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Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom), extreme left, confering with Ambassador John D. Negroponte (United States, third from left, before the start of the formal meeting of the UN Security Council

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The Political Science Department at Temple offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to understand politics and policy in the United States and abroad. Our faculty have expertise in a variety of fields, from American Politics to Political Theory, to Political Economy. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 
   
   

New! Seminar in Campaign Politics & Cooperative Education

Political Science 4131 and 4581 comprise a six-credit course “bundle” in the Experiential Learning Program of the Department of Political Science. If you are admitted, you will register for two separate courses, each worth three credits. The permission of the instructor is required before you may register. To request the instructor’s permission, please submit a completed application form and a resume. Before you apply, however, please consider this introduction to the course carefully.

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In the Department: Accomplishments by our Students

Congratulations for a job well done to the Political Science students who participated in the Temple Undergraduate Research Forum and Creative Works Symposium 2007. The names and projects of the students follow:

Chloe Gartside, "Japan: A Case Study of an Oil War in North East Asia"

Sara Getz, "Towards a Counter-Hegemonic Framework: Studying Women in the Zapatista Movement"

Alicia Greenidge, "Latin America’s Left Turn to Populism"

Julia Hillengas, "Philadelphia’s Next Step: Lessons from Our Progressive Schools and Applications in Our Public Schooling At-Large"

Yuko Sakata, "The Japanese Sex Industry"

Jesse Staab, "Explaining US Action During the Formation of the New Human Rights Council"

Drew Subits, "Foucault, Panopticism and Control at the Hillside School"

Congratulations also to the following Political Science majors who have received these awards upon completing their degree requirements for May 2007 graduation:

Mary Taylor Benjamin-Britton, Ronald C. Schwatzkopf Endowed Award in Political Science

Aminah Famili, Political Science Merit Prize

Sara Getz, Irving J. Leder and Beatrice Deglin Leder Award

Julia Hillengas, Carolyn Karcher Prize Fund

Joanna K. Jarzebowska, William C. Seyler Scholarship

Erick Lucadamo, Poliical Science Award for Excellence

Emily Moller, Political Science Scholastic Prize



 
   
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