University of Toledo Political Science and Public Administration

04/06/2024

Athena Mahmoudi and Dr. Voss at MPSA, Chicago.

02/22/2024

Dr Voss (Political Science) and Dr Jackisch (History) will speak about the War in Ukraine at the downtown public library on Wednesday, February 28 from 6-8 PM. Please consider attending what is sure to be an interesting and informative talk.

02/01/2024

Our David Davis inaugural lecture was a round success! Thanks to all of you for your participation, and special thanks to Dr. Kristin Taylor for a great talk.

01/23/2024

The 2024 David Davis Lecture is next week. Wednesday, January 31 at 5:00 PM in Rocket Hall room 1530. Dr Kristen Taylor will present "Compound Hazards and Cascading Disasters: Challenges for Disaster Mitigation and Management in Northwest Ohio."

There will be refreshments (better than pizza!) and it will be a great talk. Hope to see you there.

08/27/2023

This speaker series is open to the public and to students! We hope to see you at some or all of the events!

04/23/2023

LST/PSC student Liam Walsh is featured in this Blade article about the Glass City Marathon.

Nice work, Liam!

University of Toledo senior Liam Walsh remembers working the water stops at the Glass City Marathon growing up. He never imagined he'd be out on the ...

04/11/2023

Simulating a terrorist attack is the subject of a UToledo political science class. Students are either planning a terrorist attack or trying to stop an impending attack before it occurs. The simulation takes place only on paper.
https://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04_10_2023/utoledo-students-embedded-in-terrorism-simulation-for-spring-semester-course

04/01/2023

Don't forget our last speaker of the Spring series, Dr. Rachel Potter from the University of Virginia. Tuesday at 5:30 via WebEx.

03/31/2023

Dr. Nelson discussed the news of former President Trump's indictment in New York shortly after the story broke Thursday.

Dr. Sam Nelson, an associate professor of political science, discusses the first former president to be indicted in a criminal case.

02/14/2023

Dr. Voss gave a timely interview to WTOL about the situation with spy balloons and China. In the interview, he puts these recent events into the context of great power relations and what we might expect.

Dr. Joel Voss, an associate professor of political science, talks about efforts to de-escalate security issues involving China.

01/31/2023

The first speaker for the spring speaker series will be Dr Joshua Boston (BGSU) who will be here on Wednesday, February 8 at 5:30 PM in Snyder 2100 to give a talk "Public Approval of the Supreme Court and Its Implications for Legitimacy." We hope you can join us for this talk, it is sure to be interesting and informative.

08/27/2022

We hope to see you there!

In today’s rough and tumble political environment a conversation about climate change, trade policy or the pandemic can quickly dissolve into a shouting ...