News & Events

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  UH Political Science Mayoral Runoff Poll Shows Whitmire in the Lead

  UH Political Science faculty members Jeronimo Cortina and Brandon Rottinghaus completed a poll about the upcoming Houston Mayoral runoff. The results are summarized here.

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  In Memoriam: Francisco Cantu (1983-2023)

  Our community remembers the life and career of Associate Professor Francisco Cantu.

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  Records Shattered by NCAA Medalists

  Houston track and field junior De’Vion Wilson (POLS major) medaled and broke school records at the NCAA Championships. The Houston men finished the championships with 17.33 points, the most points earned by the Cougars since 2019.

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  Mentored Teaching Program a Success

  Six PhD students from the University of Houston and Rice University completed the "Mentored Teaching Practicum," a program sponsored by an APSA Centennial Grant.  This unique program matched the six students with a mentor from Houston Community College (HCC) who instructed them on best practices for engaging community college students.  The students then taught their own classes at HCC, consulting with their mentors along the way.

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  Professor Simas' Paper Wins Award

  Professor Elizabeth Simas co-authored a paper that won the 2023 Lupia-Mutz award for best publication using Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences data.  The committee reported that they "received nearly 20 nominations, all of which were excellent. Yet, [Simas's] paper really stood out as superb."  The paper is entitled "Moral Rhetoric, Extreme Positions, and Perceptions of Candidate Sincerity."

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  PhD Student Samantha Chapa wins Scholarship

  Congratulations to Samantha Chapa, who has been selected as one of the fellows in our Public Scholarship Program 2023-2024. These fellows work with We are excited to work with the American Political Science Association to produce public facing summaries of the articles published by the American Political Science Review.

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  PhD Student Dissertation Awards

  PhD Student Naomi Nubin was awarded the Jo Ann Gibson Robinson Dissertation Award for her project "Faces of Citizenship: Intersectionality, Welfare Generosity, and Citizen-Engagement in the Era of Partisan Polarization", from the Association for the Study of Black Women in Politics.  In addition, Nubin was also selected as a 2023-2024 PhD Dissertation Visiting Fellow by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.  Congratulations Naomi!

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  PhD Student Selected for Executive Council

  PhD Student Naomi Nubin was recently selected to be the Graduate Student Representative for the Executive Council of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS).  Nubin is the first student in our program’s history to be selected for this role, which is an extraordinary honor.  More information about NCOBPS can be found here.
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  UH Professor on the 118th Congress

  Associate Professor Jason Casellas took part in an APSA webinar, "Making Sense of the 118th Congress: What's Happened and What to Expect." Watch the video HERE, which is part of APSA's new Educate series of videos.