Political Science

Overcoming significant challenges, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities enacted a swift, innovative, inclusive, and community-driven approach to rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination, and there’s a lot to be learned from their methods. A...

A new report from the UNM Department of Political Science shows New Mexico had its largest voter turnout in recent history during the 2020 General Election. The “2020 New Mexico Election Administration, Voter Security, and Election Reform Report'' was...

As a college freshman at Wayland Baptist University, Haleigh Gossett never expected her collegiate path would lead her to walking across the graduation stage at The University of New Mexico. Gossett, originally from New Mexico, made the decision to...

The UNM School of Law recently led a group of faculty and students on a visit to the Laguna Pueblo, some 40 miles west of Albuquerque, to learn about the history of uranium mining and the disproportionate impacts of uranium contamination upon indigenous...

When voters hear about ‘political special interests’ a few media-frenzied groups might automatically come to mind: the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood, to name just two. But what about CoreCivic or The GEO Group? Although they don’t...

The University of New Mexico is increasing its research footprint. This week the nationally renowned Brookings Institution announced the appointment of the third class of David M. Rubenstein Fellows. Among the 10 appointments is Gabriel Sanchez, UNM...

Gabriel Sanchez and Shannon Sanchez-Youngman at The University of New Mexico are helping lead a national effort to understand effective COVID-19 vaccine messaging and hesitancy factors. The massive American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll is a partnership between...

UNM’s Jessica Feezell and Brittany Ortiz, co-authors of “‘I Saw It on Facebook’” were recently chosen as winners of the 2019 Kaid-Sanders Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award as part of the annual International Communication...

The University of New Mexico is proud to announce undergraduate student Emma Hotz is a 2021 Truman Scholar. The decision was made public through the Truman Scholarship Foundation on April 14, 2021. “What a tremendous accomplishment and a tremendous...

Every year, U.S. News and World Report releases rankings for select university and college programs across the country. Each year it focuses on different types of programs, sometimes ranking sciences and other times humanities, etc. Below are those...