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Nick Xenos, Professor of Political Science, has been named a fellow with the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (ISI) at UMass Amherst for academic year 2015-2016. 

ISI is "a forum for faculty at the University of Massachusetts to engage with one another in a spirit of intellectual and creative adventure in a range of settings and environments." 

On March 29 and 30, visiting Professor and Armenian Ambassador Armen Baibourtian led 27 Political Science students on a tour of the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City. The trip allowed students to connect their studies at UMass with the outside world and gain insight on the different routes their future endeavors may take.  It is the third time in the past several years that Ambassador Baibourtian has been able to supplement his classwork with a field trip of this kind.

Political Science PhD student Alper H. Yagci has received a Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for academic year 2015-2016. The prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowship carries with it a $30,000 stipend, additional research support funds, and professional development support for entering the academic job market. Yagci is one of 70 fellows awarded a fellowship from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants.

Ann Merriam Feinberg ‘68 (Government), counsel at Connecticut Community Foundation, attributes her success in part to a willingness to take some risks and make changes in her life, even if those changes might be uncomfortable at first.

Amel Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Political Science, has received a research grant from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass to explore the dynamics of 19th century party formation in the US. 

Working with Census and qualitative data, Professor Ahmed seeks to explain the absence of a viable worker's party during the 19th century. "I argue that it was institutional changes early in the 19th century that were responsible for [the lack of such a party]," she says.

Elizabeth Sharrow, Assistant Professor of Political Science and History, has been awarded a 2015-2016 research fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a part of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

“Without a good education, you don’t know what you don’t know,” says Howard J. Wayne ‘63 (Government), managing partner of Wayne, Richard & Hurwitz, LLC in Boston. “With education, all doors are open for you to walk through.”

UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL), a campus-wide initiative based in the Department of Political Science designed to better support and encourage undergraduate women to pursue public service and public leadership, is pleased to announce the assignment of mentors to its inaugral cohort of undergraduate fellows. 

"Mentoring is a critical component of UWiL," says Michelle Goncalves, executive director. "Our mentors are experts in their fields and role models for the women in our program. We are grateful that they are so willing to share their time and expertise."

Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, has been named an Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) Scholar for 2015-2016.

The ISSR Scholars Program is a competitive fellowship awarded yearly to social science faculty from across the University. It offers guidance and support to faculty as they develop research proposals for external funding and participate in a year-long seminar through the ISSR.

Being told that the US and Canada have different approaches to health care and public health is one thing. Seeing the differences first-hand is quite another.

Yet that is exactly what students in Professor Dean Robinson’s health and health care inequality capstone seminar were able to do this semester when they travelled to Montreal to meet with scholars, medical professionals, and community organizers.

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