Penn Poli Sci Dept

Penn Political Science congratulates SIX recent or soon-to-be Ph.D's on winning "Best Paper" awards in the fields of international relations and comparative politics. Well done to Sabrina Arias, Christopher Blair, Meghan Garrity, Siyao Li, Gino Pauselli & Joshua Schwartz!

Amber Mackey, a Political Science Ph.D. candidate, will be presenting her work, “Racial Policy and Agenda Instability: Measuring Legislative Attention to Race.” today in the Widener Lecture Hall at the Penn Museum (3260 South Street) from 1-2pm.

@ginopauselli uses advanced statistical methods to explore the politics of norm adoption & resistance, focusing on the impact of external actors on human rights change!

He shows how state-to-state criticism has direct (negative) & indirect (positive) effects on LGBT🏳️‍🌈rights.

Shira Pindyck (@spindyck) is currently a postdoc at @UCIGCC @Livermore_Lab and @LosAlamosNatLab.

Her research examines how gender dynamics hinder military innovation and whether innovations can catalyze gender policy reform.

You can read more at shirapindyck.com.

@kumar_rithika (Comparative Politics) studies gender & politics in South Asia!

Her dissertation examines the implications of male migration on female political engagement in India.

For more info, see: rithikakumar.com