Undergraduate Advisor and Assistant to the Chair of Politics and Government Erik Rankin has been elected the local party chair for the Democrats.
Rankin chairing local Democrats

Undergraduate Advisor and Assistant to the Chair of Politics and Government Erik Rankin has been elected the local party chair for the Democrats.
Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Kerri Milita co-published a study in The Journal of Politics.
A retirement reception for Professor of Politics and Government Carlos Parodi will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24.
Distinguished alumnus, Adam Ghrist, who graduated with a political science degree in 2004, just received a U.S. Department of Justice appointment as assistant U.S. attorney in Illinois.
Ali Riaz presented a paper April 5 at the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association held in San Francisco.
This year’s annual ISU Research Symposium showcased ten posters presented by Department graduate and undergraduate students.
Politics and Government student Billy Stripeik was honored at the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Spring Address with the Grabill-Homan Peace Prize Award.
Jaimie Kent, who completed a graduate degree from the Department of Politics and Government during spring semester 2017, is the College of Arts and Sciences recipient of the James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis award.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz was quoted in The Interpreter, the publication of the Sydney-based Australian think tank Lowy Institute.
Professor Aimee Miller-Ott will present “So Close, Yet so Far: Staying connected when your cell phone pulls you away,” on Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Room 118 at the ISU Alumni Center.