Departmental News
2011-2012
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- Carlson’s story #1 over the weekend
- Allen Carlson’s “What West Doesn’t Get About China” in The Diplomat was the #1 story over the weekend on the “popular news aggregation” site Real Clear World.
- April 27th, 2012
- Five More Awards for Government Grads
- Jason Hecht and Alex Matovski have both been awarded Einaudi Fellowships for Dissertation Research from the Cornell Institute for European Studies. Jason was awarded the Luigi Einaudi Fellowship and Alex won the Mario Einaudi Fellowship. In addition, The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies has awarded fellowships to three Government graduate students: Sinja Graf has been awarded the Bluestone Peace Studies Fellowship; and Robert Braun and Jason Oaks both received Peace Studies Fellowships through the Reppy Institute from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
- April 26th, 2012
- Mertha received an Institute for the Social Sciences grant
- Andrew Mertha received a Spring 2012 Institute for the Social Sciences grant for interdisciplinary research and conference support for “Policymaking under the Shadow of Death: the Policymaking Process under the Khmer Rouge in Democratic Kampuchea.”
- April 25th, 2012
- Government Grads Win Six Awards
- Christopher Cairns was awarded a FLAS fellowship for 2012-13. Rumela Sen was awarded a FLAS fellowship for 2012-13. Amanda Cheney was awarded a FLAS fellowship for 2012-13. Isaac Kardon was awarded a FLAS for summer 2012. Jason Oaks was awarded a Lam Family Travel Grant for 2012-13. Amanda Cheney was awarded a Lam Family Travel Grant for 2012-13.
- April 12th, 2012
- Michael Jones-Correa quoted in article about racism in Florida and the Trayvon Martin case
- April 11th, 2012
- Kirshner named as First Annual World Politics Visiting Fellow
- Jonathan Kirshner, a professor of government and director of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University, has been named the first annual World Politics visiting fellow for the academic year 2012-13. His position is effective September 1.
- March 30th, 2012
- Thomsen Wins Dean’s Prize
- The College of Arts & Sciences has awarded Danielle Thomsen the Dean’s Prize for Distinguished Teaching.
- March 29th, 2012
- Levine’s Paper Cited in NY Times
- Adam Seth Levine’s paper was cited in an article in the NY Times.
- March 27th, 2012
- Zepeda in Huffington Post
- Chris Zepeda-Millan, postdoc at the Univ of Chicago, in the Huffington Post.
- March 26th, 2012
- Benedict Anderson speaks on monarchies and global change
- Emeritus Professor quoted in Bangkok Post and World News Connection.
- March 9th, 2012
- Lowi quoted in Cornell Sun
- Theodore Lowi quoted in Cornell Sun on California court decision on same-sex marriage.
- March 5th, 2012
- Story about Mettler’s research cited
- Story about Suzanne Mettler’s research ranked by Atlantic Wire among five best.
- March 3rd, 2012
- Peter Katzenstein tapped for new university-wide committee
- New committee charged with articulating the future of international studies and engagement at Cornell.
- March 2nd, 2012
- Suzanne Mettler’s research cited
- Mettler’s research on submerged states cited in MSN, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg News, Washington Post.
- March 1st, 2012
- Ronald Herring quoted in articles on Indian biotech
- Indian agricultural scientists are urging government to remove restraints on biotech R&D. Also quoted in Bombay News Net, Yahoo!, Finance India and Mangalorean.
- February 27th and 29th, 2012
- Tax article cites Mettler’s research
- Suzanne Mettler’s research on submerged states referenced in article on Americans’ love/hate relationship with government and taxes.
- February 26th, 2012
- Kreps’ contributes to blog on Iran acquiring the bomb
- Council on Foreign Relations asks scholars in the area of nuclear proliferation for their views.
- February 21st, 2012
- Commentary on response to Mettler’s research
- Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune) notes the barrage of responses he received from people who don’t realize that Social Security, unemployment benefits, etc. are government benefits.
- February 19th, 2012
- Mettler’s research cited
- Arkansas Times blog discusses red states’ addiction to welfare.
- February 17th, 2012
- Pınar Kemerli
- Pınar Kemerli’s op-ed for Al Jazeera concerning the plight of conscientious objectors in Turkey.
- February 17th, 2012
- Mettler cited in Paul Krugman’s column in the NYT and in Washington Monthly blog about safety net
- Her research indicates that many who receive Social Security, unemployment benefits and Medicare do not realize that they are benefitting from a government program.
- February 12th and 17th, 2012
- Pepinsky receives ISS fellowship for fall 2012
- He will pursue research on Politics, Economics and Religion in Indonesia.
- February 13th, 2012
- “Imagined Communities”
- Benedict Anderson’s “Imagined Communities” cited in The Island.
- February 3rd, 2012
- Kreps co-authors USA Today op-ed
- Asst. Professor Sarah Kreps and co-author Matt Fuhrman (Texas A&M) explain why deterrence may be the best option in dealing with Iran.
- January 30th, 2012
- Bensel on Fox News
- Professor Richard Bensel was interviewed about how the Republican candidates are attracting voters.
- January 27th, 2012
- Levine quoted in Chillocothe Gazette
- Asst. Professor Adam Seth Levine affirms that hard-hit blue-collar workers are more likely to identify as Republican.
- January 24th, 2012
- Mettler named a Fellow
- Professor Suzanne Mettler named a Fellow of the Century Foundation.
- January 23rd, 2012
- Tarrow quoted in Examiner
- Professor Emeritus Sidney Tarrow views the Occupy movement as creating a “communal basis for future social movement.”
- January 21st, 2012
- Anderson Awarded Hirschman Prize
- The Social Science Research Council has named Benedict Anderson the recipient of the 2011 Albert O. Hirschman Prize.
- January 13th, 2012
- Mettler’s research on “submerged state” is applied to Michele Bachmann
- iHaveNet.com article cites research on government benefits.
- January 12th, 2012
- Tarrow to receive CONGRIPS award
- The Conference Group on Italian Politics & Society (CONGRIPS) will honor Sidney Tarrow with the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012.
- December 22nd, 2011
- Van de Walle quoted by NPR about the demise of dictators in 2011
- “It’s not only that there are fewer dictators, but there are virtually no dictators left who don’t talk the language of democracy and turnover of executive power.”
- December 21st, 2011
- Tarrow quoted in NY Times article on Occupy Wall Street
- Sidney Tarrow sees potential of OWS to become a national social movement.
- November 18th, 2011
- Katzenstein Quoted on Effectiveness of Plagiarism Software
- Peter Katzenstein views it as “a tool…for verifying authenticity and originality of scholarship.”
- November 16th, 2011
- Mettler’s Research Cited in Slate
- Suzanne Mettler’s research on submerged states quoted in article on government policies.
- November 14th, 2011
- Kreps Quoted in Article
- Sarah Kreps quoted in article on War Powers Act after Libya.
- October 31st, 2011
- Sanders Quoted in Article
- Elizabeth Sanders quoted in article on Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Ho Plaza.
- October 28th, 2011
- Mettler Welcomed as Guest Blogger at The American Prospect
- Her blog appears at http://prospect.org/node/207803.
- October 24th, 2011
- Mettler Featured in NY Times
- Suzanne Mettler’s op-ed on submerged states appeared in the Sept 19th issue of The New York Times.
- September 23rd, 2011
- Heinz Eulau Award Winners
- Mary Katzenstein, Leila Ibrahim, and Kate Rubin have won the Heinz Eulau award for their article, “The Dark Side of American Liberalism and Felony Disenfranchisement,” published in December 2010 in Perspectives on Politics.
- August 16th, 2011
- Levine Wins E.E. Schattschneider Award
- Adam Levine has been awarded APSA’s E.E. Schattschneider Award for his doctoral dissertation.
- August 15th, 2011
- Weeks Awarded Affinito-Stewart Grant
- The President’s Council of Cornell Women has awarded Assistant Professor Jessica Weeks an Affinito-Stewart grant.
- June 3rd, 2011
- Graduate Student Prizes Announced
- Noelle Brigden has been awarded the LaFeber Prize for teaching excellence. Phillip Ayoub won the Kahin Prize for dissertation work in international relations. Jennifer Hadden was awarded the Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Graduate Prize for distinguished scholarship.
- June 2nd, 2011
- Ali Hussain Speaks to Class of ‘11
- Ali Hussain addressed his fellow classmates during the Government Dept reception on May 29th.
[A copy of his remarks can be found here] - June 1st, 2011
- Jillian Lyon Wins Freeman Prize
- Jillian Lyon has won the Harrop and Ruth Freeman Prize from the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Ali Hussain also received honorable mention.
- May 23rd, 2011
- Thachil Wins Sardar Patel Award
- Cornell PhD [Govt] Tariq Thachil, currently Asst Prof, Political Science, Yale University, has won the $10,000 Sardar Patel Award for his dissertation entitled: The Saffron Wave Meets the Silent Revolution: Why the Poor Vote for Hindu Nationalism in India.
- Competition was open to dissertations in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, History, and the Fine Arts dealing with any aspect of India since the 18th Century. The cash award is believed to be the largest available for dissertations.
- Tariq Thachil’s dissertation committee consisted of Professors Ronald Herring (Chair), Kenneth Roberts, Christopher Way, and [as outside reader] Thomas Pepinsky.
- April 26th, 2011
- McKie Wins Dean’s Prize
- The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded Kristin McKie the Dean’s Prize for Distinguished Teaching.
- April 14th, 2011
- Cotton wins essay prize
- Govt Dept grad student Simon Cotton has just won the Post Graduate Essay Prize for best paper submitted by a graduate student to the Annual Conference of the British Society for Applied Philosophy. Simon’s award-winning paper is titled “What is Market Corruption?”
- April 7th, 2011
- Miller Cited by US Supreme Court
- An article by recent Government Department PhD Michael Miller, “Gaming Arizona: Public Money and Shifting Candidate Strategies” (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2008, 41: 527-532) was cited in briefs before the US Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of matching funds provisions, and discussed by the justices as they deliberated about the case in late March. The article is drawn from Miller’s dissertation, The “Fifth Source” and the Ballot Box: How Public Funding Changes Elections, which he defended in 2010. Miller is now on the faculty at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
- April 5th, 2011
- Katzenstein Interview by The Diplomacist
- Professor Peter Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies comments about the ongoing situation in the Mid-East in an interview by The Diplomacist.
- February 15th, 2011
- Professor David Patel on Egypt
- Assistant Professor David Patel shares his views about Egypt and recent events in the Middle East:
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