Latest Departmental News
Two UNM Political Science Professors Named as 2022 Women in STEM Award Recipients.
Posted: Jun 28, 2022 - 12:00am
Twelve University of New Mexico faculty members were selected as recipients of the 2022 Women in STEM awards. The winners represent a wide variety of fields and include two political science faculty members, Dr. Jami Nuñez and Dr. Kat...read more
Congratulations to the Class of 2022!
Posted: May 20, 2022 - 03:15pm
On Friday, May 13th, 2022, the department of political science celebrated its undergraduate, MA, and PhD graduates at the UNM Continuing Education Center. Roughly 150 guests were in attendance to celebrate the achievements of this graduating class, ...read more
Kendra L. Koivu
Posted: Sep 30, 2019 - 10:30am
Kendra L. Koivu began her career in the UNM Political Science Department in the Fall of 2012 after completing her Ph.D. at Northwestern University. In 2013, just after the birth of her second child, Professor Koivu was diagnosed with metastatic brea...read more
Congratulations Jessica!
Posted: Jun 14, 2018 - 12:00pm
Professor Jessica Feezell was awarded the Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award for her PRQ paper "Agenda Setting through Social Media: The Importance of Incidental News Exposure and Social Filtering in the Digital Era." The aw...read more
Professor Mala Htun Releases New Book
Posted: May 04, 2018 - 12:00pm
Professor Mala Htun's new book, The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women's Rights Around the World, is her newly published book with S. Laurel Weldon that shows how different women's rights issues involve different histories, trigger diff...read more
Teaching Awards
Posted: Apr 20, 2018 - 12:00pm
Congratulations Chris! Chris has been selected to receive the 2018-2020 Presidential Teaching Fellow Award. This award carries with it the University's highest teaching honor and serves as recognition of his tremendous contributions as a teach...read more
Fred Harris Article Featured in The New York Times
Posted: Feb 28, 2018 - 12:00pm
Former Oklahoma Senator and the Department of Political Science Internship founder, Fred Harris, was featured in The New York Times on February 28th. In the article, Fred Harris recounts his time in the Kerner Commission, which was appointed by...read more
Dr. Atkeson and Dr. Hansen Release Campaign Finance Report
Posted: Oct 16, 2017 - 12:00am
Story from the UNM Newsroom. To read the full report click here. A new study released by political science professors at The University of New Mexico could change how the state regulates and records public campaign financing. “It seems clear t...read more
Dr. Sanchez and Co-PIs Awarded Federal Grant to Establish TREE Center
Posted: Sep 27, 2017 - 12:00am
From UNM HSC Newsbeat University of New Mexico researchers have been awarded a five-year $7 million federal grant that establishes a new center to develop more effective behavioral health interventions for the state’s under-resourced, raciall...read more
Dr. Powers Appointed as Graduate Advisor
Posted: Aug 09, 2017 - 12:00am
Dr. Kathy Powers recently assumed the position of Graduate Advisor for the Department of Political Science. Dr. Powers is an outstanding mentor, teacher, scholar and colleague and we are lucky to have her as our newest Graduate Advisor. Sh...read more
Dr. Powers Attends UNC's MURAP Conference
Posted: Aug 03, 2017 - 12:00am
Dr. Powers was invited to attend the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (MURAP) conference on July 20th and July 21st at University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill's Sonya Hayes Center. Housed in the Institute of African Am...read more
Juárez Wins APSA's Kenneth Sherrill Prize
Posted: Aug 03, 2017 - 12:00am
Melina Juárez was recently awarded APSA's Kenneth Sherrill Prize, which recognizes the best doctoral dissertation proposal for an empirical study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) topics in political science. The purpos...read more
