Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Political Science Batten Faculty Provide Commentary on Election Results In commentary compiled by the Miller Center, Batten Professors Jennifer Lawless, Margaret Foster Riley, Todd Sechser, and Craig Volden weigh in on the 2020 election, offering updates on the latest developments. Read More Research and Commentary, Miller Center, Political Science, Democracy UVA Politics Experts Discuss Three Key Trends for Tuesday's Election Batten's Jennifer Lawless, along with William Antholis, and Kyle Kondik, discuss how mail-in and absentee votes are counted, why results could be delayed this year, and how the pandemic has affected the election. Read More Research and Commentary, Miller Center, Political Science, UVA Center for Politics, Democracy Brian Williams on the Past and Present of Racism in the Administrative State Historic harms—discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, affect public perception of governmental institutions and their public administrators. Batten's Brian N. Williams speaks to how we could change American institutions and their public servants in the face of these harms. Read More Research and Commentary, Racial Justice and Equity, Political Science Members of Congress are Specializing Less Often. Volden and Wiseman Say That Makes Them Less Effective. Batten’s Craig Volden and Vanderbilt’s Alan Wiseman, co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, find that members of Congress are becoming less specialized and in turn, less effective. How do we encourage more expertise and reverse the trend? Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Political Science, Democracy Bocock Fellowship Recipients Explore Careers in Public Service Six Batten students completed public service-focused internships supported by the Frederic S. Bocock Fellowship this summer. Through the generosity of Fred and Mary Buford Hitz, the Bocock Fellowship was created to advance the careers of Batten students in public service, specifically through governmental internship opportunities. Read More Political Science, Education Holbein: Mail-In Balloting Increases Turnout, but Benefits Neither Party Voting by mail is a safe way to cast a ballot during the current pandemic, and does not benefit either political party, according to Batten's John Holbein. Read More Research and Commentary, School of Education and Human Development, Political Science, Democracy Do Republicans or Democrats benefit from mail-in voting? It turns out, neither In the U.S., the coronavirus crisis has thrust a typically wonky debate—the effectiveness of mail-in voting—into the political spotlight. Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, this week again warned that expanding the use of mail-in ballots could give Democrats an edge in the November elections. Now, a study from Batten’s John Holbein and Brigham Young University political scientist Michael Barber suggests there’s little historical evidence to support that fear. Read More Political Science Michele Claibourn Michele Claibourn is an assistant professor of public policy at the Batten School and Director of Equitable Analysis for The Equity Center at UVA. Claibourn leads the Center’s community-engaged data science work in support of a more equitable and just region. She has directed or supervised multiple community-based research projects in the Charlottesville community, including racial equity studies for the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless. Read More Batten Publication, Faculty, Event, News, Racial Justice and Equity, Research, Research Speaker, The Equity Center, Workshop, Political Science Scoring Effectiveness in Congress What makes someone an effective lawmaker? Surprisingly, until Batten’s Craig Volden and Vanderbilt’s Alan Wiseman began discussing that question a little over a decade ago, we didn’t have a clear answer. Read More Center for Effective Lawmaking, Political Science Students' "Main Street Speaks" Podcast Speaks to Rural America From the Northern Neck Batten student Avery Shivers creates Main Street Speaks podcast with two fellow UVA students to discuss national news with a local angle. “We are not trying to add more political divisiveness, but to fill a void of information,” said Shivers. Read More Student Stories, Political Science, Democracy Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 Next page ›› Subscribe to Political Science Categories Faculty(2) Student Life(36) New Student(13) Study Abroad (1)Application(31) Recommendations(11) Accelerated MPP(56) Batten Ambassadors(28) Alumni(6) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)BA(61) Personal Statement(3) Essays(8) SE Minor(20) Events(11) Career Outcomes(8) Admissions(44) Curriculum(33) Policy Minor(38) MPP(39)