Political Science

Kathy Powers, professor in the Department of Political Science, and affiliated faculty with Africana Studies, was awarded the prestigious fellowship to study at the Woodrow Wilson Center over the summer. She also spent part of the summer teaching in Germany.

Ann Ravel, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency created to administer and enforce campaign finance laws in the U.S., speaks Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Student Center in Anderson School of...

UNM Political Science Professor Lonna Atkeson is one of two recipients of the Society for Political Methodology’s 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award anounced recently. The award committee wrote this in the citation for Atkeson. “The committee wishes ...

The Center for Voting, Elections and Democracy at the University of New Mexico announced the release of a report examining the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office administration of the November 2014 general election in Bernalillo County from early voting to election day.

The American Political Science Association (APSA) has announced that University of New Mexico alumnus Bryan Wilcox-Archuleta has been named as a 2015-2016 APSA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Award recipient.

Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the names of 32 Andrew Carnegie Fellows, a major new annual fellowship program that will provide support for scholars in the social sciences and humanities. University of New Mexico Associate Professor of...

Ryan Roco, a Truman Scholar and human rights activist, has been awarded the Marshall Scholarship for graduate study at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Roco will graduate from UNM in July 2015 with a B.A. in ...

The week before the general election, UNM Political Science Associate Professor Mike Rocca presented a primer on campaign financing and a troubling change in the way political campaigns are being financed with dark money.

Sonny Haquani can't belly up to the bar and order a beer, but the UNM freshman can (and did) walk into a local Albuquerque TV station and launch a political talk show. He was 16-years-old at the time and required to do a public service project as a ...

“Understanding and Acting on the Border Crisis: A panel discussion,” featuring several members of the University of New Mexico faculty, is set for Sunday, Aug. 24 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa NE, one block east ...