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Congratulations to SPSIA's Angelina Alonzo for being one of the three UCF Boren Award recipients! She will be strengthening her understanding of the Russian language at Daugavpils University in Latvia.
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Salah Ben Hammou, a SPSIA doctoral student, has been awarded a 2023-24 Peace Scholar Fellowship Award for his dissertation: The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism & The Politics of Post-Coup Trajectories. Congratulations Salah!

🌐Congratulations to UCF School of Politics, Security, and Intl Affairs student Angelina Alonzo and Psychology student Flora Ngo on receiving the prestigious Boren Awards. They'll be traveling to Latvia and Vietnam, respectively, to study abroad. ow.ly/5VUR50OQlQP

It's no secret that grad school is challenging—but there's plenty of resources to help. UCF School of Politics, Security, and Intl Affairs Graduate Advisor Tom Dolan shares his advice for grad students and how they can thrive through the experience. ow.ly/yWgB50OBWLS

UCF visionary Robert Bledsoe literally named the streets we drive on today and has been with UCF for 55 years. Read more about his legacy and impact on UCF and UCF_SPSIA. ow.ly/KMs450NO43T

Thank you 🇺🇸 #CitizenDiplomat Aubrey Jewett with UCF UCF_SPSIA for providing IVLP participants with a U.S. federalism briefing.

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One of the defining things about conferencing is wondering what your audience will be like. But what happens when there are fewer attendees at your presentation than expected? Read more in the conference blog: 'Less is More', by Kelsey Larsen mpsanet.org/less-is-more/

Please join us in welcoming Doreen Horschig to the PONI team as our new Associate Fellow 🎉⚛️!

With her expertise in nuclear arms control, deterrence, and disarmament, we are excited to see the valuable contributions she will bring to our research and analysis

Pleasant Ogedengbe and Erika Ricci, doctoral candidates in Security Studies at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs have recently returned from fieldwork in Maryland and Italy, respectively. Read about their experiences here: sciences.ucf.edu/news/security-…

Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith spoke on the chances of Kurdistan gaining independence from decades of political oppression at the 'An Independent Kurdistan: Pipe Dream or Possible” event hosted by the Kurdish Political Studies Program on Tuesday. Read here: nicholsonstudentmedia.com/life/ambassado…

We recommend our listeners read a new article in Democratization by Konstantin Ash, an assistant professor at UCF School of Politics, Security, and Intl Affairs.

Ash shows that underemployed Tunisians are generally more likely to say they would attend protests demanding military intervention.
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Congratulations to Brandon Greenaway and Colby Smith for winning the UCF student government election! Brandon is one of our Political Science Pre-Law students and SPSIA is proud to see him succeed.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from the School of Politics, Security and International Affairs! Today we are proud to celebrate all of our female faculty, staff, and students.

Read about how SPSIA student Olivia Solomon inspires activism at UCF: nicholsonstudentmedia.com/news/a-constan…

Congratulations to SPSIA PhD candidate Salah Ben Hammou on publishing 'The Varieties of Civilian Praetorianism: Evidence From Sudan's Coup Politics' with Armed Forces & Society today! Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GGCPV5U…

SPSIA student Rafael Hurtado participated last week in the 10th annual Pi Sigma Alpha National Student Research Conference as an academic discussant on the panels in “Global Institutions & International Cooperation” and “Latin American Politics”

SPSIA expresses condolences to the family & friends of Dylan Lyon who was killed while working as a reporter for Spectrum News 13. Dylan, age 24, graduated UCF in 2019 with a Journalism major & Political Science minor. SPSIA faculty will keep Dylan in their thoughts and prayers.