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05/12/2026

May 12 announcements and notables:

Sorry all this was a little late! The next announcements and notables will be in mid July. Then we will resume in August ( If you would like an item posted for the next issue, please send the information to [email protected]

Announcements

Everyone have an enjoyable summer break!

Notables

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Paul M. Collins, Jr. are winners of the 2026 Founders Award Honoring Dom Bonafede for the Best Paper on Executive Politics by a Ph.D.-Holding Scholar for "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases.” They will receive their award at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston, MA in September 2026.

Alex Esparza, Political Science major who will be graduating in May, spent the Spring semester as an intern in Senator John Cornyn’s Dallas Office. He has been asked to stay on after his graduation. This is a important accomplishment and demonstrates the quality of students our program produces!

Makito Takei (PhD alum, at Tecnologico de Monterrey) and his co-authors had their article, "Misreading the Public? Rethinking Surveys in Interstate Disputes," accepted for publication in the Journal of Peace Research.
Taposi Padma Sinha had her article “The Effects of Human Rights of the Tea Plantation Workers: A Study on Hamidia Tea Estate” published in the International Journal of Social Science Research and Review

Our departmental award winners for 2026
Undergraduate awards

Scholarships:

Dad Pender Memorial Scholarship:
>Elijah Durand-Ganz
>Jawohn Ohasiri
>Bradley Breece
>Elizabeth Kiu
>Elizabeth Garza-Inigarida

Domingo Garcia Scholarship:
>Dhyana Banderas

Steven C. Poe Scholarship:
>Emeri Calloway

Gloria and Bob Cox Endowed Scholarship:
>Isabella Britain

Oscar Arias Peace Studies Scholarship:
>Bradley Breece

Robert Wahrmund Peace Studies Scholarship:
>Bradley Breece

Undergraduate Awards:

Most Outstanding Pre-Law Student:
>Emeri Callaway

Most Outstanding Comparative Politics Student:
>Alejandro Perez

Most Outstanding American Politics Student:
>Ridhi Pancharkarla
>Melsar Fuentes

Most Outstanding International Relations Student:
>Marlene Meernik

Most Outstanding Political Theory Student:
>Lydia Bell

Most Outstanding Undergraduate Student:
>Emily Baxter

Most Outstanding Undergraduate Paper
>Bradley Breece

John W. Books Memorial Award:
>Hannah Klaff

International Studies Best Student:
>Annika Kang

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Moot Court Recognition
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Advanced to Pre-Nationals Qualifier National Qualifier:

>Austin Boyd
>Sean Newman
>Maitlynn Burk

Graduating Seniors:

>Patricia Rocha
>John Obi Ifeanyiobi
>Gabrielle Gunn
>Maitlynn Burk

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Pi Sigma Alpha PSCI honor society Inductees
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>Christian Isaiah Alvarado
>Lydia Rose Bell
>Kadie Ann-Eileen Hoke
>Carolina Xavier Laydner
>Michael Victor Elwell

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Graduate Student Awards
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Scholarships:

C. Neal and Carol Tate Fund Scholarship:
>Elise Jones
>Seda Sezen Tunali
>Adriana Marcela Garcia Garcia
>Jeromey Sims
>Foad Esmaeili

Steven C. Poe Scholarship:
>Ayna Shamyradova
>Veronica Green
>Maria Lara
>Melissa Salgado

Awards:

Most Outstanding Graduate Student:
>Lanie Richards

Most Outstanding Research Assistant:
>Elise Jones

Most Outstanding Teaching Fellow:
>David Mennie

Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant:
>Madeline Silver

INST Best TA:
>Sean Cousins

Most Outstanding Graduate Papers:
>Michael Elwell
>Jeromey Sims

Watters Award in Higher Education:
>Sergio Martinez

Watters Award in Peace Prize:
>Adriana Marcela Garcia Garcia
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Faculty Awards
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John W. Books Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching:
>Marijke Breuning

Outstanding Graduate Teaching:
>Jacqueline DeMeritt

Research Excellence:
>Roman Hlatky
Presenter: Leslie Finger

Outstanding Service Award:
>Paul Hensel

Political Science Graduate Student Association Outstanding Faculty Award:
>Roman Hlatky

04/27/2026

April 27 announcements and notables:

Announcements
Reminder: Our annual departmental awards banquet will be held on May 1, BLB Atrium 5:00-7:30 pm.

Notables

Massoud Azarfam had his article "Populist Governance and the Reproduction of Crisis: A Cross-National Study of Institutional Decline" accepted for publication in the Chinese Political Science Review.

Catarina Bezerra and Catherine Chinchilla presented their papers at the Notre Dame Student Peace Conference on Apr 10-11 at the University of Notre Dame.

Catarina presented her work titled "Rethinking Peace from the Global South: Civil Resistance and Decolonial Peace in Colombia."
Catherine presented her work "Peace Requires Silence: Why Contemporary Peacebuilding is Incompatible with Liberation."
Regina Branton, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Michelle Ramirez (UNT Phd alum at Texas A&M Kingsville) presented “The Role of Subjective Social Positioning in Immigration Policy Preferences” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 23-26.

Inese Corson (INST MA student) presented her paper “The Role of Medics and Healthcare Systems in Trafficking in Persons for Organ Removal (TIPOR)” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 23-26.

Jacqueline DeMeritt gave an invited talk, “Reasons, Remedies, and Responsibility: Human Rights Scholarship, Education, and Activism,” to the Program for Learning and Community Engagement (PLACE) at TAMU-Texarkana on April 21.

Michael Elwell presented "Hated into Being: Discrimination, Threat, and the Making of LGBTQ+ Linked Fate" at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 23-26.

Kimi King returned from Colombia after completing a 3-week Fulbright Specialist assignment at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana-Monteria. Along with collaborators, Drs. Kate Hernandez Tirado and Daniela Orozco Poveda, the projects examine Strengthening State Governance and National Security in Colombia: Legal and Administrative Assessment of Sociopolitical Risk Management. A panel of government leaders from the national defense ministry, national police, human rights ombudsman's office and local officials participated regarding the challenges of democratic governance in conflict zones

Adriana Marcela García García, Fulbright Scholar and second-year Ph.D. student in Political Science, has been selected to receive two scholarships from the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) for the 2026–2027 academic year: the CLASS UNT Foundation Endowed Fund and the CLASS Dean’s Foundation Provost Fund Scholarship.

John Ishiyama presented his paper “Exploring the Relationship between Political Polarization and Academic Freedom: An initial empirical inquiry” at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Workshop on Academic Freedom, at LUISS University in Rome Italy, on April 16.

Meilin Li, Lilly Lu (UNT PhD alum, at University of South Carolina), and Glen Biglaiser had their paper titled, "The Effect of Sexual Violence on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment" accepted at Asian Survey.

Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Michelle Ramirez (UNT Phd alum at Texas A&M Kingsville) and Regina Branton, presented their paper “Understanding Opinions on Immigration Enforcement Using the Subjection Social Position Framework” at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, in San Diego CA, April 1-4.

Morgan Quinnelly presented her paper “From State Guilt to Citizen Attitudes: Investigating the Portrayal of Colonial Legacies in Secondary School Textbooks” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 23-26.

Melissa Salgado presented her paper “Human Rights Language in Peace Agreements: When is there accountability?” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 23-26.
Jeromey Sims has been awarded the "Best Graduate Student Paper Award" for his paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association meeting in Nashville “Who Are the Fascists? Who Are the Post-Fascists?: Mass Attitudinal Correlates in Wave 7 of the World Values Survey.” He will be formally recognized at the 2027 annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association in San Antonio, TX April 8-10, 2027
Yuhsien Sung presented her paper, "Making Justice Understandable," at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, April 23–26, 2026.

Sungmin Yun (PhD alum, at Tec de Monterrey) Taekbin Kim (PhD alum, at Korea Defense University) and John Ishiyama presented their paper “Power-Sharing and Cabinet Stability in Post-Conflict Regimes” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinois, April 23-26.

04/13/2026

April 13 announcements and notables:

The next announcements and notables will be on April 27. If you would like an item posted for the next issue, please send the information to [email protected]

Announcements

Mark your calendars! There will be an upcoming Martin Colloquium talk on
April 17: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University) “Endogenous Demography and the Political Construction of Ethnic Categories: Evidence from the Malay World.” WH 215 12:00-1:30.
On April 15, Idean Salehyan will be delivering the Emile Salehyah Lecture on International Studies. This year’s talk will focus on the politics of Iran. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 5:30 pm and the lecture will be at 6:00 pm. Location is Gateway Center 35 Ballroom.

Notables

Ashley English presented her paper “Girl Bosses and Government Insiders: Who Has Access to the Gender Policy Council?” at the Western Political Science Association Annual Conference in San Diego, CA April 2-4 2026.

Brian Hamel has been appointed Associate Editor at Political Behavior. His term will begin in January 2027.

Ahmed Hamza presented his paper “Party Adaptation and the Electoral Limits of Ethnicized Support,” at the Western Political Science Association annual conference, in San Diego, CA. April 2-4, 2026.

Elise Jones was accepted to the Consortium on Rights Analysis and Measurement (CRAM) and the University of Rhode Island this May. She was also accepted to participate in the Summer Institute for Computational Social Sciences (SICSS) at the University of Pennsylvania this June.

Jeromey Sims presented his paper “Who Are the Fascists? Who Are the Post-Fascists?
Mass Attitudinal Correlates in Wave 7 of the World Values Survey” at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association meeting in Nashville TN, April 2-4 2026. He also received the Pascal Ngoboka Student Travel Grant Award on April 2 (pictured below)

03/31/2026

March 30 announcements and notables:

Announcements
Mark your calendars! There will be an upcoming Martin Colloquium talk on
· April 17: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University) “Endogenous Demography and the Political Construction of Ethnic Categories: Evidence from the Malay World.” WH 215 12:00-1:30.
On April 15, Idean Salehyan will be delivering the Emile Salehyah Lecture on International Studies. This year’s talk will focus on the politics of Iran. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 5:30 pm and the lecture will be at 6:00 pm. Location is Gateway Center 35 Ballroom.
Notables
Janiely Garay Baretti (INST Major) presented the paper "Idea and Reality: Public Attitudes toward Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland" at the UNT Scholars’ Day on March 24, 2026.The mentors were Jackie DeMeritt and Jim Meernik
Bradley Breece (PSCI major and Conflict and Human Security Minor) presented his paper "Conditional Pro-sociality and Violence in Northern Ireland" at the UNT Scholars’ Day on March 24, 2026.The mentors were Jackie DeMeritt and Jim Meernik
Catherine Chinchilla and Catarina Bezerra were each awarded $400 CLASS Graduate Student Travel Grants to present their research at the upcoming Notre Dame Student Peace Conference sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Catherine Chinchilla will present "Peace Requires Silence: Why Contemporary Peacebuilding is Structurally Incompatible with Liberation." Catarina Bezerra will present "Rethinking Peace from the Global South: Civil Resistance and Decolonial Peace in Colombia."
Dr. Gloria Cox, received an award from the university, recognizing her 35 years of service at UNT. She received the award at the 2026 UNT Service Recognition Award Ceremony event on March 17. Congratulations Gloria!

Julia Daniel (PSCI major and Conflict and Human Security Minor) – presented her poster "Divided City: The Role of Peace Walls in Perceptions of Security in Post-Conflict Belfast, Northern Ireland" at the UNT Scholars’ Day on March 24, 2026.The mentors were Jackie DeMeritt and Jim Meernik
Professors Jacqueline DeMeritt and Jim Meernik took 5 students to Northern Ireland over spring break to learn more about the history of the conflict known as "the troubles" in Northern Ireland. Students visited with many victims from both sides of the conflict, saw the many political murals and "peace walls" of Belfast, and traveled throughout Northern Ireland to learn more about how peacebuilding and reconciliation have been advancing. The Castleberry Peace Institute and the Conflict and Human Security minor provide these spring break and other overseas educational opportunities to students free of charge. In the past we have visited The Hague, Netherlands to learn about international law and tribunals; Colombia to learn more about peacebuilding and reconciliation, and now Northern Ireland. One of the missions of the Conflict and Human Security minor is to provide relevant, real-world experience for students so they are better prepared to understand conflict and peacebuilding and are highly qualified for jobs in these areas.

Roman Hlatky and his coauthors had their article, "Ignoring Gender Compromises the Comparability of Cross-Cultural Survey Research" accepted at Public Opinion Quarterly.
John Ishiyama presented his paper “Are some rebel party leaders more likely to renounce violence than others?” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May21-25 2026 in Columbus Ohio.
Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Risa Kitagawa, and Yu-hsien Sung presented their paper "Last Ones Standing: Local Politics and Authoritarian Symbol Removal in Taiwan” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May 21-25, 2026, in Columbus Ohio
Meilin Li presented her paper “The effect of leader visits on civil conflicts" at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May 21-25, 2026, in Columbus Ohio
Meilin Li also presented her paper "The effect of leader visits on trade disputes" at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May 21-25, 2026, in Columbus Ohio
Julette Miranda, (PSCI major and Conflict and Human Security Minor) presented her paper "Rights, Protections, and Livelihoods: Displaced Women and Children in Colombia" - at the UNT Scholars’ Day on March 24, 2026.The mentors were Jackie DeMeritt and Jim Meernik
Morgan Poe presented her paper “The Paradox of Non-State Actors and Populist States in International Environmental Agreements" at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May 21-25, 2026, in Columbus Ohio
Idean Salehyan presented his paper “The Political Economy of Digital Repression: Evidence from the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Protests in Iran” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association May 21-25, 2026, in Columbus Ohio.
Jeromey Sims was named a recipient of the Pascal Ngoboka Student Travel Grant for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association. He will travel to Nashville TN to present his research and receive the award on April 2.
Nina Sestan, (PSCI Minor) presented "Perceptions of Justice: A Comparative Study of Bosnian and Serbian View of the ICTY" - at the UNT Scholars’ Day on March 24, 2026.The mentor was Kimi King
Cheryl Tyler received her 5-year service award at the 2026 UNT Service Recognition Award Ceremony event on March 1

03/18/2026

March 16 announcements and notables:

Announcements

Mark your calendars! There will be two upcoming Martin Colloquium talks

March 20. Angela Ocampo (University of Texas, Austin) “Truly at Home? Social Belonging and Political Engagement among U.S. Latinos in Times of Exclusion”. WH 215 12:00 noon-1:30pm

April 17: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University) Time and location TBA

This talk may be of interest to many colleagues with research interests in rebels and civil wars. On March 19, at 12:30 pm in Wooten Hall 116, Dr. Adela Cedillo will present “Female Guerrillas in Cold War Mexico (1960s-1980s). This looks like a very interesting talk that intersects with the research interests of many in the department.

On April 15, Idean Salehyan will be delivering the Emile Salehyah Lecture on International Studies. This year’s talk will focus on the politics of Iran. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 5:30 pm and the lecture will be at 6:00 pm. Location is TBD and will be announced soon.

Notables

As part of the International Studies/PSCI Speakers Series, Nathan Hutson, Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the Kyiv School of Economics presented “Conserving a City in Exile: Resisting Urbicide in Ukraine”. The talk was well attended and discussed cities under occupation in Ukraine after four years of war.

Leo Moradi was recently interviewed for an expert analysis regarding events in Iran by WBAP radio news and FOX 4 television in Dallas, on March 2, 2026.

Morgan Quinnelly received the Graduate Research Experiences Abroad Travel Grant (GREAT Grant) for $4472.00 for the summer 2026 to do dissertation field work in Germany and England. Congratulations Morgan!

03/03/2026

March 2 announcements and notables:

Announcements

On Thursday, March 5, Nathan Hutson, Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the Kyiv School of Economics will present “Conserving a City in Exile: Resisting Urbicide in Ukraine”. The talk discusses cities under occupation in Ukraine after four years of war. The talk will be in WH 216 at 10 am and is part of the International Studies Speaker Series sponsored by the department

Mark your calendars! There are two upcoming Martin Colloquium talks scheduled for March and April

March 20: Angela Ocampo (UT Austin)
April 17: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell)

We’ll have more information about topic, time and location, by the next announcements on March 16.

On April 15, Idean Salehyan will be delivering the Emile Salehyah Lecture on International Studies. This year’s talk will focus on the politics of Iran. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served at 5:30 pm and the lecture will be at 6:00 pm. Location is TBD and will be announced soon.

Notables

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Paul M. Collins, Jr. had their article “Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases.” accepted for publication in Political Research Quarterly.

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha had his article “The President’s Immigration Executive Actions” accepted for publication in American Politics Research

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Lanie Richards had their article “Local Newspaper Coverage of Congress” accepted for publication in Social Science Quarterly.

Val Martinez-Ebers has been nominated to be the next President Elect of the American Political Science Association, the largest political science association in the world! This is a major achievement for our department. She will be the second APSA president from our department (which no other institution in Texas can claim) and the third President of a major political science association from our department (Marijke Breuning was recently President of the International Studies Association). This indicates that pound for pound we are very heavy hitters in our discipline

Cheryl Tyler is a recipient of the UNT Staff five-year service award. She will receive this award at the Staff Appreciation Staff reception at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, in the University Union Emerald Ballroom 314.

02/16/2026

February 16 announcements and notables:

Announcements
The next “Food for Thought” graduate student presentations will be held on Friday, February 20, 12-1:30 in WH 215. Meilin Li will present “The Effect of Leader Visits on Interstate Conflicts” and Adriana Marcela García García will present her ongoing research

Michael Greig will present the next PSCI department’s Martin Colloquium talk entitled "Corruption & Military Effectiveness: Insights from Ukraine and Implications for China.” The presentation will be from 12pm-1:30pm in WH 215 on Friday, February 27 and is open to all.

Notables

Glen Bigaliser, John Booth (UNT Professor Emeritus), Kimi King and Jim Meernik presented a roundtable panel on February 4, entitled “From Caracas to Bogata: The US-Venezuela Conflict and its implications for Colombia”. This panel discussed the regional security situation after the removal of Maduro in Venezuela and analyzed the implications for US security and foreign policy in Latin America. The panel was sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the International Studies program and is part of the new International Studies Speaker Series.

Jacqueline H.R. Demeritt presented a paper, "How Criminal Organizations Pursue Legitimacy: Evidence from the Medellín Combos" at the annual meeting of the Latin American Political Science Association in Bogota, Colombia on January 29, 2026. The paper is co-authored with Jim Meernik, Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, Elise Jones, Gustavo Duncan (Universidad EAFIT) and Juan Camilo Gaviria (Fundacion Aulas de Paz).

Paul Hensel was recently informed by the University Provost, Michael McPherson (see pictures below) and others that he is the recipient of the UNT Foundation Faculty Leadership Award for 2026. The award "recognizes a faculty member who significantly impacts the academic enterprise of the university through his/her leadership and service. The award recipient demonstrates a high degree of professionalism, is committed to the strategic mission of the university, and encourages others to support and work toward the public good through innovative initiatives. The award acknowledges individual and organizational excellence in leadership as demonstrated by the impact of their work at the university, state, national and/or international level." This is one of the highest awards offered by the university, and Paul is most deserving of this award. He will be recognized at the University Salute to Faculty Excellence banquet on April 16 at the HUB Club at DATCU Stadium. Congratulations Paul!

02/11/2026

Moot Court Information Sessions

02/02/2026

Venezuela-Colombia Panel

02/02/2026

February 2 announcements and notables

Announcements

The departmental retreat this semester will be on Friday, February 13 from 12:00 noon-3:30 pm location Gateway 51. Lunch will be served.

Notables

Masoud Azarfam, had his article “The Dark Side of Political Participation: When Mobilization Undermines Democracy” accepted for publication in the journal Third World Quarterly.

Brian Hamel and Michael Shepherd's (University of Michigan) article "Beyond Relief: The Lasting Legacy of New Deal Spending on the Geography of Government" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Politics

Taekbin Kim (UNT PhD alum, Korea National Defense University) John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning, had their article “Madness as Strategy? Leader Reputation and the Logic of Elite Purges in Autocracies” accepted for publication in Social Science Quarterly

Yinlong Li (UNT PhD alum) has been hired as a tenure track Assistant Professor at Musashi University in Japan. He will begin that position in the Fall 2026.

Jim Meernik has been named the US Air Force Academy Department of Political Science Distinguished Visiting Professor for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Hadiyah Muhammed, International Studies Major and INST student ambassador has been accepted with full funding to the MSc Local Economic Development program at the London School of Economics.

Makito Takei (UNT PhD alum, Tecnologico de Monterrey) and his co-authors had their article "Audience Costs in the Eyes of an Adversary" accepted for publication in Research and Politics.

Sung Min Yun (UNT PhD alum, Tecnologico de Monterrey) had his article “Rebel attributes and the design of civil war power-sharing peace agreements” published in the Journal of Peace Research.

01/20/2026

January 19 announcements and notables:

Hi all!

Welcome Back and Happy MLK day! This is the first announcements and notables for the Spring 2026 semester. The next announcements and notables will be on February 2. If you would like an item posted for the next issue, please send the information to [email protected].

Announcements
The department’s first faculty meeting will be on Friday, January 23 from 2:00-3:30 pm.

Reminder: The deadline for uploading faculty materials for annual review on FIS is January 22, 2026.

Notables

Dariga Abilova, presented her paper “Power Realities of Gender in Central Asia” at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans LA, January 14-17

Marijke Breuning and Afolabi Toye presented their paper “The Small State in International Relations: Empirical Assessment of a Concept” at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans LA, January 14-17.

John Ishiyama was recently elected as Vice President of the International Studies Association. His term in office will run from 2027-28.

John Ishiyama received a $3000 grant from the UNT Division of Research Innovation (DRI) to help fund the Second Annual Texas Undergraduate Research Conference of the Social Sciences (TURCSS) to be held on the fall of 2026.

John Ishiyama presented his paper “Identifying pathways for the organizational transformation of former rebel parties” at the Annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA January 14-17, 2026.

Taekbin Kim (PhD alum, Korean National Defense University) had his article “Hailyu (Korean Wave) in North Korea: The Effect of South Korean Media Exposure on the Perceptions of North Koreans” published in the Asian Journal of Peace Building 13 (2): 181-206.
Sergio Martinez, International Studies Master’s student, presented his paper, “Gentrification: How Modern-Day Colonization Feeds the Human Trafficking Business” at the Annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA January 14-17, 2026.
Sarah Perez (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) and Natasha Altema presented their paper “Whataburger, Waffle House, HEB, and the Pentagon Pizza Index: Citizen Reliance on Informal Institutions” at the Annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA January 14-17, 2026.

Ikhlas Abed Reguieg, International Studies Masters student, presented her paper "African Women in Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding”. ” at the Annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA January 14-17, 2026.

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