The department periodically hosts Friday afternoon socials, where student and faculty discuss timely issues of politics and governance. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
Students in the “Education Reform in America: Politics and Policy” class took a field trip to Lower Merion High School. See what other classes the department offers. Photo: Holden Blanco '17.
The Political Science Department offers a program of study that provides students with an opportunity to explore politics and government from multiple vantage points—at the grassroots, the nation-state, and the global community—and from a variety of theoretical, conceptual, comparative, historical, and experiential perspectives.
News Aug 27, 2021
Emma Schwartz ’24, Naren Roy ’23, and Alexa Horkava ’22 are working with the Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo’s digital archives via a CPGC-sponsored fellowship in the Haverford library this summer.
News Aug 26, 2021
The political science and religion double major is a human resources intern at Facing History and Ourselves.
Blog Aug 23, 2021
The political science major, who also majored in psychology, explored China’s lack of military allies for her thesis.
Blog Aug 16, 2021
The political science major explored the forces that affect education reform in her thesis.
Blog Jun 10, 2021
The political science major explored the strategy of shaming in public health, building upon her internship work on rural sanitation in Mangochi, Malawi.
Blog Jun 2, 2021
By Eliane Nieder Discussion around immigration policy often divides migrants into those who are deserving of staying in the United States and those who are not. Migrant rights activism often centers those who are considered deserving migrants — initially, those who come into the United States through legal methods, and
Blog Jun 2, 2021
By Natasha Bansal ’23; Image by Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press In 2012, Barack Obama signed an executive order for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) which granted eligible undocumented youth a renewable two year stay in the US, as well as a temporary work permit. DACA was enacted
Blog May 28, 2021
This piece was published by Professor Susanna D. Wing in The Washington Post as a “Monkey Cage Analysis” on May 28, 2021 By Prof. Susanna D. Wing Mali appears to have had yet another coup d’etat. Since 1960, when Mali gained independence from France, there have been five coups — and
Blog May 28, 2021
By Alex Millones ’24; Image by Loren Elliott / Reuters Illegal immigration is a hot button issue in the United States. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a politician who doesn’t speak about the issue or even an American without thoughts on illegal immigration. The conversation around illegal immigration
Blog May 28, 2021
By Sophia Kaplan ’23; Image by Andrew Harnik/Pool photo/Getty Images All quotations used below are from Migration Encounters records. For the purpose of the interviewee’s continued safety and privacy, names have been omitted from the following blog post. The holiness of the Pledge of Allegiance, the inviolability of the U.S.