Department Newsletter - Winter 2023
Letter from the Chair
Chair's Welcome
By Andy BakerWelcome to our Winter 2023 newsletter. I’m happy to report that we are well on the way to completing a rather normal academic year—for the first time since 2018/19! Our lecture halls are teeming with students, speculation and fear about the next pandemic surge have faded, and the only t...
Faculty Accomplishments
CU Political Science Professor and Mentor Wins Prestigious Academic Award
As a college student at Denison University some years ago, Associate Professor Anand Sokhey decided on a whim to dabble in political science research for a summer. Little did he know at the time that this was the beginning of a remarkable academic career. Since completing that degree at Denison and...
CU Political Science Professor Wins Book Award for Pathbreaking Research on UN Peacekeeping
The United Nations is one of the most controversial institutions in the world. One of its primary roles is to organize and execute peacekeeping missions, which are intended to help maintain peace in countries previously torn apart by civil war. Yet some UN peacekeeping missions have gone horribly an...
Student Achievements
CU Political Science Establishes First Year Scholarship Award to Recruit Talented Undergraduates
Last year, CU Political Science established the First Year Scholarship Award to recruit high-performing high school seniors who intend to major in political science. The scholarships are offered to students with strong high school academic records and demonstrated financial need. The department sele...
Alumni's Corner
CU Graduate Alan Zarychta Finds Career Success as a Professor at the University of Chicago
Becoming a professor takes a lot of work and requires a long haul. Aside from all the schooling and degrees one must collect, the job market for professors is all too tight. Colleges and universities—and especially elite universities—have many talented applicants from which to choose when they hire...
Business Founder and CU Alum Missy Kelly Gives Commencement Speech to Class of ’22
When Missy Kelly enrolled at CU in 1990, she thought that law school and a career as an attorney were on her eventual path, but life had very different plans. After Kelly graduated from CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ with a double major in Political Science and International Affairs, she pursued a highly successful car...
