The front page of the Sunday (9/1/2013) Boston Globe features a story on a survey of Boston area residents conducted as a partnership between UMass Poll and the Globe. The UMass Poll was founded by Professor Brian Schaffner and is directed by him and Associate Directors La Raja, Barakso, and Nteta. Both Schaffner and La Raja were quoted in the Globe's feature story

“Like most college graduates, I dreamed of becoming a lobbyist,” jokes Douglas Lathrop, PhD ’01. Jokes aside, his work as Vice President of the Office of Governmental Affairs for New York Life, has been rewarding and stimulating.

Many members of our department are spending the next few weeks putting the polishing touches on their papers and presentations for the American Political Science Association annual conference, held this year August 29-September 1, 2013 in Chicago, IL.

Presentations by our faculty and graduate students include: 

On June 30, 2013, the Department bid farewell to our long-time Graduate Program Manager, Donna Dove.

Donna spent 28 years at UMass, all of which were in our department. She first worked as the undergraduate secretary and then as the graduate program manager -- the role for which she was most well-known and took the greatest pride.