Undergraduate Research in Government

Most members of the Government faculty have undertaken meaningful joint research projects with our students and many of these projects have resulted in publication.  More than ten significant initiatives in faculty-student research currently are underway.

• Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS)
  Professor Amy Oakes
  Professor Dennis Smith
• State Education Governance Study (SEGS)
  Professor Paul Manna

• Congressional Leadership/Whip Count Project
  Professor Larry Evans
  A news story on whip count research by Professor Evans' students

• Teaching, Research and International Politics Project (TRIPP)
  Professors Amy Oakes, Sue Peterson and Michael Tierney

• Project Level Aid (PLAID)
  Professor Michael Tierney

• West Africa Transitional Justice Program (WATJ)
  Professor David Backer

• Global Environmental Governance Project
  Professor Maria Ivanova

• United Nations Environmental History Project
  Professor Maria Ivanova

• Further Undergraduate Research Projects (FURP)
  Professor T.J. Cheng
  Professor George Grayson
  Professor Christine Nemacheck