2019-20 Graduate Student Awards
We would like to congratulate this year’s graduate student award winners:
Outstanding Political Science Graduate Student Award: Michael Soules
Michael is a fourth year student who has received a PEIR fellowship last year and RGSO funding to hire undergraduate researchers. Michael is creating an original database for his dissertation (this is nearly complete). He has has published one solo-authored article and has two more R&Rs, both solo-authored.
Robert S. Friedman Award for Excellence in Teaching: Connor Somgynari
Best Political Science Master’s Essay, 2019-20: Ishita Gopal
Ishita's master’s essay, entitled “Timing of Online Censorship” has been selected as the 2019-2020 Best Political Science Master’s Essay by the departmental Graduate Studies Committee. We look forward to hearing more about her work in the near future. The student will receive a research account.