Political Science

The University of New Mexico Political Science Department is partnering with state legislators to provide students with an immersive, hands-on learning experience in the state’s capitol. "I made contacts that could turn into jobs after college" - Gabe...

In a special post-election edition, ‘Degrees’ digital magazine highlighted the University of New Mexico as a center of Hispanic culture, architecture and learning

Professor Alan Abramowitz presents a talk, titled The Revolt of the White Working Class: How Trump Won and What it Means, on Monday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Frank Waters Room 105 in Zimmerman Library’s Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections...

A new, interdisciplinary graduate program at The University of New Mexico hopes to train students to make an impact on the state through data-driven policy work.

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced the appointment of William Stanley as director of the Latin American Iberian Institute (LAII). Executive Vice President and Provost Chaouki Abdallah said, “Bill Stanley has a long history at the University...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor Gabriel Sanchez spoke to hundreds of attendees, including federal lawmakers, at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual policy conference.

Kathy Powers, professor in the Department of Political Science, and affiliated faculty with Africana Studies, was awarded the prestigious fellowship to study at the Woodrow Wilson Center over the summer. She also spent part of the summer teaching in Germany.

Ann Ravel, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency created to administer and enforce campaign finance laws in the U.S., speaks Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Student Center in Anderson School of...

UNM Political Science Professor Lonna Atkeson is one of two recipients of the Society for Political Methodology’s 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award anounced recently. The award committee wrote this in the citation for Atkeson. “The committee wishes ...

The Center for Voting, Elections and Democracy at the University of New Mexico announced the release of a report examining the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office administration of the November 2014 general election in Bernalillo County from early voting to election day.