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Official account for the Political Science Department at the University of California, Riverside. https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/
Congrats to PhD student Donald Zarate on his new publication in Political Research Quarterly: “From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation.” Read full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New publication in @pnas.org from UCR’s Ben Newman! They find future cops start college already holding more right-leaning views than their peers on race, gender, immigration, and more. Differences shrink for non-Whites, but drop sharply for women. Full study → doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#polisky
August 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Check out this new publication from UCR’s @dioferrari.bsky.social!

Does feeling threatened lead voters to back more conservative candidates? A new experiment finds partisanship and policy matter more than status threat.

Read in J. Exp. Pol. Sci: doi.org/10.1017/XPS....

#UCR #polisky
August 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New publication alert! Current PhD candidate @hobbsadam.bsky.social and recent PhD graduate Deren Onursal develop and test a general theory of protest radicalization in "The Dynamics of Protest Radicalization."

Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#polisky #politicalscience
June 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Gregory Hutchins (PhD Candidate) and UCR GSA Advocacy Officer visited DC to advocate for UCR. He met with Congressman Takano’s office alongside UCR alum Tanner Martson (Legislative Correspondent) and current student Jasmine Esmail (UCDC intern at UC Fed Advocacy). Great job!
#UCR #Advocacy #HigherEd
May 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The UCR chapter of @pisigmaalpha.bsky.social is hosting a symposium for undergraduate and graduate students interested in political science research on Friday, May 23rd in SSC MPR-1. See attached flyer for full itinerary. Hope to see you there!

#UCR #UCRCHASS @ucrchass.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We are excited to be hosting @snsoroka.bsky.social to present his co-authored project "Political Polarization as a Co-Adaptive Process." See the flyer for more details. We hope to see you there.

@ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky #politicalscience #polarization
May 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Publication alert! Departmental PhD graduate Nick Willis and current Professor @indridi.bsky.social published an article in the journal French Politics. See below for more information:

Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#polisky #Elections #UCRPoliSci
May 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congrats to UCR PhD alum @cogitoergodoom.bsky.social on their new publication in Contemporary Political Theory! 🐻✨

Kehlenbach critiques the Lockean property model of data and offers a compelling alternative lens to view data.

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Karina Alpayeva! 🎉

Karina, a second-year Ph.D. student in Political Science at UC Riverside, has received an Honorable Mention in this year’s Grad Slam competition!

👏 Please join us in celebrating Karina and all of this year’s winners! @ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky
April 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Next up on the schedule for our speaker series, Professor Sharece Thrower from Vanderbilt University! See the flyer for more details and don't forget to save the date.

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April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Congratulations to all the graduate students who presented work at #MPSA2025! We had an amazing showing from our department. #polisky
April 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are excited to be hosting Professor Angelia Wilson from the University of Manchester to discuss her book! See the attached flyer for more details. #polisky #ucr @ucrchass.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to see Dr. Kevin Pham talk about his recently published book!
March 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Check out our upcoming Red Card Social! Come meet Political Science Faculty and Graduate Students who support civic education and the immigrants in our community. No RSVP required! See the flyer below for more info.
March 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We are hosting former UCR PhD graduate Kevin Pham to discuss his new book! Check out the flyer for more details.

@ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky #ucr
March 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our very own CHASS Divisional FAO Marcelina Ryneal will be giving a talk about exploring non-academic careers in higher education. See the flyers for more details.

@ucrchass.bsky.social #ucr
February 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The School of Public Policy is sponsoring a seminar with former US Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann about the evolving landscape of US foreign policy. See the flyer below for more details.

@ucrchass.bsky.social #ucr
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are co-sponsoring a short film screening and storytelling workshop. Check out the flyer for more details.

#polisky @ucrchass.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Mark your calendars! Next up on the schedule for our speaker series is Professor Kenneth Scheve. See the flyer below for more details. @ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out the new publication from UCR PhD student Haseok Oh.

Read more here: doi.org/10.1525/as.2...
February 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Up next in our Speaker Series: Dr. James Martel from SFSU. Professor Martel will be presenting a paper that provides an alternative lens to view the Haitian Revolution. See the flyer for more information. @ucrchass.bsky.social

#politicalscience #ucr
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Check out this upcoming speaker on Monday, January 27th. See the flyer below for more details. @ucrchass.bsky.social
#ucr
January 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thank you Professor Manda for sharing your research with us! Our next speaker will be on February 3rd. Keep an eye out for more details.
January 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are excited to be hosting @rosannelogeart.bsky.social to share her research on the relationship between access to policymakers and lobbying success. See the flyer below for more details.
January 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM