Reeher Discusses the Midterms With Multiple Media Outlets
From polling and political ads to strategy and tight races, Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher talks with multiple outlets, including Newsweek and Spectrum News, about the midterm elections.
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Gadarian Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Corruption as a Top Issue for Voters
“The smartest candidates are using corruption [by saying,] ‘People in government are getting rich off of you, and you can’t get ahead because of that,’” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science.
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Changing the Terms of Conflict: Electoral Revolution in the 2026 Hungarian Parliamentary Election
Co-authored by Miklos Sebok, faculty fellow and senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, the article was published in West European Politics.
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Thorson Speaks With Snopes About the Impact of AI Slop on Voters
“There has long been a tendency for people to assume that folks are dumb and, ‘Well, they're going to be hoodwinked by misinformation,’” says Emily Thorson, associate professor of political science. “People aren't that stupid. People approach what they see on social media with an enormous degree of skepticism.”
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A Public Philosophy for Public Administration in Times of Democratic Crisis
The article, co-authored by Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration, was published in Public Administration Review.
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Maxwell Panel Weighs Midterm Elections
Scholars, journalists and a pollster recently discussed voter turnout, polling uncertainties and what’s at stake in the Nov. 3 election.
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Faricy Weighs In on Whether or Not Republican Tax Cuts Can Sway Voters in New York Times Articles
“One of the challenges of tax cuts is that people only interact with the tax system once a year, and it’s in April,” says Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Thompson Discusses Pope Leo’s Influence on US Voters in OSV News Article
“I think he has become an influence not because he’s been explicitly political, but because he has emphasized Catholic social teaching and reminded Catholics, including Catholic voters in the U.S. that Catholic social teaching is a part of the teaching of the Church,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.
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Structural Violence and Community Action for Health Equity
The chapter, co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein and Professor Emerita of Public Health Sandra Lane, was published in the De Gruyter Handbook of Structural Violence.
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The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection
The article, co-authored by Miklós Sebők, faculty fellow and senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, was published in Nature Scientific Data.
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Zhang Weighs In on Using the Term ‘Super Intelligence’ vs. Artificial Intelligence in PolitiFact
“It’s really important that we get our definition right with any attempts at regulating this very fast-moving technology,” says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. Super intelligence would be a misleading descriptor for general-purpose AI, as well as AI systems that are more narrow in scope, she says.
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Maxwell’s ‘Agents of Change’ Conference to Celebrate and Examine the Nation’s 250th Anniversary
The full-day event on Oct. 16 is part of the school’s USA@250 programming and will feature a keynote by Goldman School Dean David C. Wilson and panels with faculty scholars and pollster John Zogby ’74 M.A. (Hist).
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Reeher Discusses Trump’s Trip to Syracuse in a Bid to Save Republican House Seats With NY Post
“I think it’s going to cut both ways. On the one hand, Trump’s negatives in New York are very deep. People are very emotional—the ones that don’t like Trump really don’t like him,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. But he can also help fill the Republican enthusiasm gap, he says.
Partisanship and the Social Construction of Deservingness in the United States
The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Christopher Faricy, was published in Political Behavior.
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Reeher Speaks to Newsweek About Trump’s Approval Ratings, Democrats’ Chances of Flipping the Senate
“The contest for Senate control is becoming increasingly competitive, largely due to what continues to come out of the White House—evidenced by the president’s extremely low approval ratings. This latest appearance of essentially a bribe by the president for a good outcome in the midterms will not help,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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O’Keefe Article on the Follow the Rules Act Published by Brookings
“Federal law protects both civilian and military public servants from punishment for refusing to follow illegal orders, though few employees know these protections exist,” writes University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe, who served in both Bush administrations at the Pentagon, White House and NASA; and Josh Gotbaum, who served in the Clinton Administration as an appointee at the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget.
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Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of the documentary, The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph, produced by Maxwell alumnus Chris Meek.
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Cohen Discusses His New Book, ‘Gangster of New York,’ on HistoryExtra Podcast
Andrew Wender Cohen, professor of history, talks about his new book, Gangster of New York: A Violent Life in Nineteenth-Century America, that follows the remarkable career of Louis Bieral—a boxer, gambler, political enforcer and American Civil War veteran.
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Gangster of New York: A Violent Life in Nineteenth Century America
Andrew Wender Cohen, professor and director of graduate studies in the History Department, has written Gangster of New York: A Violent Life in Nineteenth Century America (Cambridge University Press, 2026). The book traces the extraordinary life of Louis Bieral, a 19th-century gangster, politician, sportsman and Civil War hero whose turbulent journey illuminates the violence woven into the fabric of American life.
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New Faculty Fellowship Honors a Legacy of Service and Civic Engagement
Maxwell political scientist Emily Thorson has been named the inaugural Fortunato Priore Endowed Faculty Fellow in Civic Engagement, an appointment made possible by an alumnus’ estate gift.
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