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Katie Krumbholz Receives 2020 Janet Box-Steffensmeier Award

Katie Krumbholz (MA, Political Science, 2019) has received a 2020 Janet Box-Steffensmeier Award from the Society for Political Methodology. The announcement was made June 10, 2020 by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan. The award is designed to encourage … Continue reading Katie Krumbholz Receives 2020 Janet Box-Steffensmeier Award

19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary

Amy Erica Smith Named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that Amy Erica Smith, LAS Dean’s Professor and associate professor of political science, has been selected as a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Smith is one of only 27 researchers nationwide, and the first at Iowa State who will receive $200,000 in philanthropic support for the award, in recognition of high-caliber … Continue reading Amy Erica Smith Named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Sarah Meisch At SCUSA 2019

Political Science senior Sarah Meisch was Iowa State University’s participant at the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA), at the United States Military Academy (West Point), October 30 to November 2, 2019. The topic for this year’s 71st SCUSA conference was Advancing the National Interest – The Intersection of Domestic Politics and American Foreign Policy. … Continue reading Sarah Meisch At SCUSA 2019

Steffen Schmidt analyzes the Democrat debates on The Attitude radio show. From August 1, 2019

Lucken Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt was a first on The Attitude radio show. Concord, New Hampshire. The show covered the second Democratic debate August 1, 2019. Schmidt analyzes the implications for Iowa’s February presidential caucuses.  

Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt analyzes the second Democratic debate.

In Podcast by George Lucken Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt analyzes the second Democratic debate. His take away is that the format of the debates is a disaster. Too little time. The moderators, he argues, were also terrible because they were instigating a cock fight between the candidates. He also noted that, oddly, the … Continue reading Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt analyzes the second Democratic debate.

Lucken Panel Event: American Politics After 2018 Midterms