TSPA Associate Professor Dr. Irma Arteaga recently received a $250,000 grant from the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research.

Due to the statewide COVID-19 Stay-at-home order issued by the Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services effective Monday, April 6, 2020, through Friday, April 24, 2020, the Institute of Public Policy will continue to serve the public remotely. All staff continues to be available through email, voicemail, video-conferencing, and by telephone to service current and prospective contracts.

Graduate Research Assistant, Suzette Nahach, working in conjunction with the University of Missouri Status of Women Committee (SWC), has published a policy brief entitled “Status of Women in Academia.” Nahach, a Master’s student at the Truman School of Public Affairs, presents this informational brief outlining several key trends regarding the institutional experiences of women on college campuses.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has invited Brian Kisida, assistant professor in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, to join its Commission on the Arts.

Congrats to the outstanding Political Science seniors honored with the Mizzou '39 Award:

TSPA professor Dr. Oded Gurantz recently published an examination of the Oregon Promise 

Dr. Paul Wallace, emeritus professor of Political Science, an expert in India and South Asian politics, international relations and terrorism, author of eight books and nearly 50 book chapter and articles and beloved by generations of students, passed away on Feb. 22, 2020 in Columbia.

Wallace taught at MU for nearly 40 years, from 1964-2002, serving as department chair and director of international studies, among other duties. Wallace retired in 2005 but continued to teach classes in MU’s Honors College.

U.S. Air Force Colonel Bryan Watson (BA Geography, ’93) received the MU College of Arts and Science 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award on Feb. 21, 2020, and the Political Science Department hosted a reception in his honor.

This distinguished award recognizes individuals who have brought distinction to themselves and to A&S through their accomplishments.

Congratulations to Kati Abbott, winner of the first College of Arts and Science Advisor of the Year Award!

Kati was officially recognized at 3 p.m on Feb. 18 in Jesse Wrench Auditorium as part of Arts and Science week. https://coas.missouri.edu/event/arts-and-science-week-2020

Associate Professor of Political Science, Stephen L. Quackenbush was invited to give the keynote address at a December 2019 conference at the Center for Security and Strategic Research in Latvia. The title of his address was International Conflict, Logic, and Deterrence.