A team of researchers including Elizabeth Sharrow, assistant professor of political science and history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a three-year ADVANCE Partnership Award totaling more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation to implement a project to address sexual harassment in the field of political science.

An article about the top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates’ positions on foreign policy quotes Paul Musgrave. He says former Vice President Joe Biden is running as the “Obama candidate,” with the belief that the United States and its institutions may need some fixing but are basically sound. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders take the stance that the U.S. and its institutions need to be reformed in order to reduce the concentration of wealth globally. (Al Jazeera, 7/30/19)

Professor Musgrave was recently featured on Connecting Point. Following eight weeks of unrest, tensions in Hong Kong boiled over this weekend. Hong Kong protesters clashed with authorities leading to more than 60 arrests. The protests have been condemned by China’s central government, which assumed control of the former British colony in 1997. What’s behind the unrest in Hong Kong, and what does the future hold? (Connecting Point, 7/29/19.

The study of politics often requires an intense focus on the contentious mechanics of deal-making and diplomacy between parties in competition for scarce resources. However, in the quiet of summer here on the UMass campus, the Department of Political Science was delighted to get a reminder of the softer side of international relations. The latest issue of the UMass alumni magazine featured the touching story of Anil (’73PhD) and Bannu (‘73G) Shrikhande.

Political Science Professor Tatishe Nteta, whose work with Brian Schaffner and Matt McWilliams on the respective roles of racism and hostile sexism in public support for Trump was recently featured in the Economist.