Political science is the study of governments, public policies, and political behavior in the United States and countries around the world, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Our Faculty researches in the areas of voting, political participation, political institutions, international peace and conflict, international organizations, foreign policy, democracy and autocracy, women in politics, public opinion, political culture, constitutional law, race relations, human rights, and political economy, among others.
Neal Allen: Democracy requires admitting truth, losing with dignity. The Wichita Eagle. January 9, 2021. With D. Glasscock and J. Shepard. For the good of Wichita, James Clendenin must resign. The Wichita Eagle. November 4, 2020. With C. Billingham and R. Arben Fox. Brian Amos: Voting and Election Science Team. Ongoing publication of precinct-level election results since 2016. The Challenges of Auditing Local Redistricting. MIT Election Data and Science Lab. 2021. Dinorah Azpuru: Four Years Later Biden Faces a Different Latin America. Global Americans. January 2021. Does the U.S. Really Resemble Latin America? With M. Malone. Mischiefs of Faction. January 2021. With M. Malone. The Risk of Democratic Backsliding During the Pandemic in Latin America. Albert Hirschman Center on Democracy. Switzerland. May 2020. El riesgo de retroceso democrático durante la pandemia en América Latina, Agenda Pública de El País. Spain. May 2020. Latin American democracy may be in trouble. The protests are a symptom of increasing mistrust. The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post. December 2019. Does Latin America Face a Legitimacy Problem? Agenda Pública de El País. Spain. October 2019 Guatemala: Elections in a Fragile Democracy. Agenda Pública de El País. Spain. June 2019. Alexandra Middlewood: The United Nations’ Greatest Accomplishment: A Whiteboard. War Room. U.S. Army War College. February 2020. Insight Kansas. Several op-eds for local newspapers across the state. Kansas is Bleeding But Not Broken: Disintegrating Democracy in the Free State, 50 Takes on Democracy series, Pulaski Institution. 22 June 2022.Publications II: Public Scholarship
Grants: Neal Allen: 2020 Fairvote.org. Principal Investigator. Washington, D.C. $5,500 2022 Margaret Chase Smith Library and Museum. Travel Grant. $900 2021 Center for American Heritage. University of Wyoming. Travel Grant. $750 Brian Amos: Invited Presentations: Neal Allen: Freedom of Expression panel. Wichita State University, 2021. Brian Amos: KMUW “Democracy on Tap” and Wichita Library “Tuesday Talks” on redistricting. 2021. League of Women Voters and Ulrich Museum “Senior Wednesday Talk” on the Census. 2020. Dinorah Azpuru Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America: What Makes the Difference? Inaugural Conference for the Program on Public Management and Democratic Governance
at the Catholic University Andrés Bello in Venezuela. July 2021. Guatemala: A Limited Democracy. University Rafael Landivar, Guatemala (in Spanish). June 2021 Democracy and Migration from the Northern Triangle.. Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Germany. 2021. The Future of Politics and Democracy in Latin America. Organized by Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). June 2020 Political Culture in Guatemala. University of Los Andes and Vanderbilt University. Colombia, October 2019. Doris Chang: Asian American Women’s Experiences Past and Present. Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Lecture Series, Watkins Museum of History,
Lawrence, Kansas, May 2021 Alexandra Middlewood: Kansans’ Attitudes on Firearms and Gun Policy: Results from the 2022 Kansas Speaks
Public Opinion Survey. Kansas Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Advisory Board. June 2023. Kansas Post-Election Conference. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas December 2022. Can Government Prevent Mass Shootings? Young People Say Yes!. Moms Demand Action of Salina, KS. September 2022. Professional Conference Presentations: 25 American Political Science Association Great Plains Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association Latin American Studies Association State Politics and Policy Conference Latin American Public Opinion Project Conference American Association for Chinese Studies Gender and Sexuality in Kansas ConferenceGrants and Research Presentations
Neal Allen: Frequent Guest, Kansas Week on PBS Kansas. Interviewed 2019-2021 includes: Morning Wave Busan (South Korean Radio), KWCH, KAKE,
KMUW Brian Amos: U.S. Election night turnout projections. Edison Research. 2020. Dinorah Azpuru Country Director for Guatemala. Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), Vanderbilt
University. Country Expert for Guatemala. V-Democracy Indicators Project. University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. Alexandra Middlewood Policy Fellow at the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University
as contributor for the Kansas Speaks survey.Other Research-Related Activities