About Us

The Department of Political Science is committed to excellence in research and scholarship, graduate student training, undergraduate teaching and learning, public outreach, and the promotion of responsible citizenship. It contributes to the generation of knowledge about politics and aims to deepen scholarly and public understanding of political institutions and the citizenry. The department seeks to prepare students for successful careers in government, academics, and the private sector. The Department administers B.A. degrees in Political Science and Globalization Studies and International Relations. At the graduate level, the department has a Ph.D. program in Political Science, as well as M.A. degrees in Political Psychology and Public Policy. It is home to 16 tenured and tenure-track faculty, roughly 700 undergraduate majors and minors, staff, Political Science graduate students, and several full-time lecturers. The department is ranked 33rd in Political Science graduate programs in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, and the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty produce high-quality research that is consistently published in top-rated journals.