Department of Political Science

Dr. Melani McAlister will be visiting the University of Alabama campus on Thursday, January 23, 2020 to present a talk in room 205 in Gorgas Library. Talk Title: "The Persecuted Body: U.S. Evangelicals and the Politics of Suffering" Dr. McAlister is a Professor of American Studies and International Affairs at George Washington University. She has recently published The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Global History of American Evangelicals (Oxford, 2018) which explores how US evangelical Christians, white and [...]

Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the DC think tank Center for American Progress, will be visiting the UA Political Science Department on Wednesday, January 29 to talk about healthcare policy with Dr. Dana Patton from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and then do a Q & A session about careers in DC from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Both events will be held in ten Hoor room 253. This will be a great opportunity for students to hear from someone who has worked [...]