Political Science — ϲ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 01:17:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Steven White /faculty-experts/steven-white/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:10:03 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=155411 Steven White is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at ϲ. Professor White specializes in American politics and political development, as well as race and politics. He teaches courses related to race and politics, the New Deal, and American politics.

White recently published a book with Cambridge University Press titled “World War II and American Racial Politics” which explores how WWII affected the future of race and American political development.

Professor White is also a Campbell Senior Research Associate with the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at the Maxwell School. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2014

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Sarah Pralle /faculty-experts/sarah-pralle/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 01:01:32 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=169171 Sarah Pralle is an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School at ϲ. Pralle also serves as a senior research associate for the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

Her research focuses on the politics that affect public policy processes, particularly in the area of environmental policy. Pralle is currently working on a project that examines the politics of mapping flood zones in U.S. communities, which is part of a larger effort to understand climate change adaptation. Other areas of Pralle’s interests include examining the social construction of policy success and failure.

Pralle has written a number of academic articles, book chapters and policy reports on environmental politics and policy. Prior to joining the faculty at the Maxwell School, Pralle was a post-doctoral fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

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Glyn Morgan /faculty-experts/glyn-morgan/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:49:17 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=146876 Glyn Morgan is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at ϲ. Morgan focuses his studies and research on political theory and the politics of the European Union.

Morgan teaches courses on contemporary political philosophy and the history of European economic, social, and political thought. Recently, he has been teaching classes on Brexit and created a. He is also the author of .

Morgan received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

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Margaret Susan Thompson /faculty-experts/margaret-susan-thompson/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:23:53 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=120986 Margaret S. Thompson is an associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at ϲ. Professor Thompson also serves as a senior research associate for the within the Maxwell School. Her research interests include U.S. politics and governance, women and politics, religion and politics, and women and religion in U.S. history.

Thompson was trained as a political historian, with a focus on the  nineteenth-century United States and, particularly, the Congress. Her first book, The “Spider Web”: Congress and Lobbying in the Age of Grant (Cornell University Press), reflects both her scholarly and hands-on experience, the latter as American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

Recently, Professor Thompson’s work has focused on the history of American Catholic nuns. She has written and lectured extensively on the subject, and has an 18-lecture audio series available through NowYouKnowMedia.com. Her research is from an explicitly feminist perspective, emphasizing the agency and social significance of sisters to American religious and secular history. As a result of this research, she has had the privilege of speaking internationally as well as across the U.S., and has served as a consultant to numerous documentarians and religious communities. Her forthcoming book, The Yoke of Grace: American Nuns and Social Change, 1809-1917, is under contract with Oxford University Press.

Thompson received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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