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| Welcome to the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia, which is part of the School of Public and International Affairs. Our faculty are leading scholars in their fields and award-winning teachers as well as valuable members of their communities. Currently in the department there are 20 tenured or tenure track faculty, 1 fellow, and 1 lecturer. We have 34 graduate students and over 800 undergraduate majors. |
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| Dr. Audrey Haynes was the 2009 winner of the Thomas P. Lauth Award for Outstanding Teaching. This award is given annually to a tenured professor in Political Science for outstanding teaching. |
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Dr. Daniel Kapust was the 2009 winner of the Susette M. Talarico Award for Outstanding Teaching. This award is given annually to an untenured professor in Political Science in recognition of outstanding teaching.
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| Dr. John Maltese was quoted at length in Politico about the practice of Supreme Court nominees maintaining public silence before their confirmation hearings. Maltese has written extensively about the federal judicial confirmation process, including the book The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees. |
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| Congratulations to Dr. Teena Wilhelm and her co-authors Dr. Laura Langer (University of Arizona), and Dr. Gabriel R. Sanchez (University of New Mexico) on winning the "Best Paper on State Politics and Policy" presented at the 2008 APSA annual meeting in Boston. There will be a formal announcement of the award at the State Politics and
Policy Section’s annual business meeting at the 2009 APSA Conference. |
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| The Wall Street Journal references research done by Dr. Charles Bullock and Dr. Ronald Gaddie regarding Section Five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. |
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| Dr. Audrey Haynes has been selected as a Senior Teaching Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. This is in recognition of her superior contributions to teaching at the University of Georgia. |
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| Dr. John Maltese published an op-ed in the Washington Post concerning the upcoming vacancy on the United States Supreme Court and how President Obama should fill it. |
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| Dr. Audrey Haynes rates President Obama's for 100 days in office for the Atlanta Journal and Consitution. Dr. Haynes is also quoted in the Christian Science Monitor regarding CIA interrogation. |
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| Dr. Richard Vining's study with Amy Steigerwalt of Georgia State University and Susan Smelcer at Emory University is mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. The study is on partisanship and judicial nominees. The three are also published in the New York Times Editorial page referencing conclusions from the same study. |
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| Dr. Richard Vining's paper is mentioned in the New York Times regarding the American Bar Association. Also, one of his studies is referenced in a NYT editorial on the A.B.A. and Judicial Nominees. |
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 Dr. Charles Bullock, will speak on the current state of politics in the South and in the State of Georgia, and will also consider the state of the Republican Party regionally, nationally, and on a state level. The event will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in the Zell B. Miller Learning Center Room 214. The event is sponsored by the College Repulicans. |
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| The department would like to recognize undergraduate Political Science major Caitlin McLaughin. Caitlin is the winner of a CURO Best Paper Award for 2009. Her paper, "The Absence of Term Limits in the Constitution" was supervised by Dr. Daniel Kapust. Awards will be given to award winners by the UGA Alumni Association on Monday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. at the Classic Center in the Fire Hall. |
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| A study by Dr. Richard Vining about American Bar Association ratings of judicial nominess is the focus of an article in the National Law Journal. The study, co-authored with Amy Steigerwalt of Georgia State University and Susan Smelcer of Emory University, will be presented next month at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago. It examines whether ABA ratings have a liberal bias. |
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| An article in the Emory Law Journal by Dr. Charles S. Bullock III and Richard E. Dunn, "The Demise of Racial Districting and the Future of Black Representation," was cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy in the Supreme Court decision Bartlett v. Strickland decided on March 9. Bullock is a noted authority on this subject. |
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| Dr. Jamie Carson has received the J. Hatten Howard III Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Honors Program. He will be recognized at the Honors Day Ceremony on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. |
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| Dr. Keith Dougherty has received the Gordon Tullock Prize for best paper published by younger scholars in Public Choice in 2008. The award is for "Voting on Slavery at the Constitutional Convention," co-authored with Jac Heckelman of Wake Forest University. The award will be announced formally at the upcoming meetings of the Public Choice Society and in the pages of the next-available issue of Public Choice. |
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| Dr. Anthony Madonna and Dr. Jason Berggren were honored by the UGA Student Government Association on February 6th for their outstanding constributions to undergraduate education. |
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| At the Southern Political Science Association Meeting this month, Dr. Charles Bullock won the Manning Dauer Award. This award is presented biennially to a political scientist for exceptional service to the profession. |
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| Dr. Jason Berggren, Dr. Charles Bullock, and Dr. Jamie Carson are quoted in an article from Savannah Morning News regarding the challenges President Obama will face. Will he be able to live up to the high expectations placed on his presidency? Read the article here. |
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 Congratulations to Major Scott Virgil, U.S. Army, for his completion of his Masters Degree in Political Science in a record five semesters.
Major Virgil's thesis examined the allocation of presidential campaign
resources. Members of Major Virgil's committee included Dr. Audrey Haynes, Dr. Paul Gurian, and Dr. Ryan Bakker. The Department of
Political Science is proud of Major Virgil's accomplishments and his
service. Major Virgil will be deployed to Afghanistan early in 2009.
Pictured left to right: Ms. Geneva Foster, Graduate Program Academic
Advisor III, Major Scott Virgil, and Dr. Audrey Haynes, Graduate
Coordinator. |
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