Senior Celebration

The Senior Celebration on May 2, 2018 was a great success, with students and faculty from the Political Science and Legal Studies programs converging on the ILC lawn for food, music, and to celebrate their hard work and achievements throughout their undergraduate careers!

Political Science held its annual scholarship lunch on May 1, 2018 in the UMass Campus Center’s Amherst Room. Department Chair and Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Jane Fountain, and Undergraduate Program Director and Professor of Political Science, Jesse Rhodes, offered remarks and congratulated winners on their impressive achievements.

Political Science scholarship winners are:

Graduate student Zack Albert has received a 2018 Dirksen Center Congressional Research Grant in support of his dissertation project entitled, "Policy Ideas and Advocacy in the Extended Party Network."

Graduate student Ben Nolan has been selected as 2018-2019 W.E.B. Du Bois Graduate Fellow. The fellowship provides students with a generous stipend as well as access to the university's Special Collections on Dubois to help fellows further their research on the major themes that characterize Du Bois’ scholarship and activism.