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Close Burger Menu Icon Skip to main content Family, and Social Sciences Political Science Menu Faculty & Staff Students Alumni Affiliates Student Employees Political Science News data-content-type="event" Durham Lecture: Neylan McBaine 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM February 13, 2020 On February 13th at 11AM in 250 KMBL, Neylan McBaine, CEO of Better Days 2020, will give the 2020 Durham Lecture titled "Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of How Utah Women Led the Nation" overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="event" Beyond BYU May 07, 2020 - May 08, 2020 On May 7-8, 2020, the BYU Political Affairs Society (PAS) DC Chapter will host the Beyond BYU 2020 networking event! This will be the 11th annual event – if you are a student or recent graduate, this is one event you will not want to miss. Application and Scholarship Deadline: February 15, 2020 overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="gallery" Political Science Poster Conference See the full list of awards from the Political Science Poster Conference and browse some pictures from the event. overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="" Political Science Post The Fall 2019 edition of the Political Science Post includes a recap of the department awards banquet in April 2019 as well as student, alumni, and faculty spotlights. Read it today! overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="" PAS Annual Symposium Dr. Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth College recently spoke at the annual BYU Political Affairs Society Symposium. His topic was "Causes and Effects of Fake News consumption in the '16 and '18 elections." overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="" Finding Jobs in DC Recent alumnus Chase Fowers has some great advice for political science majors looking to find a job in Washington, DC. Read his five recommendations here! overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= Upcoming Events Black History Month To celebrate Black History Month, BYU has put together a series of events honoring black history in America from January 30th through March 3rd. Making a Difference in Policy Careers A conversation with Harvard Kennedy School Admissions about graduate programs and careers in public policy, public administration, and international development. Tues, Feb. 25 | 2-4 PM 238 HRCB Environmental Crisis and the Nature of Cinema Professor Christopher Oscarson of Scandinavian studies and interdisciplinary humanities at BYU will discuss how cinema has represented environmental crisis. Wed, Feb. 26 | 12 PM | 238 HRCB Black Women from Convict Leasing to Mass Incarceration Talitha LeFlouria is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on black women and mass incarceration. Thurs, Feb 27 | 11 AM | B192 JFSB Upending American Politics Theda Skocpol, Professor of sociology and political science at Harvard, will discuss polarizing parties, ideological elites, and citizen activists from the Tea Party to Anti-Trump Resistance. Thurs, Feb. 27 | 11 AM | 3224 WSC Finding Luisa Roldán Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, an independent scholar and art historian, is the leading expert on Spanish female sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652-1706). Thurs, Feb 27 | 12 PM | 238 HRCB Hunger Banquet The Hunger Banquet is designed to help attendees understand global inequality. Attendees will be randomly assigned to a social class and fed a meal typical of that income level. 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Click the banner to find out more about each track. overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= data-content-type="external" BYU PAS Political Affairs Society Alumni Association BYU Political Science Department overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment= Contact 745 Kimball Tower/PO Box 25545 Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801) 422-3423 polysec@byu.edu FHSS Advisement Office (801) 422-3541 Donate Other Links Mission Statement News Archives Connect With Us Link to facebook Link to twitter PROVO, UT 84602, USA | 801-422-4636 | © 2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PROVO, UT 84602, USA | 801-422-4636 | © 2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...