Political Science
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Clark’s Model UN team takes skills from Worcester into the world
Imagine being in a room with hundreds of other people, each of whom comes to the table representing a different country’s interests. Your challenge: to explain your assigned country’s stance on an important topic like free speech and privacy, build consensus and negotiate a draft resolution upon which all parties agree. Would you know where…
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Clark welcomes new faculty for 2016-17 academic year
Clark University is pleased to welcome nine new faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. These scholars bring a wealth of knowledge to areas including biology, education, management and philosophy. Nathan Ahlgren Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology (starting Jan. 1, 2017) Assistant Professor, Biology (as of Sept. 1, 2017) Nathan Ahlgren is a microbial ecologist, and…
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Clark student takes passion for international relations to work at the United Nations, Human Rights Watch
There are few places Dea Dodi ’17 likes to be more than in the United Nations building in New York. You could say she’s been working her way there since the tender age of 12 when she first asked her parents what the term “political science” meant. Fast forward nine years and Dodi, a political science and economics major at Clark,…
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State leader, alum Jay Ash aims to make Mass. more prosperous, yet compassionate
First, the view. Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Robert “Jay” Ash ’83 occupies the corner office on the 21st floor of Boston’s John W. McCormack Building. Panning from due west to southwest, his windows offer an unobstructed view of the Longfellow Bridge, the entirety of riverfront Cambridge and the Boston Common. The office…
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Trump’s bravado reminds professor of Putin’s tough talk
At least Donald Trump isn’t going shirtless … yet. But as The Boston Herald recently noted, “his mantra to ‘Make America Great Again’ steals a page from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political playbook.” The newspaper turned to a Putin expert, Valerie Sperling, chair and professor of political science at Clark University, to comment on the bravado of the two politicians.…
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A lesson in politics
Clark students debate immigration reform during U.S. Senate simulation at Edward M. Kennedy Institute
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Clark senior follows his passion studying the Holocaust, secures position at prestigious Holocaust Memorial Museum
When Jonathan Edelman ’16 arrived at Clark University four years ago, he intended to major in studio art and follow his passion for photography. What he couldn’t know then was that Clark would help him excel in the medium, and at the same time deepen his passion for learning about history and the Holocaust. Edelman will marry his…
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Election-year politics are no party
Anger. Outrage. Distortion. These and other equally unpleasant words have shaped the vocabulary for the 2016 presidential campaign, three political scholars told a Clark University audience last week. And it will only get worse. The speakers were welcomed to Tilton Hall for the Harrington Lecture, sponsored by the Political Science Department and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise. David A.…
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Unpacking the politics of climate change
Despite the best efforts of citizens, much of how we respond to climate change is dictated by governments. “Unless we, as a species, figure out a way to conquer the politics of climate change, we are unlikely to deal well with the science,” Jim Gomes, director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, told the audience at…