Recently graduated Ph. D. students, Naima Green-Riley and Andrew Leber, recently published Whose War is it Anyway? Explaining the Black-White Gap in Support for the Use of Force Abroad in the Security Studies Journal. This article started as a final paper for Professor Ansolabehere’s Public Opinion class and has culminated as a fresh take on…
Government 2023 Dissertation Awards
The following dissertation awards were announced at the Department of Government’s doctorand reception on May 24. The Department of Government prize for the best dissertation on a topic of Race, Ethnicity/or Migration and Politics is awarded to Briitta van Staalduinen for her dissertation, “Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State”. The Department of Government prize for the best…
Government Professor, Joshua Kertzer, Named John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Government and Awarded Harvard’s Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize
Government professor, Joshua Kertzer, was named the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government. In addition to all the wonderful work he does as Director of Graduate Studies, he was also awarded the 2023 Harvard Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Congratulations!…
Two Government PhD’s Named Safra Center for Ethics 2023-24 Fellows
Government PhD candidates Soren Dudley and Emma Ebowe were named Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellows. Congratulations!…
Graduate Student, Akshay Dixit, Discusses Inequality in India
Akshay Dixit, a PhD student in government and political economy, shared some of his findings regarding how Indians view equality and inequality with GSAS News….
Professor Alisha Holland Awarded the Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award by GSAS
Alisha Holland, an Associate Professor of Government, was among the 2022-23 faculty winners of the Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award. This award is presented by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences annually based on nominations by GSAS students. Faculty awarded provide exemplary mentorship to graduate students. Congratulations Alisha!…
David Lowry Pressly PhD Graduate Receives the 2021 Leo Strauss Award
David Lowry Pressly Receives the 2021 Leo Strauss Award…
Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded an APSA doctoral dissertation research improvement grant
Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded an APSA doctoral dissertation research improvement grant…
Congratulations to Lowry Pressly for winning a Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essay in the English Language for his essay entitled “The Right to be Forgotten and the Possibility of Being a Stranger.”
https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/bowdoin-prizes…
Doctoral student Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded the 2019 Kauffman Foundation Award from the APSA Section on Class and Inequality for her 2018 APSA paper on “Women, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa”
Doctoral student Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded the 2019 Kauffman Foundation Award from the APSA Section on Class and Inequality for her 2018 APSA paper on “Women, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa”….