Join the Capitol Visitor Center and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society for a discussion with Marvin Overby to explore the rise of voluntary departures over time to eclipse electoral defeats as the primary source of Senate turnover.
The Children and Youth Project Team of the Homelessness Task Force of Greater Kansas City is working to secure new resources for children and youth services in our nine county region. Communities throughout the state of Missouri and other places have secured new public and private funds to meet growing needs. The project team believes that the community could support new resources if needs are demonstrated and a plan for investing new funds is broadly supported.
Major Garrett, a 1984 MU graduate with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science and chief White House correspondent for CBS News, discussed his recently published book, “Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride,” at an event hosted by Pi Sigma Apha, MU’s Political Science Honor Society.
Congratulations to three of our PhD candidates on their recent hires!
Michael Hendricks will be an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University.
Tiffanesha Williams will be a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Government at American University.
The University of Missouri Department of Political Science is pleased to announce that Heather Ba has joined our faculty.
Congratulations to Peverill Squire, recipient of the APSA State Politics and Policy Section Career Achievement Award. Squire received the award at the 2018 State Politics Conference in June.
The John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress has announced its newest scholars, who will be in residence during the fall and winter. Among them is MU Professor Marvin Overby, who is working on a book about some of the most significant congressional campaigns in the history of American politics.
Translating ambiguity into workable information is a vexing problem for policy professionals. It is a skill that MPA student Olivia Piontek has honed at the Truman School and tested this summer at the Urban Institute in Washington D.C. As a Research Intern at the Income and Benefits Policy Center, Olivia interpreted policy transmittals from each state of the union to facilitate data analysis. Olivia assisted the Urban Institute with understanding statewide changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).