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António Câmara awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Antonio Camara

António Câmara, a third-year Ph.D. student, has been awarded a graduate research fellowship through the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers, early in their careers. The program aims to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity…

Success at APSA 2024

This year marked the 120th American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, and more than 100 members of our community were in attendance – participating or attending the many panels, presentations, and events. Taking place in Philadelphia, the event kicked off in the evening of Wednesday, September 4 with a Reception Honoring the…

Grant for Political Integration of Foreign-Born Citizens project awarded to Mashail Malik

Mashail Malik

Naturalized citizens make up approximately 10% of eligible voters, however, they vote at a much lower rate than their U.S.-born counterparts. Why are some naturalized citizens more politically incorporated into American society than others? To answer this question, Mashail Malik – assistant professor at the Department of Government – and William Marble – Director of…

APSA Dissertation recognition for Feyaad Allie

Feyaad Alllie

Feyaad Allie, Assistant Professor of Government, has received a host of awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his dissertation “Power Exclusion and Identity: The Politics of Muslim Marginalization in India”. The dissertation won the Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in Comparative Politics. The award was created in recognition of…

FAS Awards honor faculty achievements

Each year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) recognizes outstanding faculty members through a series of annual awards, which honor excellence in teaching, advising, scholarship, and other contributions that further the academic mission of FAS. At the faculty meeting on May 7, FAS Edgerley Dean Hopi Hoekstra presented several awards to 40 faculty members…

Shterna Friedman awarded international theory prize

The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought (CSPT) has awarded Shterna Friedman the 2024 Melvin Richter Prize for her doctoral dissertation: Kant, Hegel, and the Rise of Systemic Social Theory. The Richter family established the Melvin Richter Prize as a tribute to Mel Richter, one of the founders of CSPT and a generous…

The Hill op-ed from Professor Paul Peterson

Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, and Senior Editor of Education Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research at Harvard University, has published an open letter to President Biden in The Hill. In the op-ed, titled ‘Mr. President, please pardon Trump for the country’s—and your…

Study published during Harvard Climate Action Week

A new study – led by Stephen Ansolabehere, the Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government – has launched as part of Harvard Climate Action Week (June 10-14), hosted by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. The conference invites climate experts, leaders, and stakeholders to come together and explore solutions to the climate crisis’s most…

Double win at APSA Awards

Professor of Government Dustin Tingley and PhD alumni Harry Oppenheimer have both been named American Political Science Association (APSA) award winners for their fantastic respective work. Dustin Tingley and his co-author Alexander F. Gazmararian – a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University – have been awarded the APSA STEP Section Don…