate professor of political science, has been… Read More
Political Science senior Sarah Meisch was Iowa State University’s participant at the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA), at the United States Military Academy (West… Read More
Lucken Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt was a first on The Attitude radio show. Concord, New Hampshire. The show covered the second Democratic debate… Read More
In Podcast by George Lucken Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt analyzes the second Democratic debate. His take away is that the format of the… Read More
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University launched a new blog, Navigating Gender in Iowa, on June 3. “The… Read More
October 22, 2018, from 10am-12noon, in 510 Ross Hall, the Department of Political Science hosted a presentation on global environmental issues, food, and agriculture, followed… Read More
Iowa State University’s Department of Political Science honored three alumni at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors and Awards Ceremony on Oct. 25,… Read More