Political Science Graduate Study

We offer specializations in American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Public Policy. Our department strengths include environmental politics and policy, human rights, human security and political violence, and politics related to conflict.

Students in our program form strong connections with faculty and peers, collaborate in our many department labs, present their work at our weekly research series, and engage with centers and institutes across campus.
Graduate student presenting research at a poster session

Prospective Students

Current Ph.D. Students

Collaborative, Innovative Graduate Environment

Political Science is nested in a rich intellectual climate in a highly-ranked, innovative university with many opportunities to collaborate in interdisciplinary research programs and research centers with scholars across the university.  We are growing! Seventeen new faculty have joined the department since 2020, bringing exciting programs of research in all major fields and advanced research methods including computational social science, applied artificial intelligence, field and lab experiments, causal inference, measurement models, formal theory, and more. 

 

Mentoring and a sense of community are at the heart of our program.

 Graduate student presenting poster

 

Political Science Graduate Program Contacts

Professor Andy Baker, Director of Graduate Program       

Associate Professor Mollie Cohen, Associate Director of Graduate Program       

Stacy Bogan, Graduate Program Coordinator