We are proud of our faculty and students who completed and worked on research in the 2023-2024 academic year. As our department values civic engagement and critical thinking,聽research is just one important way we see our faculty and students affect the world around them.聽
Student Research聽
This year, we had many students get involved with PRAXIS, the academic journal of the Department of Political Science. Our student editors, Jem Aspen and Chloe Ragsdale, worked with professor Jim Walsh to review many student submissions and work with 5 student authors on completing the editing cycle for publication.聽In the fall, students co-authored an article with professor Sasha Breger-Bush, assisted in the unveiling of the聽Irish Miners Memorial in Leadville with professor Jim Walsh, and in the spring, students presented at the student research symposium.聽Throughout the academic year, we had three research assistants studying the reintroduction of wolves to 黑料网官网, and disinformation in the international arena with professor Christoph Stefes and professor Betcy Jose, and two fellows working on research on homelessness and hunger.聽 Additionally, the for the 黑料网官网 AFL-CIO, Adams 14 School District, Casa de Paz, and Service Employees International Union about labor history, police brutality, and welcoming migrants and refugees.聽聽
Faculty Research
This fall, Karen Sugar gave a guest lecture at GSU, Betcy Jose wrote a memorandum helping nearly聽100 Afghan asylum-seekers, Christoph Stefes co-authored an article on policy feedback and international wildlife treaties in Germany,聽 on the Palestinian divide,聽Betcy Jose was interviewed on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, and 聽about the global debt crisis on The Free Mind Podcast.
This spring,聽Turan Kayaolgu published聽on Turkey's NHRI and Human Rights,聽Steve DelCastillo was a principle investigator for a research project examining barriers and opportunities for Latino students, parents and staff within Denver Public Schools, and聽 on shared governance in higher education.聽
There are so many talks, articles, and events our faculty and students produce, and we recognize we may not be able to capture them all.聽This article is but an overview of the research and community engagement endeavors of political science students and faculty this academic year. We are so proud of our students and faculty for doing this important work, and we look forward to what the next academic year will bring!聽