News related to PSIA students.
Joey Zeldin, a Political Science major, presented his research at the 2023 Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia (NURVa) at Christopher Newport University. Joey presented his senior thesis, “Hollywood, Heinz Field, and the Hill: Analyzing Celebrities and Amateurs in Congressional Elections.”
Emma Bathke, Sally Burkley, and Noell Evans were selected to present their research at the 2022 National Student Research Conference, sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha.Presentations:Emma Bathke, “The Duality of English in Indian Education and Statecraft.”Sally Burkley, “The Relationship Between Late Night, Twitter, and Political Literacy in 2020.”Noell Evans, “Hegemony: On India’s Status in the South […]
In November 2021, UMW’s International Relations Organization took a team of 16 student delegates on a trip to the University of North Carolina Model United Nations Conference. Read more about their experiences below!
Political Science major Cassandra Atkinson ’23 is a co-author of a column on Virginia politics, along with UMW Political Science Professor Stephen Farnsworth and UMW Geography Professor Stephen Hanna. Check out the article in Virginia Capitol Connections Winter 2022 issue (page 12-13) on the Democratic Electoral Decline of 2021.
The UMW International Relations Organization (IRO) is putting on the first-ever ‘Saturday Simulation,’ surrounding NATO’s response to the fall of the Soviet Union, set in the final days of 1991.