Professor Paul Musgrave, Political Science is quoted in a Newsweek article on how the concept of the “deep state” conspiracy theory made its way to mainstream dialogue. Musgrave cautions that the confrontational attitude adopted by President Trump and his supporters goes beyond “just the context of Russia,” to more widely reflect the President’s self-professed outsider status, which sees “President Trump insulting or targeting intelligence agencies in the period up to the inauguration. And this was perceived to be something that could really spark a backlash from members of American intelligence agencies.”

By Thanassis Cambanis July 15, 2017

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“The state continues to be the basic building block of politics. Fragile states don’t diminish that fact,” said Alasdair Roberts, incoming director of the school of public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dr. Bernal, as the Director of the newly renamed Academic Fellows Program (AFP), will support first generation and ALANA undergraduate students in SBS.