Department of Political Science

Latin American Politics

Faculty in Latin American Politics use survey design and statistical methods to inform their research
CAPS

The Center for American Politics and Society (CAPS) promotes scholarship on American
Commitment to Teaching

Our research-active faculty members work on the cutting edge of their discipline.
Fields of Study

Undergraduate coursework includes topics like American Politics, Comparative Politics
Alumni Profiles

Richard Overmoyer (A&S ’94, GSPIA ’98) leads a Pittsburgh-based consulting firm providing economic development solutions.
Political Behavior

We are one of only a few U.S. universities to offer a specialization in Mass Political Behavior.

Highlights

Latin American Politics

Faculty in Latin American Politics use survey design and statistical methods to inform their research findings.
CAPS

The Center for American Politics and Society (CAPS) promotes scholarship on American political behavior and institutions.
Commitment to Teaching

Our research-active faculty members work on the cutting edge of their discipline.
Fields of Study

Undergraduate coursework includes topics like American Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, and World Politics.
Alumni Profiles

Richard Overmoyer (A&S ’94, GSPIA ’98) leads a Pittsburgh-based consulting firm providing economic development solutions.
Political Behavior

We are one of only a few U.S. universities to offer a specialization in Mass Political Behavior.

News

A strong year for graduate student publications in 2021.

B. Guy Peters has been named to Apolitical’s List of 100 Most Influential Academics in Government

Professor Scott Morgenstern Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Spain at Universidad de Salamanca

Events

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Jan

28

CAPS Presents Professor Max Goplerud (University of Pittsburgh) "Measuring and Theorizing the Legislative Records of Members of the United States Congress, 1873-2010”

Feb

04

GPS Presents Professor Carla Martinez Machain (Kansas State University)- "Beyond the Wire: Deployments and Crime"

Feb

18

CAPS Presents- Professor Sarah Treul (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)- "The Changing Role of Experience in Congressional Elections and the Consequences for Congress”