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New Faculty Bring Wide-Ranging Talent, Knowledge to Dartmouth

A cohort of teacher-scholars joined the Dartmouth community this academic year.
Prof. Brendan Nyhan Quoted in 'USA Today'

Google's YouTube is still recommending extremist and white supremacist videos to viewers already susceptible to racial
Kudos: Excellence in Music, Government, Russian, and More

Dartmouth faculty, students, and staff are recognized for their achievements.
Dartmouth NEXT: A New Virtual Forum for Big Ideas

Programming geared to global audience showcases faculty, alumni, and parent expertise.
Government Major Ezekiel Vergara named 2021-2022 APSA Diversity Fellow

Ezekiel Vergara is a rising senior majoring in government and philosophy at Dartmouth College.
Video: Linda Fowler and Jennifer Miller on Biden's First Days in Office

The faculty members explain the challenges Biden faces in his presidency.
Professors Say Political Leaders Must Confront Capitol Attack

John Carey and Brendan Nyhan: Impeachment trial will force a debate on democracy itself.
Video: John Carey on the Attack on the U.S. Capitol

The professor discusses the continued election unrest.
Ezzedine Fishere Takes Students to the Middle East—Virtually

Remote classes enable the region's leading activists, politicians, and writers to drop in.

Recent Publications

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Immigration, Voting Rights, and Redistribution: Evidence from Local Governments in Europe

Jeremy Ferwerda, et al.

Journal of Politics
Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior

Benjamin A. Lyons, Christina E. Farhart, Michael P. Hall, John Kotcher, Brendan Nyhan, et al.

Journal of Experimental Political Science
More Accurate, But No Less Polarized: Comparing the Factual Beliefs of Government Officials and the Public

Nathan Lee, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, D.J. Flynn

British Journal of Political Science
The Partisanship of Bipartisanship: How Representatives Use Bipartisan Assertions to Cultivate Support

Sean Jeremy Westwood

Political Behavior

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2020 Course Information

See what courses will be offered by our department in Academic Year 20-21.

Major Requirements

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Honors Program

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Events

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Mar 04

7:00PM
GameStop, Robinhood and Reddit
Virtual Event

Tuck professors Peter R. Fisher and Curt Welling consider the recent GameStop/Robinhood controversy from a variety of perspectives: regulatory, financial, and social.
Mar 04

8:00PM
What Does a Rising China Mean for the U.S. and the World?
Virtual event

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr. ’68 talks with Prof. Jennifer Lind about the delicate power dynamics and relations between the western world and China
Mar 09

7:00PM
The 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps
Virtual Event

Mark Shriver, President, Save the Children Action Network, and Glenn Blumhorst, Pres. and CEO, Natl. Peace Corps Assn., discuss the past, present and future of the Peace Corps.
Mar 11

4:00PM
US Latino Digital Humanities: Building an Anti-Racist Praxis in the Archive
Virtual Event

The Dartmouth Conversations: Antiracism and the Humanities Series presents a talk with Dr. Lorena Gauthereau and Dr. Linda García Merchant.
Mar 17

12:00AM
Winter Term 2021
no location

Winter term ends