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Gender matters in the legislature

Professor Westfall works collaborates with a former student to show that gender quotas to increase the number of women can indeed make a difference to…

Model UN team brings home two wins from Cornell

Model United Nations (MUN) team wins two awards in the Cornell International Affairs Conference in the group’s first time attending the event.

#WheatonMAVotes!

Wheaton students partake in the tumultuous week before Election Day, engaging each other in discussion, debate, research, polls, and – of course – voting.

Public opinion and the future of the EU

Professor Westfall provides empirical support for the argument that the future of the European Union is associated with its adoption of cosmopolitan values.

On the experimental nature of democracy

Professor Dorzweiler contrasts the optimism of political movements with the experimental nature of democracy in practice.

Janaira Ramirez ’18 witnesses history in the making

As a civic engagement intern she mobilized voters for the upcoming presidential election.

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks to overflow crowd at Wheaton College

Over 250 students and residents packed the Hindle Auditorium to hear the presidential hopeful discuss her platform Sunday. After a 30-minute speech, Stein welcomed questions…

Liu ’14, at Northwestern Law

Weichi Liu ’14, will transfer to Northwestern Law school in Chicago in the fall. This summer he is interning at a law firm in Beijing,…

Applying Theory to Policy

Ethan Fitzgerald ’16 received the Kathryn W. Davis Prize for Undergraduate Research.

Christie Todd Whitman ’68 speaks to students

The former governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the EPA will assess the state of American politics and the functioning of the American political…

Marielle Thete ’16 interns on Capitol Hill

A graduating senior double major in Political Science and International Relations, Marielle will be interning this summer in the Washington DC office of Maine Senator…

Putin’s Multiple Identities and How They Shape Russia’s Course

Lecture by Simon Saradzhyan Wednesday April 20th, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Knapton 114 – Open to Public Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of…