University of Houston Political Science

Congratulations to PhD alumna Vanessa Baird on receiving the Law and Courts Teaching Award from the American Political Science Association’s Law and Courts Section!

Research from our undergraduate UH Election Lab was mentioned in this article about a recall in Kingsville! Also cool: All three of the undergraduates who helped with the research are in law school now! @UHPoliticalSci caller.com/story/news/loc…

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate Shana Hardin on her new publication in @pgijournal23: "Candidacy: How Authorizing the Use of Campaign Funds for Childcare Increases Women’s Candidacy for State Legislatures." Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Michael Soules on his new article in Political Research Quarterly (@PRQjournal): "Rebels With Too Many Causes." The article shows how broad rebel recruitment can prolong civil conflicts. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Congratulations to Boris Shor (@bshor) on the publication of his new article, "Are State Legislative Leaders Moderates?" in Legislative Studies Quarterly (@LSQjournal). Read the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to Lucia Lopez on receiving a Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grant! 🎉 Lucia will be on the academic job market this year. You can learn more about her research at lucia-lopez.com. russellsage.org/awarded-projec…

Catch up on faculty highlights, student achievements, new research, and more in the latest edition of the University of Houston Department of Political Science newsletter. Read it here: uh.edu/class/politica…

Excited to share the mock cover of my new book with @ColumbiaUP !

#OpenAccess from @Ita_PolSc_Rev - Italy: anomaly, outlier or forerunner? - cup.org/4dZVM6h - @gilibertocapano & Susan E. Scarrow (@UHPoliticalSci) #FirstView

I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College as a postdoctoral fellow this Fall! A huge thanks to all who supported me!

Grateful to be at @ruwomenpolitics for the Politics & Gender Conference @PoliticsGenderJ today, where I’m presenting my paper, “Measuring Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Voter Preferences for Female Candidates.”Thankful to have received a travel grant to support this work.

States with existing renewable energy policies are more likely to promote the equitable adoption of rooftop solar power finds @datta_aparajita of @UHPoliticalSci blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of our colleague, Alin Fumurescu. Alin was a valued member of our department and a thoughtful friend to many. He will be missed. Our condolences go out to his family, friends, and all who knew him.