Graduate Student Catherine Abou-Khalil published with North Carolina State University’s Khayrallah Center on Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Graduate Student Catherine Abou-Khalil recently co-authored a report with North Carolina State University’s Khayrallah Center on Lebanese Diaspora Studies. The Lebanese Diaspora Philanthropy Report can be found here: https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/08/2025-Philanthropy-Report-Final.pdf

Professor Apekshya Prasai Wins Awards from American Political Science Association’s Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section and Women, Gender, and Politics Section

Professor Apekshya Prasai has won two prestigious awards from the American Political Science Association: Best Dissertation Award from the Women, Gender, and Politics Section, for her dissertation “Gendered Processes of Rebellion: Understanding Strategies for Organizing Violence.” Qualitative Evidence Award from the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section, her work with qualitative and multi-method research

Professor Spencer Piston and Graduate Student Chas Walker Published in Annual Review of Political Science

Professor Spencer Piston and grad student Chas Walker have published a new article on racism in research and the study of policing (co-authored with Kaneesha Johnson and Selma Hedlund) in Annual Review of Political Science. Read the full article here: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-polisci-033123-124752

Professor Christine Slaughter wins APSA Award

Professor Christine Slaughter’s paper “All Emotions Aren’t the Same: Intersectional Analysis of Women’s Political Action Based on Emotive Responses” (co-authored with Kennia L. Coronado, Camille Burge-Hicks, and Nadia E. Brown) was selected as one of two winners of the 2024 Best Paper on Intersectionality by the Women, Gender, and Politics Section of APSA!

Professor Jacob Brown awarded Carnegie Fellowship

Professor Jacob Brown has been awarded a $200,000 research stipend by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study political segregation and political polarization. Press release: https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/carnegie-corporation-of-new-york-awards-fellowships-to-26-scholars-researching-political-polarization/