Recent News From Hamilton Hall
Professor LAYNA MOSLEY has written the following op-ed on free trade and labor standards in the New York Times. In her article Prof. Mosley writes, "[t]he passage this month of free trade agreements may be a victory not only for President Obama, but also for workers in Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Although the anticipated economic consequences of these agreements are small, these pacts also offer a mechanism for improving workers’ rights in partner countries." To continue reading, please see the article.
Associate Professor JASON ROBERTS has received a two year NSF award entitled, "Collaborative Research: Causes and Consequences of the American Ballot." It is a collaborative grant with Associate Professor Erik Engstrom of UC Davis, formerly of UNC-CH, with UNC as the lead institution. Read more in the project abstract.
GEORGE RABINOWITZ, UNC Professor of Political Science, died suddenly of a heart attack on March 18, and the Department of Political Science is mourning his passing. His early leaving creates a big void in our department and in our hearts. To read about his life's work, please click on this story from the News and Observer:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/03/1101535_george-rabinowitz.html
and the Daily Tarheel: http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/03/esteemed_professor_george_rabinowitz_dies_at_67.
To read tributes to George from political scientists around the country, please go to http://www.themonkeycage.org/2011/03/george_rabinowitz.html
http://www.themonkeycage.org/2011/03/more_thoughts_on_george_rabino.html
To contribute to our blog in memory of George Rabinowitz, please go to http://uncpolisci.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/george-rabinowitz/#comments
Professor FRANK BAUMGARTNER has received a career achievement award from the American Political Science Association. Baumgartner received the Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award, which honors a scholar whose lifetime’s professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field. Baumgartner is the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. Baumgartner, who joined the UNC faculty in 2009, is a leading expert on democratic politics, especially the impact of interest groups and government institutions. He has won a number of book awards from the association. “Agendas and Instability in American Politics” (1993) was recognized as “a work of lasting impact on the field of public policy.” “Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence” (2008) was named the best book on U.S. national policy. “Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why” (2009) won the outstanding book award.
Senior MAX ROSE is the 2011 winner of the L. Richardson Preyer Award for his distinguished record of scholarship and service to the community. Max is completing his thesis on the US response to poverty from 1960 to present. His service record is similarly impressive, and include items like teaching and mentoring low-income sixth-graders in Durham, investigating issues surrounding poverty in Madison County, NC, and working with Nourish International on sustainable development projects. He also spent two years working on the Daily Tar Heel, first as staff writer and finally as city editor. Max will be recognized for receiving this award at the Chancellor’s Award Ceremony in April, and at our own graduation ceremony on May 8 in Memorial Hall.
CHRIS CARTER, one of our honors students, has won a Gates Scholarship for study at Cambridge University. He received highest honors for his thesis, entitled The Influence Of Issue-Specific Knowledge On Public Evaluations Of
Health Care Reform. Carter's thesis can be viewed in pdf format by clicking here.
DANIELLE CLEALAND just accepted a one-year postdoctoral fellowship from Princeton University for the 2011-12 school term.
Professor LAYNA MOSLEY has a new book, entitled Labor Rights and Multinational Production, published by Cambridge University Press. Mosley investigates how multinational production impacts workers' rights in this meticulously supported text. For more information about Mosley's new book, follow this link: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521694418
Professor ANDY REYNOLDS also has a new release, Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World, published by Oxford University Press. His new book addresses a question at the heart of contemporary global politics: how does one craft democracy in fragile and divided states? For more information about Reynolds's new book, please click here: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/ComparativePolitics/?view=usa&ci=9780199594498&view=usa
Professor JAMES STIMSON has won the 2010 Warren E. Miller Prize, a prestigious prize from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The prize is periodically presented to an individual for outstanding career accomplishments and service in the elections, public opinion and voting behavior field. Only six prizes have been awarded since the award’s inception in 1995.
As co-author of Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why, Professor FRANK BAUMGARTNER walked off with the APSA'S Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award, which honors a book that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
Profesors PAMELA CONOVER and DONALD SEARING have
received a major grant from the Center for Cognitive and Social
Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and the Arete and Templeton
Foundations to investigate desirable (and undesirable) character traits
for political leadership: motivations and skills that help to preserve
and promote liberal democratic regimes.
The Department celebrates the second year of the Thomas M. Uhlman Graduate Fund in Political Science, providing a major boost to the graduate program
.
