Leading a Department in a Polarized Political Climate

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

While political science departments have always been a site of politics, the rise in polarized politics presents new dilemmas to Department chairs and leaders. How has polarized politics reshaped political science department leadership? How have department leaders navigated these challenges? This roundtable features political science department leaders from various institutional types and geographic regions.

Sub Unit

• Panels

Chair

• Bennett Grubbs American Political Science Asociation

Presenters

• Shana Kushner Gadarian Syracuse University

• Allison Rank SUNY, Oswego State

• Güneş Murat Tezcür Arizona State University

• Antoine J. Banks University of Maryland

• Jeffrey N. Carroll Chestnut Hill College