Professor Mark Sawyer remembered for mentorship, self-expression
Mark Sawyer spoke Spanish with a Cuban accent, despite growing up in the United States. While leading study abroad programs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, locals would call him “El […]
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In memoriam: Professor Mark Sawyer, a champion for access and diversity
UCLA faculty, students and staff in the Division of Social Sciences in the UCLA College are mourning the loss of Mark Sawyer, who was a professor of African-American studies and political […]
Trailblazing Santa Monica Assistant City Manager to Retire
Before coming to Santa Monica, Polachek held management positions with the Province of Ontario and the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA […]
UCLA leads nationwide, multiracial survey of attitudes about politics and policy
UCLA political scientist professors Matt Barreto and Lorrie Frasure-Yokley served as co-principal investigators with Janelle Wong, professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and Edward Vargas, a researcher at […]
Christy Smith Announces 2018 38th District Assembly Run
She graduated with honors from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and moved to Washington D.C. before returning to Santa Clarita.
Sister Diane Donoghue: The Only Saint I Ever Met
Sister Diane moved to LA with her family in 1935. She went to UCLA and majored in political science. In 1953 she visited India, , where her observations of extreme […]
Dialogue surrounding Obamacare positives swelling in face of ‘Trumpcare’, especially Medicaid
That’s a political hazard for Republicans who would abolish it, said Mark Peterson, a political science professor at UCLA. “A lot of that base would be most adversely affected by […]
Americans Conflicted Over GOP Plans To Dump Obamacare
That’s a political hazard for Republicans who would abolish it, says Mark Peterson, a political science professor at UCLA.
Congress to review Trump’s military spending, budget proposals
Chris Tausanovitch, an assistant political science professor at UCLA who specializes in American politics, said he thinks despite tensions with the Republican Party in Congress, many Republicans will agree to […]
Russian Hackers May Now Be Mucking With European Elections
Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at UCLA and an expert on Russian politics, says “it certainly seems plausible” that the Russian government would attempt to interfere in the […]
