Duke Political Science

“The results of the election show this was not a typical midterm election," Kerry Haynie said in a media briefing to reporters. He then explained some of what makes this election distinct. Three Duke professors joined him in post-election analysis, available to watch here:
https://youtu.be/4Qp8mc1NgwU

With the midterms looming, Adriane Fresh and Sunshine Hillygus discuss issues of election integrity and voter turnout, starting at 10am today.
🎥 https://duke.is/233s5

Our department is relaunching the undergraduate major with a new emphasis called, Career Concentrations. Career Concentrations will channel our department's expansive research agendas and our interdisciplinary partners to help students tie themes together so that at graduation they are prepared to launch into their next stage. Our 5 career concentrations are:

American Politics
International Relations
Law and Political Theory
Decision Theory and Data Science
Political Economy

To explore more, watch this video:
https://youtu.be/FoXYu1tSvAA

Our department is in the rare position to be tribal for once as we cheer for Jesse's plan to win on the reality tv show Survivor! It aires tonight on CBS.

Last week we gathered together in an informal and cheerful spirit to welcome new students and to catch up with friends and colleagues at the end of summer. Our department chair, Michael Munger, encouraged us to renew the energy of engagement we experienced together, in-person, before the pandemic. This annual Welcome Back Reception was a longstanding tradition before the pandemic and now that it is back, it propels us into our active series of workshops that spark research and collaboration.

Congratulations to Phan Tuan Ngoc who is seen here celebrating with friends and colleagues from Duke after defending his dissertation, "The Political Determinants of Corruption." He returns to Vietnam next weekend to start teaching at Fulbright University Vietnam!

fulbright.edu.vn/our-team/phan-tuan-ngoc/