Our Mission

The Department of Political Science at Tulane University, the site of the founding of the American Political Science Association in 1903, is one of the oldest departments of its kind in the nation. Its mission is to contribute to a deeper understanding of politics and government through faculty research and publication; to serve as a source of expertise to the public; and to educate students about the principal questions and debates in the discipline. The department is committed to teaching students to analyze politics, identify key concepts, research effectively, and communicate persuasively. Through service learning and internship programs, we provide students with the opportunity to be active and informed participants in politics. The department also engages in inter- and multidisciplinary teaching and research through involvement in a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs.

News and Upcoming Events

Congratulations to our colleague, Melissa Harris-Perry, for her election as this year's commencement speaker at Wellesley College.

CIPR Associate Fellows Contribute to New Book on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Eduardo Silva, Lydian Professor of Political Science, and Nora Lustig, Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics contributed a chapter to, “Occupy Handbook”, compiled and edited by Janet Byrne. The book, which is due out in April, assesses the origins of the Occupy movement, collects its lessons, and offers some prescriptions for the future. Lustig and Silva’s chapter, Basta Ya: Chilean Students Say "Enough", analyzes the 2011 student mobilizations in Chile. The student protests, which garnered widespread support from Chilean society, have many characteristics in common with Occupy Wall Street. Consequently, the authors ponder whether the Occupy movement could derive positive lessons from the Chilean experience that could magnify its political impact.

Contributors to the Occupy Handbook include Paul Krugman, Robert Buckley, Michael Lewis, Jeffrey Sachs, Eliot Spitzer, and 48 others. The book will contain 67 essays and will also be published in Spanish.

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In print: students' international affairs journal

A group of Tulane students has been writing and publishing articles for a website created to cover international issues since fall 2010.  Now, they are making another leap as they prepare to release the first printed version of the Tulane Journal of International Affairs.

"We cover issues that are relevant and important to us," says Katie Weaver, editor-in-chief of the journal.  Weaver, a junior who is pursing a double major in English and political science, says the journal's staff of eight has had a print edition as a goal since they began publishing.

With help from faculty adviser Mark Vail, an associate professor of political science, the editorial staff sifted through more than 40 submissions from both students at Tulane and other universities. Using a system that either rejects, accepts with revisions or accepts submissions as is, the submissions were reduced to eight.

"Our audience is primarily Tulane students, but hopefully anyone interested in the field of international affairs and political science will enjoy reading it," says Weaver

Four hundred printed copies of the journal will be available in buildings around the uptown campus next week.  The electronic version is already available.

This application must be submitted by Thursday, September 5th, 2012 with the

 required signatures to the departmental office in Norman Mayer 316 by 5:00 p.m

Student PIRGs Activism Internships

If you would like to make a difference and learn valuable skills, join other interns and volunteers.  

2011-2012 Campaigns:

Energy Service Corps

Defend the Environment

Save Student Aid

New Voters Project

No Hunger, No Homelessness

For more information and to apply:

http://www.studentpirgs.org/internships

*Please note that some of these internships may not grant academic credit*

For information on credit granting public service internships, please visit:

http://tulane.edu/cps/students/internships/overview.cfm

At the 2010 Newcomb-Tulane College Senior Awards Ceremony, the
Department of Political Science recognized the following graduating seniors:
    * The Anthony F. and Mary Anne Corasaniti Award:  William Kelly Baker
    * The Charles E. Dunbar Jr. Fellowship in Political
Science:  Jonathan Franklin McCutcheon and Darylen Marie Terry
    * The Mary B. Scott Memorial Prize:  Jane Alice Taylor
    * The Pi Sigma Alpha Award:  Emily Beth Orler
    * The Shirley Weil Greengus Memorial Award for Achievement in
Political Science:  Micah Ian Bluming
    * The S. Walter Stern 1905 Memorial Medal:  Megan Elizabeth Cox
    * The Political Science Senior Honors Scholar:  Micah Ian Bluming
The department congratulates these students and all Political Science
majors in the Class of 2010 on a job well done.

Department Alumnus Appears on the Daily Show.

Ian Bremmer, who graduated from Tulane's Political Science Department in 1989, recently chatted with Jon Stewart about his new book, The End of the Free Market.  Video of the conversation is available here.

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