Excited to share the mock cover of my new book with Columbia University Press !

Catch up on faculty highlights, student achievements, new research, and more in the latest edition of the University of Houston Department of Political Science newsletter. Read it here: uh.edu/class/politica…

Congratulations to Lucia Lopez on receiving a Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grant! 🎉 Lucia will be on the academic job market this year. You can learn more about her research at lucia-lopez.com. russellsage.org/awarded-projec…

Congratulations to Boris Shor (Boris Shor) on the publication of his new article, "Are State Legislative Leaders Moderates?" in Legislative Studies Quarterly (Legislative Studies Quarterly). Read the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to Michael Soules on his new article in Political Research Quarterly (Political Research Quarterly): "Rebels With Too Many Causes." The article shows how broad rebel recruitment can prolong civil conflicts. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate Shana Hardin on her new publication in Politics, Groups, and Identities: "Candidacy: How Authorizing the Use of Campaign Funds for Childcare Increases Women’s Candidacy for State Legislatures." Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Research from our undergraduate UH Election Lab was mentioned in this article about a recall in Kingsville! Also cool: All three of the undergraduates who helped with the research are in law school now! University of Houston Political Science caller.com/story/news/loc…

Congratulations to PhD alumna Vanessa Baird on receiving the Law and Courts Teaching Award from the American Political Science Association’s Law and Courts Section!

The Center for Public History is looking for a College Work Study student worker as an Oral History Assistant / Transcriptionist! This position will involve organizing previously recorded interviews for deposit, proofreading, and transcription. Apply starting August 4th!

🎉 Congratulations to PhD student Kyle Martin! His article, “Alexander Hamilton’s Theory of Conscience: Conscience as a Source of Constitutional Obligation,” has just been published in American Political Thought. doi.org/10.1086/736327

The Sharing Stories from 1977 project is looking for a College Work Study student! This position assists in building the project and its website by working with the staff to produce and edit content and web presence. Learn more and apply today at uh.edu/class/ctr-publ…!

Congratulations to Lucia Lopez on being named a 2025–2026 Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Early-Career Fellow! This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship and potential in the field of Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior.

APSA invites all political science #graduatestudents interested in writing for general audiences to apply for the Public Scholarship Program, working with editors and authors of the American Political Science Review. Apply by September 20th! Learn more about the fellowship: buff.ly/8XrmYbn

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Lucía López on being awarded the 2025–26 Early Career Fellowship from the APSA Experimental Research Section (@apsaexperiments)! 🎉 Lucía is on the academic job market this year -- learn more about her research at lucia-lopez.com .

Timely research from Trent Ollerenshaw. Read about it here!

Looking to hire a political science PhD? UH has some great candidates on the job market right now. Over the next few days we’ll be highlighting them. Today’s candidate is Grace Cho, a political theorist who studies religion and secularization.

Looking to hire a political economist or comparativist? Look no further! Shiladitya is a PhD candidate with EITM training who studies electoral politics. Find out more at sites.google.com/view/shiladity….

Our next candidate is Lucia Lopez. Lucia’s research explains how public opinion and public policy intersect, particularly in the domain of welfare. Her work is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Rapoport Family Foundation. Find out more at Lucia-Lopez.com.

Do scandals still have the power to end political careers, or has polarization changed the rules of survival? Brandon Rottinghaus , University of Houston , University of Houston Political Science , discusses: faculti.net/political-scan… #politicalscience

Congratulations to Michael Kistner (Michael Kistner) on the forthcoming publication of his new article “Ambition and Conflict in State Legislatures”, co-authored with Christian Fong, in the Journal of Politics (Journal of Politics @[email protected]). Read the article here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…