Leah Wing, Senior Lecturer II of Legal Studies has been awarded this year’s UMass College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. This award celebrates exceptional teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development efforts, and their impact on students.

Schaffner comments about the legal challenge to a Kansas law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Research on voters in the 2016 presidential election done by Brian F. Schaffner is cited in a story about how the Democrats who are winning special elections this year have changed to a strategy most often used by Republican. 

In the New York Times, Brian explains that exit polls are difficult to read, especially on election day when the exact demographics of the electorate are not yet known. 

Schaffner says research on the 2016 presidential election supports the idea that racism and sexism were keys to Donald Trump’s victory.

Kevin L. Young, associate professor of political science, has been appointed associate director of the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) for the 2018-19 academic year. He replaces Henry Renski, associate professor of regional planning, who is completing a three-year term.  

Alternative Spring Break brings Academic Fellows to DC for networking and professional development opportunities The University of Massachusetts Academic Fellows Program (AFP) embarked on its inaugural Alternative Spring Break trip to Washington, DC from March 9-13, taking 19 AFP participants to the nation’s capital. The AFP brings specialized opportunities and programs for first generation and ALANA undergraduate students in the UMass College of Social & Behavioral Sciences.