Dr. John McCauley will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Friday, February 17th to give a talk in ten Hoor 346 from 12-1 pm.
Dr. Teri Caraway will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Friday, April 21st to give a talk in ten Hoor 346 from 12-1 pm.
Dr. Ani Sarkissian will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Thursday, Spetember 20th to give a talk in ten Hoor 346 from 12:30-2 pm. Ani Sarkissian is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University (http://polisci.msu.edu/people/ani-sarkissian/), and her talk is entitled “Ask and You Shall Receive: The Causes and Consequences of State Support for Religion." She will be discussing her latest book project that explains why countries vary in the types of state support [...]
Dr. Clint Peinhardt will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Thursday, October 18th to give a talk in ten Hoor 346 from 1-2:30 pm. Dr. Clint Peinhardt will be discussing "Multinational Corporations and Political Violence". Multinational corporations (MNCs) must account for many political risks, including the threat of targeted violence, which they may play a direct role in mitigating via their actions in host states. Most political science research only indirectly accounts for directed attacks on firms. [...]
Dr. Samara Klar will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Wednesday, November 7th to give a talk. The talk will be held in room 346 from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Abstract: Most Americans receive their political news from social media platforms. These platforms algorithmically determine the order in which news is presented, usually relying an article’s popularity (i.e. number of likes, shares, and comments) to determine its ranking. To what extent does sorting the news by popularity influence people’s [...]