Political Science

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Westminster College’s International Studies Program will host a discussion on the relationship between Ukraine and Russia at a special Peace Studies Coffee House event at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.

Monday, January 3, 2022

Several Westminster College students traveled to Chicago in November to participate in the American Model United Nations (AMUN) Conference, an annual four-day United Nations simulation event that gives students an opportunity to hone their collaboration, negotiating and diplomacy skills.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Students in Westminster College’s history and political science departments will present their capstone research from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Shannon Foley Martinez, a former white supremacist with decades of experience mentoring people leaving right-wing violent extremist groups, will speak at Westminster College at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.

Friday, September 17, 2021

As part of Westminster College’s 2021 Homecoming and Reunion Week, nine alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Reception and Dinner on Friday, Oct. 15.

Friday, September 17, 2021

Westminster College will host Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Visiting Fellow and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman during a series of online events from Monday, Oct. 4 through Wednesday, Oct. 6.
 
Whitman, who is also the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will speak virtually with different Westminster College classes, discussing issues ranging from her career in politics to environmental policy.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Ten Westminster College student-faculty pairs have been selected as the 2021 Summer Research Fellows by the Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

We asked Colby King '07, Assistant Professor of Sociology at USC Upstate and a Political Science and Sociology (minor) graduate of Westminster College, to provide us with a snippet of his research expertise focused on Social Inequality, Social Class, Working-Class and First-Generation College Students that will be sure to open our eyes throughout the week and months ahead. Here's what he had to say:

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

A case study on Q methodology written by two Westminster College professors was recently published by London-based Sage Publishing.

Monday, November 9, 2020

Westminster College and Widener University Commonwealth Law School have established a 3+3 program partnership to offer Westminster students an accelerated path toward earning a law degree.