Articles: Tag: Political Science

National Radio Program to Spotlight Faculty Research at Allegheny College

by Richard Stanley May 22nd 2020

Six Allegheny College professors will be featured on “The Academic Minute,” a national radio broadcast and podcast that highlights research from colleges and universities throughout the world, beginning on Monday, May 25. Starting with Monday’s broadcast, five of the professors will “take over” “The Academic Minute” program for the week. Each day, one Allegheny faculty

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Allegheny Professor’s New Book on U.S. Presidency Featured by Erie ABC Affiliate

by Allegheny College News Center January 23rd 2020

JET 24 Action News in Erie featured a new book by Allegheny College political science professor Brian Harward, “The Presidency in Times of Crisis and Disaster.” The book examines how America’s presidents have responded to major tests of their leadership and approached their role and responsibilities in times of national crisis. Harward is the Robert G.

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Allegheny College Senior Elyse Cinquino Participates in NEW Leadership Pennsylvania Institute

by Allegheny College News Center October 18th 2019

Allegheny College senior Elyse Cinquino participated in the National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Pennsylvania program, a weeklong “leadership and public policy institute designed to educate and empower young women for future political participation and leadership,” in summer 2019. Throughout the week, participants in this non-partisan program discuss the role of women in politics and

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Allegheny Students Attend Annual “Ready to Run” Campaign Training Event

by Aubrey Hall '22 March 4th 2019

Allegheny College students Veronica Blair, Emma Godel and Aubrey Hall participated in Ready to Run Pittsburgh, a nonpartisan training program to encourage women to seek government leadership positions, at Chatham University in February. Hall, at the request of the Office of College Relations, provided the following personal reflection on the experience: It was 6 o’clock in

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Two Allegheny Students Spending Spring Semester as Fellows in Pennsylvania House of Representatives

by Aubrey Hall '22 February 10th 2019

Though connected through the Allegheny College Political Science Department, junior Jesse Tomkiewicz and senior Casey McDaniel have different goals, aspirations and interests. While Tomkiewicz is interested primarily in labor law, McDaniel considers himself more of a generalist, with interests divided relatively equally among multiple policy areas. This semester, the students’ respective interests have led them

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Allegheny Professor Shares Guggenheim Award for Mexico Drug Cartel Research

by Richard Stanley January 15th 2019

Allegheny College Political Science Professor Shannan Mattiace is one of three educators who have received a $40,000 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation award to survey indigenous communities in Mexico about how those areas are able to curtail drug-related violence. Mattiace is currently in Chile teaching and conducting research as part of a 2018–19 Fulbright Award. She

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Profitability is the Key to Sustainability, Scholar Says

by Aubrey Hall '22 September 26th 2018

The key to future abundant renewable energy is finding a way to generate and distribute that energy in a profitable and sustainable way, scholar and author Jeffrey Ball told an audience at Allegheny College on Tuesday night. Ball, a former newspaper reporter, said his experience reporting on and researching renewable energy policy has shown him

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Allegheny’s Student Alliance for Prison Reform Hosts Anthony Ray Hinton

by Aubrey Hall '22 September 24th 2018

Anthony Ray Hinton was released from Jefferson County (Alabama) Jail in 2015 after serving one of the longest sentences on death row among those later exonerated — and since then he has been traveling the country telling his story. Hinton spoke at Allegheny College on Thursday, Sept. 20, as part of a program sponsored by

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