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The WSU Mock Trial team competed in the Bulldog Brawl invitational tournament at Gonzaga this past weekend. The team did an amazing job and brought home both Best Attorney and Best Witness awards. Congratulations to Coach Lindsi Alcantar & mock trial team!

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November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
PPPA Professor Julia Carboni, who also serves as Executive Director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, was elected as a Fellow to The National Academy of Public Administration.

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September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
PPPA's William Favell is to sit on a panel discussing research on Sub-Saharan Africa.

#WSUPPPA #WSU #Politicalscience #PPPAPROUD #wsupullman
September 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hohyun Yoon, a new faculty member of PPPA, won the 2025 Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award given by the International Security section of the American Political Science Association. Yoon’s dissertation: “Emotion and Coercive Credibility: The Strategic Role of Anger in International Crises.”
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Congratulations Joseph!

Joseph was awarded the APSA Political Science Psychology Distinguished Junior Scholar Award.

#PoliticalScience #APSA #WSU #WSUPPPA #pppaproud #GoCougs
June 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Congratulations Sydney!

PPPA's Sydney Smith landed a Fulbright Award. She'll be in Europe to study how different levels of government work together to shape and carry out gender equality policies.

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May 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
PPPA faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students came together to celebrate recipients of many awards at the 2025 PPPA Scholarship, Fellowship and Awards Ceremony, Wednesday evening.
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Panel "A Decade of Research on Civil Discourse in State Legislatures: Post-Covid Update and Reaction Panel met during the Western Political Science Association. Steven Stehr Julia Carboni Sam Reed, Kim Wyman, Brent Steele, Stephanie Witt, Nick Lovrich, Francis Benjamin and Bill Schreckhise.
April 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
PPPA's Graduate Student Will Favell will be a visiting Predoctoral Scholar at Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University in Washington DC this upcoming Fall. Congratulations Will!
#pppaproud #WSUPPPA #WSU #GoCougs #internationalaffairs #georgewashingtonuniversity
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you missed Dr. Tom Preston's talk on the Ukraine crisis at the The Foley Institute, check it out here!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsIR...

#PoliticalScience #Ukraine #WSUPPPA #thefoley #WSU #pppaproud #GoCougs #politicalpsychology
April 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
PPPA'S Dr. Cheryl Ellenwood was featured in a discussion of Washington state's agreement for Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

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#pppaproud #WSUPPPA #indigenouspeople #DataSovereignty #PoliticalScience #WSU
March 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
PPPA'S Tom Preston, will discuss how the current situation in Ukraine demonstrates the threat posed by a new authoritarian populist nationalism. March 28, 12:00PM, 308 Bryan Hall
You can watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsIR...
#pppa#wsu#gocougs#WSUPPPA#pppaproud
March 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
PPPA'S Will Favell, presented a guest speech on Women and youth as actors in countering violent extremism in West Africa last Friday February 21st, via zoom for a large international conference in Lome, Togo.
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
WSU's Mock Trial Advanced to Regionals. Competition will take place in Seattle February 21st-23rd!
#WSUPPPA #GoCougs #mocktrial #wsumocktrial #pppaproud #WSU #wsupullman
February 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
WSU PPPA'S Dr. Jacob Lewis and Graduate Student Will Favell have a new co-authored paper published in Government & Opposition.

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#WSUPPPA #pppaproud #WSU #wsuresearch #GoCougs #government
February 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Can beer save democracy?
Join WSU PPPA's Dr. Goldsby, who will discuss ways to deal with the effects of extreme polarization,
and how to find common ground with fellow Americans that hold opposing political views. WED 12 Feb 12PM 308 Bryan Hall
#WSUPPPA #WSU #foleyinstitute #pppaproud #GoCougs
February 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Friday is the last day to apply for a Scholarship.
The WSU General Scholarship is due on January 31st, 2025, to be eligible for scholarships for 2025-2026 academic year.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
WSU's Mock Trial preps for February's regional competition.

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December 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Cheryl Ellenwood, assistant professor in PPPA, shares more about Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

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November 27, 2024 at 5:21 PM
WSU PPPA's Dr. Ridout, Dr. Long and WWU's Dr. Donovan provided exciting predictions for the Presidential and Washington State elections. Foley Institute's Dr. Clayton moderated the Nov 5, 2024 election predictions.
#WSUPPPA #election2024 #ElectionDay #WSU #pppaproud #GoCougs #foleyinstitute
November 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Join PPPA's Travis Ridout and Carolyn Long, along with WWU's Todd Donovan in WSU's Foley Speaker's room at noon for a discussion of possible elections results as America goes to vote.
You can watch the event live on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/pToe0LM...
#WSU #GoCougs #WSUPPPA #pppaproud
November 5, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Tuesday October 29th at 4:30, join Amy Mazur, Ana Ballestros-Pena, Maria Bustelo and Faith Lutze in WSU Foley Speaker's Room for a Roundtable discussion on Gender Equality in Prisons. #pppaproud #WSU #wsupullman #WSUPPPA #GoCougs
October 24, 2024 at 3:42 PM
PPPA’s Cornell Clayton helped moderate the debate Monday night at WSU between 5th congressional district candidates Carmela Conroy and Michael Baumgartner. #pppaproud #WSU#wsupullman #WSUPPPA #gocougs
October 22, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Claudia Leeb's book Contesting the Far Right: A Psychoanalytic and Feminist Critical Theory Approach made the list of six noteworthy books published by Columbia University Press. She participated in an author meets critics panel, and received encouraging feedback, at last week's APSA conf in Philly
September 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
The British Political Studies Association Conference recently awarded the Outstanding Paper Award to WSU PPPA Graduate Student, William Favell, for a paper analyzing: External threat perception, violent extremism and social trust in Northern Ghana.
#PPPAPROUD #WSU #GoCougs #WSUPPPA
August 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM