Thirty-seven Students Awarded Tonya Public Affairs Stipends
April 30, 2012
After a rigorous review process, thirty-seven students were awarded Tonya Public Affairs internship stipends for the coming summer months. If awarded a stipend, the student-intern receives $340 per week, for up to ten weeks, if they are required to live away from home, or a slightly lower amount if they live at home. During the summer 2012, students were awarded stipends to take up internships in Cambodia under the United Nations World Food Program, in New York with the International Rescue Committee, in Washington, DC with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and in Arkansas under Supreme Court Judge R. Brown, among others.
Professor Elwood Dunn Named Liberian National Orator
April 30, 2012
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has named Elwood Dunn, Alfred Negley Professor of Political Science, the Liberian National Orator for 2012. As part of the honor, Professor Dunn will speak at a celebration in Monrovia, Liberia, marking the 165th anniversary of Liberian independence.
Professor Crowder-Meyer Wins Award for Best Paper on Women in Politics
February 15, 2012
Professor Melody Crowder-Meyer has won the Sophonisba Breckenridge Award for the best paper on women and politics presented at the 2011 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. The title of Professor Crowder-Meyer's paper is "Candidate Recruitment and Party Networks: How the Beliefs and Behavior of Local Party Leaders Affect Women's Representation." Typically, the MPSA meeting draws over 5000 presenters to Chicago. This marks the second time that she has won the Sophonisba Breckenridge Award; the first time was in 2009.
