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Mark Your Calendars.
BSOS Scholarship Dinner, May 4 from 6-8pm in the Heise Ballroom, Riggs Alumni Center
GVPT End of Year Celebration – May 11, 12:30-2:00pm in 1101 Morrill Hall
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture w/Professor Frances Lee, September 22, 4pm, location TBA
GVPT Distinguished Lecture Series w/Professor Nadia Urbinati from Columbia U, November 17, 2016.
Newsletter Contents
Message from the Chair - Irwin Morris
Columns
Director of Graduate Studies – Michael Hanmer
Placement Director – Kathleen Cunningham
Director of Undergraduate Studies – Scott Kastner
The GVPT Graduate Student Association
Staff and Administration
Accomplishments of our PhD Alums
Announcements and Updates
Field Updates - Workshops and Seminars
American Politics Field – Workshops and Seminars
International Relations Field/CIDCM – Workshops and Seminars
Comparative Politics Field – Workshops and Seminars
Political Theory Field – Workshops and Seminars
Methods Field – Workshops and Seminars
Center Updates
Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC)
Center for Int. Development and Conflict Man. (CIDCM)
Sadat Chair for Peace
Faculty Achievements
Graduate Student Achievements
Calendar of Department Events
The Department of Government and Politics Newsletter – University of Maryland, College Park
GVPT NEWS May, 2016
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR We will wrap things up with our GVPT “End of Year Reception” scheduled on study day, May 11
th at 12:30pm
in Morrill Hall. We will announce all our scholarship awards at the reception, and you will have the
opportunity to meet our Commencement Speaker winner as well. I hope to see you there.
The GVPT Commencement ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 19th
, 2016 at 9:00AM in the Armory.
If you are a volunteer, thanks very much! If not, please consider being a part of this very important event in the
lives of our students and our department in the future.
A number of department members received college and university awards this spring. Recipients include:
Joel Simmons (Excellence in Teaching Award—Tenure-Track Faculty)
Joe Braun (2016 George M. Phillips Award for Graduate Student Research in Public Interest)
Kathryn Weiland (Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor)
Frances Lee (Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award)
Another award I am happy to announce is that Professor Sarah Croco was awarded promotion and tenure to
Associate Professor starting in the Fall 2016 semester. Congratulations to all of you!
Government and Politics, CAPC, CIDCM/MIDCM participated in Maryland Day 2016 on April 30th
. Many of
the attendees took our citizenship quiz for a chance to win an official GVPT mug again this year. Those who
dropped by the tent were also able to get their pictures taken with presidential Candidates Clinton and Trump,
and with Presidents Obama, Reagan, and Abe (well, life-size cardboard cut-outs of them). Thanks to all the
students, staff, and faculty who made it out this year to help, and thanks to all those who attended and made this
fun event possible.
On April 2nd
, Team GVPT participated in the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run for the third straight
year. We placed 4th
! Diana Partridge, Jared McDonald, Frances Lee, Mike Mansfield, Neil Lund, Kelsey
Hinchliffe, Lilly Mason and I all participated. For the record, Jared was the speedster, and I brought up the rear.
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Finally, I am excited to announce that in the Fall 2016 semester, GVPT will initiate a new IR Concentration. If
you are interested in finding out more details on this concentration, please contact our Advising Office and they
will be happy to assist.
Thank you for following us and for a wonderful semester and our next newsletter will be available in September
at the beginning of the Fall semester.
Irwin L. Morris
Professor and Chair
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
May Graduates
Please join me in congratulating our students who defended and submitted all revisions for their Ph.D. (some
doing so in 5 years)!
Christopher Binetti
Kiyoung Chang
Dan Creed
Katayoun Kishi
Michael Parrott
Kimberly Wilson
We have a number of other students completing final revisions and more defenses in May as well.
Incoming Cohort
In the Fall we will welcome 10 new Ph.D. students. Thank you to Ann Marie for her outstanding work in all
phases of the admissions process. Thank you also to the admissions committee and the many faculty and
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students who helped recruit the new cohort. We could not be successful without the true team effort that GVPT
always puts forward.
A number of GVPT graduate students won UMD and external awards/recognition. Please join me in
congratulating the following individuals:
Steve Arves: Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, Don C. Piper Award (with Joe Braun), James F.
Hoobler Fellowship Award
Joe Braun: Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, Don C. Piper Award (with Steve Arves), BSOS
George M. Phillips Public Service Initiative Award
Eric Dunford: Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
Heather Hicks: GVPT Research Initiative
Kelsey Hinchliffe: Roger H. Davidson Award in American Politics
Agatha Hultquist: GVPT Research Initiative
Jacob Lewis: GVPT Research Initiative
Caitlin McCulloch: Fulbright Fellowship
Jared McDonald: GVPT Research Initiative
Konrad Mugglestone: Phi Delta Gamma Award
Gilbert Nuñez: Conley H. Dillon Memorial Award
Julian Wamble: MIT Pre-doctoral Fellowship, GVPT Research Initiative
Keep up the outstanding work!
Mike Hanmer
GVPT, Director of Graduate Studies
MESSAGE FROM THE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR
We will be holding an information session on the academic job market and the application process
on Thursday, May 5th at 1:00 in 1109 Chincoteague Hall. Not sure if this is something that should go in the
newsletter.
As Placement Director, I am here to help with any issues related to job searches and career planning more
generally. Please feel free to ask me questions about any aspect of the process – from thinking about what type
of job to pursue, to applying and interviewing, to seeking job outside academia. I am happy to comment on
CVs and job application materials.
For students not yet on the market, don’t wait to ask your questions and learn about the process.
Anyone on the market this year who receives an invitation to interview should immediately contact me to
arrange a practice job talk.
Maryland places many graduate students at top departments for tenure-track jobs and post-docs, and I look
forward to helping to continue this trend.
Good luck!
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Kathleen Cunningham
Director of Placement
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Spring 2016 Commencement
The GVPT Commencement ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 9:00AM in the Reckord
Armory. Thank you to those who volunteered to participate in the ceremony! Book Orders
Book orders for Summer 2016 and Fall 2016 are due. If you have not already done so, please submit your book
orders ASAP. NEW International Relations Concentration starting in the Fall 2016
Undergraduate Studies is excited to announce that our formal concentration in International Relations has been
approved and will be available starting in Fall 2016. The IR Concentration gives our undergraduate majors the
opportunity to focus their studies in IR and Comparative courses. Students pursuing the concentration must also
complete the intermediate level of a foreign language. The IR concentration will be formally noted on the
students' transcripts. Please encourage your students to visit the GVPT Advising Office for more information.
Undergraduate Scholarship Winners
The department awarded over $20,400 in scholarships this spring. Winners will be announced at the GVPT End
of the Year Reception. Congratulations to the award winners! Scott Kastner
Director for GVPT Undergraduate Studies
Karmin Cortes
Assistant Director for GVPT Undergraduate Studies
GVPT GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
This semester we worked with the DGS to bring more clarity to the assistantships allocation system and provide improved communication channels. This semester, five of our graduate students have offered workshops on different qualitative and quantitative skills they have learned as part of external training. We have also worked on the organization of student-led workshops, and MPSA mock panels. Our next meeting will be on Monday, April 18th, in which we will nominate the new GSA representatives for 2016-1017. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please send an email to the GSA Co-Chairs Analia Gomez Vidal ([email protected]) and Patrick Tiney ([email protected]).
GSA Co-Chairs,
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Annie (Analia) Gomez Vidal
Patrick Tiney
STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION
SOCIAL NETWORKS and The Department of Government and Politics is on Twitter and Face Book. “Follow” and “Like” GVPT. Information that you want to
share on either (or both) of these outlets can be forwarded to [email protected].
MAKE-UP EXAMS (Proctoring)
The main office staff does not proctor or oversee make-up exams. Make-up exams will not be held in the GVPT main Office
Conference Room.
RETURNING STUDENT PAPERS
The main office staff does not collect or return student papers. If you want to provide a pick-up service, give the students a time when
you will be in your office for them to pick the papers up. Leaving papers out for the students to flip through is a violation of student
privacy. The best suggestion is to ask the students to provide a self addressed and stamped envelope and you will return the papers to
them.
INSTALLING Personal Network Devices IS PROHIBITED
Please refrain from connecting your own networking devices to the campus network. Not only is this a violation of the Policy on the
Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources (http://www.nethics.umd.edu/aup/), but also could cause much disruption to
you, your colleagues, and our students. Such disruptions may be as serious as multi-building wide network outages (i.e., entire
building data and voice services become unavailable).
If such a device is found on the network (i.e., a wired or wireless device that can hand out IP addresses) the device owner will be
referred to the Division of IT’s Security Office and their device will be confiscated.
If you have needs that you feel the campus network cannot fulfill, please contact OACS. We will work with you and our network and
security offices to devise a networking solution that works for you, yet is in compliance with the campus’ security rules and
regulations.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR PHD Alums
Books in Print
Brunner, Hans Peter, (PhD, 1990), Innovation Networks and the New Asian Regionalism: A Knowledge
Platform on Economic Productivity, Edward Elgar Publishing. 208 pp Hardback 978 1 78536 448 8, April
2016. Ebook version: http://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781785364488.xml.
Fox, Jonathan, (PHD, ), The Unfree Exercise of Religion: A World Survey of Discrimination against
Religious Minorities, Cambridge University Press, 2016.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/sociology/sociology-religion/unfree-exercise-religion-world-
survey-discrimination-against-religious-minorities.
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Chapter and Article Publications
Fox, Jonathan, (PhD, 1991), “The Unfree Exercise of Religion: A World Survey of Discrimination against
Religious Minorities.” Cambridge University Press, 2016. To order this title go to
http://www.cambridge.org/9781107133068 and enter discount code UNFREE2016.
Gusmano, Michael K. (PhD 1995) and Gregory Kaebnick. 2016. "Clarifying the role of values in cost-
effectiveness," Health Economics, Policy and Law. DoI: 10.1017/S1744133116000062. With Solomon,
Mildred Z. Solomon, and Karen Maschke. 2016. "The ethical imperative and moral challenges of engaging
patients and the public with evidence," Health Affairs 35(4): 583-589. And with Victor G. Rodwin. 2016.
"Needed: Global Cooperation for Comparative Research on Cities and Health," International Journal of Health
Policy and Management. DoI:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.39.
James, Patrick, (PhD, 1984), “Presidential Approval and Macroeconomic Conditions: Evidence from a
Nonlinear Model” with Seung-Whan Choi, Yitan Li and Eric Olson Applied Economics; “Why Does the U.S.
Intervene Abroad? Democracy, Human Rights Violations, and Terrorism” with Seung-Whan Choi, Journal of
Conflict Resolution; and “Democracy, Peace and Simultaneity” with Jason Enia, Social Science Quarterly.
Lectures, Presentations and Other
Bullock, John, (PhD, ) won the Democratic Primary Election for Baltimore City Council in the 9th District
on April 26, 2016. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-ci-city-council-20160426-
story.html
Dougherty, Keith, (PhD, 1997), was awarded the 2016 Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award.
This is the highest teaching award given by the honors program at the University of Georgia.
Kammas, Anthony, (PhD, 2005), was promoted to Associate Professor (Teaching) at the Department of
Political Science at the University of Southern California.
FIELD UPDATES - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
AMERICAN POLITICS FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
The American Politics Workshop is a bi-weekly research colloquium for faculty and graduate students. The workshop constitutes an
ongoing research community where participants present and discuss papers in an informal, supportive environment. Papers are made
available via the workshop website in advance of our meetings, and participants are expected to have read them. Discussion leaders
are assigned on a rotating basis, matching papers with discussants who share complementary research interests. Many of the papers
presented in recent years have gone on to publication in top tier political science journals.
The workshop is especially beneficial for our graduate students. It provides an excellent opportunity to interact with the American
Politics faculty outside of the classroom and, for advanced graduate students actively engaged in scholarly research, the workshop can
also be an invaluable source of professional advice. The American Politics faculty strongly encourages all of our graduate students to
regularly participate in the workshop.
The AP Workshop website is: http://www.gvpt.umd.edu. Click the research tab and then select the American Politics Workshop.
Workshops and events are held from 11-12:30pm at the locations listed by date. While the workshops and events focus on issues in
American politics, all faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend.
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Spring 2016 Workshop Schedule:
Date Presenter Location
6-May Marc Hetherington (Vanderbilt University) 2113 CHIN
COMPARATIVE POLITICS FIELD – WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Throughout the course of the semester we will hold periodic gatherings for the comparative field, including
social events, speakers, and special topic seminars (e.g. how to do research in the field, how to get grants to go
overseas). The comparative subfield is putting together a stellar lineup of guest speakers for the Fall. Although
the Comparative Politics Workshop focuses on comparative politics, all faculty and graduate students are
welcome to attend.
Spring 2016 Workshop Schedule:
May 11 – Joel Simmons – 11-12:15pm, 2113 Chincoteague Hall
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FIELD/CIDCM – WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
The international relations workshop brings together faculty and graduate students with an interest in
international relations. We invite faculty and graduate students to discuss their latest research; present papers in
progress, with a formal discussant; present information for professional development; and invite guest speakers.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend and we would also like to see some students present their own work
in the workshop. Working papers will be posted on the IR Workshop website at www.gvpt.umd.edu, click on
the Research tab and then open the IR workshop schedule as they become available.
Students could present dissertation work or a conference paper. Students interested in presenting their work or
would like to act as a discussant should contact Todd Allee at [email protected].
Spring 2016 Workshop Schedule:
Monday, May 2 – 2113 Chincoteague 10-12:30pm
Bahar Leventoglu, Duke University
Title TBA
(co-sponsored with Methods)
POLITICAL THEORY FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Please watch for emails and newsletters for panels as we schedule them. All graduate students and faculty are
welcome, especially those with some interest in wars and/or game theory. A lot of really clever work has been
done recently in this area. So even if you don't care at all about wars, and couldn't care less about game theory,
you should come just to find out what is going on.
For more information contact Professor Fred Alford [email protected]..
METHODS FIELD - WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
May 2nd – METHODS/IR/CIDCM Workshop – 10-12:30pm, 2113 Chincoteague Hall
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For information and details of the Methods Field Workshops, please contact Professor David Cunningham at
CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC)
The date for the CAPC research presentations will be May 10th at 11AM. All are invited to hear the work that
our students have been working on independently this semester.
We are going to have a great time at Maryland Day this Saturday. Come and take your picture with some
presidential candidates and presidents who will be in attendance at the CAPC Booth
If you have an interest in being a CAPC Research Assistant in the Fall, please email me [email protected]
Christian Hosam
Coordinator, Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC)
University of Maryland, College Park
1127 Tydings Hall
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (301)314-2736
Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)
Minor in International Development and Conflict Management
NO UPDATES THIS MONTH
Sadat Chair for Peace
In early May, Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, will be traveling to
Philadelphia to speak at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. He will also be traveling to Princeton
University and speaking at the United States-Israel Relations Conference where he will be serving on a panel
titled, “The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Public and Elites Perspective.” Later in the month, Dr. Telhami will be
speaking at the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Annual Conference at George Washington
University.
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FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
Chapter and Article Publications
Alcaniz, Isabella has an article out in Water Policy (journal), entitled "A network analysis of transboundary water
cooperation in La Plata Basin" co-authored with Ramiro Berardo.
Wohlfarth, Patrick C. 2016. "Don't Jettison the General Error Correction Model Just Yet: A Practical Guide
to Avoiding Spurious Regression with the GECM." Research and Politics: Forthcoming (with Peter K. Enns,
Nathan Kelly, and Takaaki Masaki).
Lectures, Presentations and Other
Alcaniz, Isabella has been invited to give a lecture at the Graduate School of Economics and International Relations of
the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy (mid-May). She will present at a round-table at the annual
conference of the Latin America Studies Association on Emerging Problems in Environmental Research (late
May). And she will be presenting my book (Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South: How
Skills Shape International Cooperation) at a conference on the political economy of Latin America at MIT.
Karol, David participated in a panel on "Dynamics of the Fall Campaign" at the 19th Annual Travers
Conference of the Travers Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley. April 15.
Lee, Frances E. "Understanding Congress & Its Members," Public Issues Leadership Conference, Joint
Council of Extension Professionals, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA, April 11, 2016. And with
Michael D. Parrott, "Uneven Playing Fields? Understanding the Over- and Underrepresentation of Political
Interests on Congressional Committees." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7, 2016.
Uslaner, Ric was the Keynote lecture, "Trust and Corruption in Russia;" “Trust, Social capital and Values in a
Comparative Perspective”, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research Conference, Moscow, Russia, April
20-22, 2016; Invited lectures, "The Historical Roots of Corruption" and "Segregation and Mistrust in the
Megalo[polis." at the Conference on "Economic culture of a megapolis", organized by the Center for the Study
of Economic Culture of St. Petersburg State University, Russia; "The Historical Roots of Corruption," the Hans
Dieter Klingemann Lecture at Luneburg University, Germany, June 14, 2016; keynote lecture, "The Historical
Roots of Corruption," Summer Academy Keynote lecture, "The Historical Roots of Corruption," Summer
Academy : Path Dependencies in Economic and Social Development: Institutions, Behavior, and Outcomes,
Regensburg, Germ any June 19, 2016; and an invited lecture on trust and the 2016 American Elections,
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, July 11-16, 2016.
Awards
Croco, Sarah was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Lee, Frances was awarded the 2016-7 Distinguished Scholar Teacher Award
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GRADUATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Lectures, Presentations and Other
Parrott, Michael D. and Frances E. Lee. "Uneven Playing Fields? Understanding the Over- and
Underrepresentation of Political Interests on Congressional Committees." Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7, 2016.
Awards
Arves, Stephen was selected as the 2015-16 winner of the James F. Hoobler Fellowship Award and received
the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship.
Arves, Stephen and Braun, Joseph together won the 2015-16 Donald C. Piper award for their paper: “On Solid
Ground: Evaluating the Effects of Foundational Arguments on Human Rights Attitudes.”
Braun, Joe was the winner of the 2016 George M. Phillips Award for Graduate Student Research in the Public
Service Initiative from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Joe also was the winner of the Ann G.
Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Award.
Dunford, Eric was awarded a Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship for the Summer 2016.
Gomez Vidal, Analia received the Midwest Political Science Association Women's Caucus Graduate Student
Award. She will also present her paper "Behind the gender gap: labor market inequality and differences in
economic attitudes"
Hicks, Heather received the GVPT Research Initiative Award.
Hinchcliffe, Kelsey was selected as the 2015-16 winner of the Roger H. Davidson Award.
Hultquist, Agatha received the GVPT Research Initiative Award.
Lewis, Jacob received the GVPT Research Initiative Award.
McCulloch, Caitlin received a Fulbright Fellowship.
McDonald, Jared received the GVPT Research Initiative Award.
Mugglestone, Konrad was awarded the Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Fellowship for 2016 as a student who best
exemplifies interdisciplinary scholarship achievement.
Nunez, Gilbert was selected as the 2015-16 winner of the Conley H. Dillon Memorial Award for his many
contributions in research, teaching, and mentoring.
Parrott, Michael received the APSA Congressional Fellowship for 2016-2017.
Wamble, Julian received an MIT Pre-doctoral Fellowship, and received the GVPT Research Initiative.
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