Research & Publications

The latest news about research and publications by Department of Politics and Government faculty.

Department of Politics and Government hosts 31st Annual Student Conference

On April 24, 2024, the Department of Politics & Government hosted its 31st Annual Conference for Students of Political Science. [Read the rest]

Research Challenge Grant winners announced

Eight research projects involving 16 faculty members are the winners of the inaugural Dean’s Research Challenge Grants. Proposals submitted this year were required to focus on one of two themes: “Equity” or “Environment.” Recipients will deliver presentations about their research projects at a College of Arts and Sciences Research Symposium on Friday, October 11. [Read the rest]

CAS researchers awarded Dean’s Challenge Grant for Chicago River project

A group of Illinois State researchers have received a $6,000 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Challenge Grant to research the impact of floating gardens on the Chicago River. Drs. Mike Hendricks and Noha Shawki, both of the Department of Politics and Government, received this funding in collaboration with Dr. Joan Brehm, of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Drs. Eric Peterson and Alec Foster, both of the Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment. [Read the rest]

Dr. Touré Reed, history professor, to deliver Spring College Lecture, March 27

Dr. Touré Reed, professor of history, will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 5 p.m., in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. His talk, "Is it Race or Racism?: Why Binary Explanations for Inequality Have Failed Black Americans," is free and open to the public. [Read the rest]

Bone Lecture to offer postcolonial historical sociology of militarized policing in Britain and the U.S.

Dr. Julian Go will be giving a public talk on his new book as the Robert G. Bone Distinguished Lecturer for 2024 on March 28, at 6 p.m. at the Bone Student Center, Old Main Room. The event is free and open to the public. [Read the rest]