[Pols-announce] Fall 2020 KU Political Science Newsletter!
Pickerel, Linda M.
lpicke at ku.edu
Wed Dec 9 10:15:39 CST 2020
DEC 2020 Newsletter
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Greetings from the Hill..
Wow, 2020 has felt like a whole decade. Many of our faculty and students have spent the year at least partly away from campus, but we have found new ways to teach our courses and engage with students. Although enrollment was slightly down at KU, enrollment in political science courses and our number of majors has remained at levels not seen since the early 2000s.
With the divisive election over, we can all turn to reconnecting with our neighbors and work towards building a more civil society, regardless of partisan or ideological differences. National elections suck up a lot of oxygen and we all must focus more on what is happening in our communities, including local and state governments. The pandemic and police violence have highlighted inequities in our society and hopefully reinforced our resolve to address these issues.
[cid:f3f43a89-0ad1-4340-a1b1-7ad2d6993060] Professor Sofia Vera
As we move into the new year, we would like to highlight the activities of our department over the past year. This year we welcomed a new faculty member to our department, Visiting Assistant Professor Sofia Vera. Professor Vera is an expert on Latin American politics, with particular interest in political corruption as well as legislative politics.
The 2020 elections kept us busy on the hill with journalist requests for Emeritus Professor Loomis and Professor Miller. Professor Miller even created his own video guide to voting in Kansas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoOr3mnCCI&t=4s<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHAoOr3mnCCI%26t%3D4s&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693685584%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FEZRO%2FMCY4RRDGwzl4HjJMcoCuqfqqaubIA3ikh1HEU%3D&reserved=0> . Professor Zhang established The KU Trade War Lab<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fjackzhang%2Ftwl&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693695581%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=zgzyB36vZ5lqxEtoZNZ6%2FxwbvBRgDbVHo6sOms58OrM%3D&reserved=0> (TWL) in 2020 to support funded research, offer student research training, and other outreach on the politics of trade and conflict.
Thanks to continued support from our donors, we have been fortunate to sponsor or co-sponsor numerous virtual events in the past year. The funds support the Clifford P. Ketzel Speaker Series for the Expression of Minority Opinions and the Political Science Lecture Series and we always welcome new donations.
In September, the Ketzel fund allowed us to co-sponsor two events in the 19th Amendment Centennial Series. The first was a screening of Without A Whisper – Konnon:kwe<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F977237256039933%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693705572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=GWUAVIwGB0fniK2s%2BdqH1bzXqNwhq2DckIZMLeb%2BV%2F0%3D&reserved=0> Documentary Screening with a follow-up vertical discussion with Katsitsionni Fox (Director), Louise Herne, and Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner. The second was a research talk and discussing titled Women Voted Here Before Columbus: The Haudenosaunee Influence on the Women’s Suffrage Movement<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F295400338575047%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693705572%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2FxorIHbmgZQloAxRbnfPnUPH%2BgYdAKlr7PLGMhg5cH8%3D&reserved=0> with Louise Herne and Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner.
Last spring the Ketzel fund allowed us to co-sponsor a presentation and discussion with Drs. Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan (Columbia University) on their book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwwnorton.com%2Fbooks%2F9781324001706&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693715568%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=nc1F7yZGRA5d4681lhXtjb55wcknj4b4wtP6e3uyfWg%3D&reserved=0>. Early in the year we co-sponsored two film screenings and discussions to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquakes in Haiti.
Also, thanks to support from our donors we were able to provide numerous awards for collaborative research between students and faculty through the Allan J. Cigler Academic Enrichment Fund and the Lance F. Johnson Award, including:
[cid:f48b663e-9e0c-41ca-844e-ffaa2e35bffc] Irene Caracioni, Cigler awardee
Aylar Atadurdyyeva a spring 2020 recipient of an Allan J. Cigler Academic Enrichment Fund Award to work with Professor Kennedy and PhD candidate Rachel Finnell on a project entitled "Constitutions and How They Function in Central Asia."
Michael Scott a spring/summer 2020 recipient of an Allan J. Cigler Academic Enrichment Fund Award to work with Professor Reich on a project entitled "Understanding Immigrant Policy in the U.S."
Irene Caracioni a fall 2020 recipient of an Allan J. Cigler Academic Enrichment Fund Award to work with Professor Carter on a project entitled "Allied Attacks: The Dangers of Networks in Right Wing Extremist Violence in the U.S."
Jacob Roberts a fall 2020 recipient of an Allan J. Cigler Academic Enrichment Fund Award to work with Professor Carter on a project entitled "Offensive Counterterrorism and Terrorist Attacks: An Analysis of Operation Inherent Resolve"
[cid:a0aafd90-8b63-4310-8949-d3c332c6219d] Aylar Atadurdyyeva, Cigler Awardee
You can continue to get updates about the department on our webpage
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In April 2020 we inducted two students into the Pi Sigma Alpha honor society, but we were unable to hold our annual Recognition Ceremony. Likewise, we were unable to hold the 10th annual Political Science Graduation Celebration (founded by Emeritus Professor Elaine Sharp) for all graduating political science majors and their families. We hope to be able to hold these events for our 2020 students in 2021 and hold these events for our 2021 students in 2021. However, all our activities are subject to University restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find pictures of past events on our webpage and our Facebook page.
[cid:0719617a-6073-43d7-87af-159feead0f2f] PhD student, Leeann Hyunsoo Youn with her Pi Sigma Alpha certificate!
Here is a link to a video with PhD student, Rachel Finnell, telling the history the Gamma chapter here at the University of Kansas! https://www.facebook.com/PiSigmaAlphaNational/videos/1472909672918776/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPiSigmaAlphaNational%2Fvideos%2F1472909672918776%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693725570%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9ab%2FkEN4l8sMprwm2QXMv8I%2F8BhaXrrZzQ7N2DO%2FicY%3D&reserved=0>
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Pi Sigma Alpha Centennial: The Gamma Chapter<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPiSigmaAlphaNational%2Fvideos%2F1472909672918776%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693745557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LD%2B4JapXs3Zi%2FRCxQ1SxFWCLd7JavMkS8W1RfboxkEc%3D&reserved=0>
Next in our look back at the earliest chapters of Pi Sigma Alpha: the Gamma chapter at Political Science at KU, founded in 1922. Chapter member Rachel...
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Christopher P. Palmer, and Lynette C. Palmer
Joseph E. Pierle, and Lori Lovell Pierle
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Faculty Activity 2020
All our faculty and student have struggled to adapt their research and courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Making it through 2020 and meeting our obligations was enough of an accomplishment for many of us.
Alan Arwine teaches classes in American government and international politics. He is writing two books. The first examines political tolerance in advanced industrialized countries and the second explores determinants of human rights.
Nazli Avdan is serving as the Graduate Director for the department and is working on several projects. One is a forthcoming article in International Interactions, which finds that migration from terror-prone states erodes the human rights regimes of recipient states. Two related papers explore 1) the effects of state capacity in cushioning the decline of human rights and 2) the effects of natural disasters on human rights regimes. A second paper explores the human trafficking activities of insurgent organizations. A third paper examines the pursuit of chemical-biological-radiological-and nuclear (CBRN) weapons by insurgent groups. She has another paper under review that revisits the effectiveness of border fences in stemming the flow of refugees. Finally, she has a set of papers that examine the effects of natural disasters on terrorist group tactics and sexual violence in civil wars.
David Brichoux is teaching courses in American politics and political theory. He recently published a chapter “Minimum Wage” in Legislating Morality in America: Debating the Morality of Controversial U.S. Laws and Policies. This summer he attended the KU Center For Teaching Excellence Flexible Design Camp in June (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Brichoux<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FDavid_Brichoux&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693745557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=6GmSbRpbC5wVrhzTOE6E4sTFszhXikA3A1UBPFvpkEo%3D&reserved=0> ).
Hannah Britton is the Director for the Center of Injustice (CSI). CSI houses the Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Initiative, the Center for Migration Research, and The Qualitative Research Working Group. Her book, Ending Gender-Based Violence: Justice and Community in South Africa was released last spring, and she continues her research on how to prevent human trafficking and extreme exploitation. She had two related articles published this year. She is also a collaborator on “Collaborative Research: Technology Education for Women in Transition,” which is building tools and curricula on digital literacy to assist women transitioning from incarceration back to the workforce and society.
Brittnee Carter is working on several projects related to religiously motivated terrorism and U.S. counterterrorism efforts. This year she published an article investigating systematic biases against Muslims in counterterrorism policies, as well as an article with 2 students about state sponsors of religiously motivated terrorism and the violence that results from that relationship. Currently, Professor Carter has a revise and resubmit manuscript with former KU undergraduate student Maya Van Nuys that differentiates the framing mechanisms for radicalization and recruitment among Salafi and Shia terrorist organizations.(see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brittnee_Carter<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FBrittnee_Carter&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693755554%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=NEwaL1AQzEeDsBf7V0QTB9bJvJlpaMjobI78hifVLzE%3D&reserved=0> ).
Don Haider-Markel is chairing the department and published several co-authored articles on LGBT politics, gun politics, and the politics of attributions. He published several articles, a volume entitled Legislating Morality in America, and has a forthcoming series, The Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Donald_Haider-Markel<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FDonald_Haider-Markel&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693765550%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=P%2B%2BIzaEki5GSSQPchaN3BUUD8pa2ps9Pd%2B9Pt14pg94%3D&reserved=0> ); follow on twitter @dhmarkel
Paul Johnson is finishing his last semester at KU before retiring after more than 30 years of service. He will continue working in the private sector doing data analysis in Kansas City. It is a big loss for us, but a great opportunity for PJ.
Mark Joslyn just completed a book on the political behavior of gun owners, The Gun Gap (Oxford University Press). Professor Joslyn also created a blog called Consider the Politics<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsiderthepolitics.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693765550%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=OABOkLX3L7wFIvVBYiXwNeZdUZu6WUoAHdgxmHSnwMU%3D&reserved=0>. It offers additional material for his introductory and advanced undergraduate classes as well as a platform to expose his research and writing to a broader audience. He has a paper under review about conspiracy theorists and the psychological tendency to project attitudes and behaviors onto the public (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark_Joslyn ).
John Kennedy is serving as our Director of Undergraduate Studies as well as the Director of the Center for East Asian Studies. He has chapter in a forthcoming edited book by Ronald Inglehart and an article under review with my graduate student Haruka Nagao. He is also working on a second book project examining the involuntary bachelors (bare branches) in rural China as well as an article on current state of village elections in China (see https://www.johnjameskennedy.com/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnjameskennedy.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693775545%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3EFhvjBohK6xNt4jVrxEfK4hMVjpPky0EBt30dZ6Y%2Bc%3D&reserved=0> ).
Burdett Loomis is now officially retired as Emeritus but is still writing and contributing to regional political discussion (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Burdett_Loomis<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FBurdett_Loomis&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693785538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jAuf1HkpVVgjPzo%2BeQrNMV6Um11dYVwALZKmkI1OkZ8%3D&reserved=0> ).
Patrick Miller took over the DC and Topeka internship programs this year from Burdett Loomis and is continuing to work on various projects related to American political behavior. He regularly appears in state, national, and international media commenting on American politics @pmiller1693
Kevin Mullinix studies the dynamics that shape people's attitudes toward police and the criminal justice system in the United States. He published research on how videos of police use-of-force impact the public's attitudes toward law enforcement and support for policy reform, and he is writing a book on the effects of wrongful convictions for both public policy and public opinion. (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_Mullinix<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FKevin_Mullinix&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693785538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=RPiH7ACql46XSNv4WLq62P8IvVbgTDJfOgYmEfKRSS4%3D&reserved=0> )
Mariya Omelicheva is on leave in Washington, DC, but she continues to publish her research in a number of outlets (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mariya_Omelicheva<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FMariya_Omelicheva&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693795534%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VszwujSU8mKdjlANofNfdUBhnt1A9LEa48iwym%2BizHk%3D&reserved=0> ).
Gary Reich continued his research on immigration policy in the American states. His new book, The Politics of Immigration across the United States, is forthcoming with Routledge Press in 2021 (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary_Reich<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FGary_Reich&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693795534%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=wnz14ruaYdHqu7%2FqGWyic1V4fZRDicYy6F8r7Uq0t6Q%3D&reserved=0> ).
Robert Rohrschneider completed editing a 34-chapter book entitled The Oxford Handbook of Representation in Liberal Democracies published by Oxford University Press in 2020. He also conducted a public opinion survey in Germany in order to study the influence of populism on institutional legitimacy (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Rohrschneider<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FRobert_Rohrschneider&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693805519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MqzYjnFJoAOu3sFHZeXJNOe%2BNGAr1XuWecL6FvsHsB0%3D&reserved=0> ).
Paul Schumaker is retired Emeritus Professor but he continues to write and conduct research. His latest book was published this year, entitled The Twenty-Eighth Amendment? Beyond Abolishing the Electoral College.
Sofia Vera joined the department this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor. She has been conducting research on political corruption and electoral accountability. Her recent work has been published in Political Studies and Latin American Politics and Society. This year Dr. Vera presented her work at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the Latin American Studies Association (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sofia_Vera<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FSofia_Vera&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693815521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=EWa5QGpd6rbtEWX3NNgWxtEnGqz6sKp5GGiXYkF4PSM%3D&reserved=0> ).
Clay Webb continued his methodological work on dynamic specification problems that arise with the use of time series models of political phenomena. His paper in the American Journal of Political Science develops a new hypothesis testing procedure that resolves one of the fundamental problems with applied time series analysis. His recent paper in Political Analysis develops a different hypothesis test that allows the analyst to arbitrate between models where the dynamics observed in the data are a function of unmeasured residual dynamics and models where these dynamics are an observed part of the causal process. In addition, he published two substantive articles, one on terrorism and the other on economic sanctions (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clayton_Webb<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FClayton_Webb&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693815521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=NxvDjACP7aFFIYvzr17gac0W%2FxEZEZJkFlND4Pu90BI%3D&reserved=0> ).
F. Michael Wuthrich is finishing up Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa, forthcoming with Indiana University Press. He continues to work on the dynamics of women’s political representation in Turkey along with the development of populism in Turkey and around the world. He has recent publications in these areas in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F13530194.2020.1719035&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693825515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XgWzeKrvIC38bjqGhve1oBWmAg8DO56s9qfyf%2Fnaums%3D&reserved=0> and Journal of Democracy<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmuse.jhu.edu%2Farticle%2F753207%2Fsummary&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693835518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3d056rBey9ODpwtCmU4fKOHSNzsEvx48sCEYUnlLpbM%3D&reserved=0> respectively. (also see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/F_Wuthrich<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fprofile%2FF_Wuthrich&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693835518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=uw0%2BSdyGr6NuyK9wbwv1JrR9NYrfQMeUTsYH4J0ZSZA%3D&reserved=0> ).
Jiakun (Jack) Zhang established The KU Trade War Lab<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fjackzhang%2Ftwl&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693845508%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=w59A69V4LHFXuRok6EgNPkf1efcV3rri7ZKmd5wEZU0%3D&reserved=0> (TWL) in 2020 with funding from a Minerva Research Initiative Defense Education and Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership Grant and several campus sources. As the Director, Professor Zhang’s lab will support funded research, offer student research training, facilitate exchange with other academic centers, and enable campus outreach on the politics of trade and conflict. The current TWL team includes three KU graduate students and six KU undergraduate students and is working on a number of projects on the political economy of the U.S.-China Trade War (also see www.jackzhang.org<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackzhang.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693855506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=mutE3e37%2B%2B%2Fm%2FaX0%2FX1f0be%2BNYKvSdANLPYJQL5Shag%3D&reserved=0> ).
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KU POLS Professor Emeritus Jarosław Piekałkiewicz has a published book Dance with Death: A Holistic View of Saving Polish Jews during the Holocaust (Hamilton Books, 2019). In this book, he examines this issue in detail as it relates to Poland—the country that experienced the harshest German occupation and was slated for permanent incorporation into the German Reich.
Piekałkiewicz participated in the Polish Resistance as a teenager along with other members of his family. This book gives readers a more realistic understanding than usually available of resistance under German occupation and amid the Holocaust.
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Former POLS Professor and Chair, Earl Arthur Nehring, passed away in January at age 99
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Congratulations to all the graduates in 2020<http://2020grads.ku.edu/>!
[cid:f17a35ca-7d1c-43f7-8fad-9ee1f003e208] Kara Fort, Campanile award winner!
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Graduate students highlighted, and their reactions to the COVID impact:
[cid:6efe3082-ee16-4ee8-9487-9fe209d6f73e] PhD student Amilee Turner was featured in the Kansas Alumni Magazine. By August she had sewn and donated 2,000 masks for frontline workers
https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/issue-3-2020/amilee-turner-multitasking-mask-maker/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkansasalumnimagazine.org%2Fissue-3-2020%2Familee-turner-multitasking-mask-maker%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clpicke%40ku.edu%7Cc89feed15a7d4a3f2bd208d89c5d0624%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637431270693855506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LX%2B1QYVG3vh5kE2ndBWxa1fN%2BC077Nxpm6zulgo4wsU%3D&reserved=0>
[cid:8b176a0d-cd85-428f-8f52-7da431751227] 4th year PhD student, Abigail Vegter was featured commenting on how the COVID-19 pandemic affects today's tumultuous, hyper-partisan political and religious landscape, including views on gun ownership and more in her KU College Stories profile:
rockcha.lk/Abigail-Vegter<https://blog-college.ku.edu/abigail-vegter-investigates-religion-politics-and-gun-ownership-in-america/>
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