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🎆Join us in congratulating Leela on all of her achievements, and wishing her the best of luck in her future endeavors! 🎆
🎉 Senior Spotlight! 🎉
Leela Ohri is a graduating Senior majoring in National Security and Foreign Affairs! 📚🎓
Leela looks back on her time at Virginia Tech as incredibly valuable, due to the many opportunities the Department of Political Science provides students in and out of the classroom! 🧡
Join us on April 24th at 1PM, as we welcome Dr. Elane Westfaul, University of California-Irvine, to present their talk, “More-than-Human Mediation in Land Protection: Prayer as Analytic.” 🗓️
To access the paper, reach out to Dr. Mauro Caraccioli (mauroj@vt.edu).
Dr Audrey Reeves, assistant professor of political science, is a coeditor for a special issue on "The global politics of memory: feminist perspectives on the curation of violence," recently published in the Journal of Gender Studies. 📝
On March 24, Dr. François Debrix, Professor of Political Science, received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Theory section of the International Studies Association at this year's convention in Columbus, OH.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Debrix on this incredible achievement!👏
Dr. Michael Moehler, Professor, Department of Political Science, was recently appointed to the Academy of Faculty Leadership!
Join us in congratulating Dr. Moehler on this tremendous achievement!👏
Mallory is interested in understanding the use of humor and memes in attacks on social media by a major presidential campaign.😎
Upon graduation, Mallory will continue her research endeavors in political humor at the University of Delaware as a student in their PhD in Communication in the fall!🎓👏
Mallory is currently finishing her final thesis project, which asks, “To what extent did the Harris campaign Instagram strategy use memes and humor in attack posts versus more traditional forms of political attack? ”📚
In honor of Graduate Education Week, let's take a moment to highlight one of our incredible second-year M.A. students, Mallory Premock!🎉
Join us in celebrating Mallory and all her achievements, as well as the rest of our amazing M.A. students who continue to inspire us!🧡
It's Graduate Education Week! Stay tuned to our page throughout the week as we highlight all the great work our incredible graduate students do! 🎉
Join us in celebrating our outstanding graduate students!👏🎉
🎓Alumni Highlight!🎓
Meet Emmett Pepper, he earned his B.A. in Political Science in 2000. He is currently a successful attorney and a member of the Charleston, WV, City Council. He is married to his wife Emma with two young sons. 🏛️
Join us in congratulating Emmett on all of his achievements!🎉🧡
📚New Book Publication!📚
Dr. Mauro Caraccioli, associate professor of political science, recently published an edited volume entitled "Interlingual Relations: Global Politics in a Polygot World" (University of Michigan Press, 2026) with co-editor Dr. Einar Wigen.🎉👏
Congratulations, Dr. Caraccioli!🧡
Dr. Lilly Frost, Assistant Professor of Political Science, recently published an article in the Journal of Ethnic And Migration Studies entitled "Ambiguous elimination: Jordan’s denationalisation of West Bank Palestinians." 📚
Earlier this month, several Political Science students attended the International Model NATO conference in Washington, D.C. 🏛️
Virginia Tech Students won three awards as both distinguished and outstanding delegations by Albania (represented by our Political Science students) as the best delegation! 👏
Dr. Lucy Britt, from Bates College, delivered an outstanding and engaging talk last Thursday on a chapter of her current book project entitled “Hiding in Plain Sight: Fugitive Sanctuary in Black Communities within Slave Society.” 📚
Please join us in thanking Dr. Britt!👏👏
A big thank you to all those who donated to our department! 🧡
Your generosity powers our students, faculty, programs, and fuels hands-on learning, research, and real-world opportunities that make an impact every single day.
There is still time left to Give!!!⏰
Help us rally to reach our donator goal of 75 by Noon today for an extra $5000 that will go to helping our students achieve their academic goals and dreams!♥️🧡
Follow the link: liberalarts.vt.edu/l/give-to-psci
#VTGivingDay starts now!🎉
From now until noon tomorrow (2/19), join us in helping make an impact for students in our department! All gifts, big or small, will go to help student scholarships, department programming, and other student- focused opportunities!📚
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Become a Giving Day ambassador today and help support our students! Make a gift using your unique ambassador link, encourage two other Hokies to make a gift through your link on Giving Day, and score a VT branded memo board! 😎
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Mark your calendars for #VTGivingDay! 🗓️
On February 18-19, from noon-noon, join other Hokies across the country and around the world that will support political science students by making a gift to the Department of Political Science! 🏛️
Your gift helps us support student scholarships!🧡♥️
Join us on Feb. 19th at 2:30 in Major Williams 502 to hear Dr. Lucy Britt, Bates College, give a talk on her paper
“Hiding in Plain Sight: Fugitive Sanctuary in Black Communities within Slave Society.”🗓️
Looking to continue your education in Political Science?📚🏛️
Our Political Science MA program consistently ranks as one of the best PSCI MA's in the country, and we offer opportunities for full funding and a monthly stipend!🏆
Apply by Feb. 15 for funding opportunities!
In collaboration with the Freedom Scholars grant, the Department of Political Science, and Dr. Karin Kitchens, Associate Professor in Political Science, Dr. Megan Stewart will give a talk on contraband camps in the U.S. South during the Civil War. 📚
❄️Wishing all of our Political Science Hokies a Happy Holidays!❄️
Have a wonderful break!⛄️🧡
🎉Congratulations to all of our Fall Graduates!🎉
We can't wait to see all the great things you will do!🧡
Happy Reading Day to all our PSCI/IS Hokies! 📚🦃
Final exams begin tomorrow, study hard and finish out the semester strong!💪📝
You're going to do great!🧡❤️
Last month, former PSCI/IS student, Lena Zennia, visited the Steger Center in Switzerland to give a talk to the European Affairs students about her experiences working for the consulting firm Deloitte, and also preparing for graduate school. 🏫
Last Friday, Dr. Daniel Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Political Science, workshopped a paper he and a coauthor are working on entitled, “An Electoral Accountability Model of Reform Timing.” This paper was a part of the CAIR working group paper series!📚
Recently, Dr. Karin Kitchens, Associate Professor of Political Science, received the news that she was selected as a Freedom Scholar for the 2026 academic year!👏
Professor Lorenza Violini, University of Milan, Italy, delivered an outstanding and engaging talk yesterday entitled "Federalism in Context: The Strange Case of the European Union" for our “Conversations in International Studies” series! 📚
Please join us in thanking Professor Violini! 👏