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Woelfl Seminar on Public Policy:
“Reform Proposals for Elections and Policymaking in a Reprsentative Democracy”
The Department of Political Science presents the Woelfl Seminar on Public Policy on Wednesday, April 11, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology. This year’s seminar is titled “Reform Proposals for Elections and Policymaking in a Reprsentative Democracy” and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Larry Schwab, retired Political Science proffesor at John Carroll University.
The Woelfl Seminar on Public Policy was established in 1981 in honor of Rev. Paul A. Woelfl, S.J., the founder and long-time chair of the Department of Political Science at John Carroll University. The purpose of the Woelfl Seminar is to provide an academic forum for the discussion of significant public policy issues.
The following is a summary of the speech: Should citizens or elected leaders make the laws? Should Presidents be elected through the Electoral College or by a direct vote of the citizens? Should citizens nominate presidential candidates in a national primary? Should the Senate eliminate the filibuster? Should the powers of Congress and the President be increased or decreased? Should citizens base their vote on the person or party? Should Congress or the President have more influence on decision to go to war? Should the Office of the Vice President be eliminated? Should the ideological differences between the Democrats and Republicans be increased or decreased?
This event is free to attend and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Department of Political Science at 216.397.4311.
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Suopis Inagural Lecture Series:
Svati Shah
"Queer Cities and Rural Uprisings? Mapping New Discourses of Modernity in India"
Svati P. Shah is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and an adjunct in the Department of Anthropology. She completed her Ph.D. in 2006 in Columbia University's joint anthropology and public health program. Her dissertation research, conducted, ethnographically, focused on migration and sex work among day wage construction workers in the city of Mumbai. She has published work on sex work, migration, LGBTQ movements and the organized left, and the politics of the discourse on human trafficking in a range of scholarly and progressive journals and periodicals. These include Gender and History, Cultural Dynamics, Rethinking Marxism, and SAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (http://samarmagazine.org/).
The Event is free to attend and open to the public. This event will take place on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM. It will be located in the Administration Building in room AD 226.
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The Department of Political Science seeks to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge about politics and to enhance intellectual skills that encourage critical analysis and evaluation of that knowledge. Political science is a social science discipline in the tradition of liberal arts and sciences. Its subject matter embraces political institutions of government, political behavior, and political theory.
Careers for Students in Political Science
Government ~ Politics ~ Law
Education ~ Business ~ Journalism
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3 Different Minors
United States Politics
Foreign Affairs
General Political Science |
The department participates in 3 Internship Programs
Political Science Departmental Internship Program
Washington Center Internship Program
Washington Semester Internship
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The Mu Upsilon Chapter of
Pi Sigma Alpha
The National Political
Science Honorary Society
Current Members
Michael Carano, Chap. Pres.
Ellen Bauer
Molly Baxendale
Michael Carano
Tim Chai
Hilary Fulp
Laurie Hrad
Maggie Henderson
Kelly Matune
Daniel O'Leary
Evan Sander |
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The Political Science
Association
Provides students with the opportunity to participate in activities such as the Model UN Program.
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First row from right Diana Naoum, Laura Kisthardt, Paul Hanna. Second row from right Kaelyn Gates, DeVaughn Hammett, Rita Richford. Third row from right Meghan everett, Jamie Nolan, Sameera Alloh, Samie Farhat.
Professor Mona DeBaz from the Political science Department took the following students Meghan Everett, Rita Rochford, Samie Farhat, DeVaughn Hammett, Diana Naoum, Jamie Nolan, Kaelyn Gates Laura Kisthardt, Sameerah Alloh to participate in the Model Arab League (MAL) which was held at the University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio from February 16-18. The delegation represented the countries of Lebanon and Iraq. The students did a great job in representing their countries and in discussing and passing resolutions. At the end of the conference, JCU students Diana Naoum, Meghan Everett and Rita Rochford, won outstanding awards, while DeVaughn Hammett, Paul Hanna, and Samie Farhat won honorable mention awards. The team representing the country of Lebanon (Paul Hanna, Diana Naoum, Meghan Everett, and Laura Kisthardt) won honorable mention award.
Laura Kisthardt ’13 a John Carroll student and Political Science major was selected by The National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) to go on an all expense-paid, 10-day, cultural immersion travel experience to the Republic of Lebanon!
Laura was one of the students who went with Professor Mona DeBaz to the University of Miami in Oxford OH, and participated in Model Arab League (MAL). The National Council offers this program to students who participate in MAL and who are recommended by their advisor. The Council receives numerous applications from across the country based on these criteria, and then ten students are picked for this incredible opportunity. The dates for this visit are set to be June 20-July 2, 2012.
NCUSAR is an American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world.
STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
RALPH BUNCH * FULBRIGHT * TRUMAN
RALPH BUNCH: Taneisha Means spent the summer of 2008 in Durham, NC, in the prestigious and highly competitive Ralph Bunch Summer Institute at Duke University.
FULBRIGHT: Dina Baky will spend nine months in the Bordeaux Region of France, teaching students ages 8-11. Baky will begin her Fulbright teaching assistantship in October.
FULBRIGHT: Joshua Marcin will pursue independent research in El Salvador, for approximately one year. His Fulbright fellowship provides a grant to study the banking and financial education options for families in El Salvador who are receiving money from relatives working abroad (remittances).
TRUMAN: Joshua Marcin won this highly prestigious scholarship in 2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIPS, SCHOOL YEAR 2009-10
Spring 2010
Tom George, State Senator, MD 20th District
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Senator Sherrod Brown's Cleveland Office
Senator George Voinovich's Cleveland Office
Fall 2009
The Center For Special Needs Trust Administration, INC.
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, 10th Congressional District
Congressman Brian Higgins, 27th District New York
American Red Cross
The Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County
Senator Sherrod Brown's Cleveland Office
Policy Matter Ohio
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) Pro-Choice Ohio
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center
Senator Roland Burris
City of Canton OH Law Department
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM INTERNSHIPS SCHOOL YEAR 2009-10
Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
International Partners in Mission (IPM)
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STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Law School
Andrea Capasso - Duquesne University School of law (Fall 2010)
Joshua Marcin - Harvard Law School (Fall 2010)
Bevlynn Sledge - Cornell University Law School (Fall 2009)
Mary Santez - Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Fall 2009)
Brandon Keller - Duquesne Law School (Fall 2009)
Marissa Palumbo - Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Fall 2009)
Emily Jackson - Capital University Law School (Fall 2009)
Graduate School
Fade Eadeh - Washington University in Saint Louis - Ph.D in Social Psychology (Fall 2011)
Taneisha Means - Duke University - Ph.D. in Political Science (Fall 2009)
Julie Bastianini - Pitt University - Masters of Public Administration (MPA) (Fall 2009)
Caitlin Huey-Burns - Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. - Masters in Journalism (Fall, 2009)
Dominic Marchionda - Ohio State University - John Glenn School of Public Affairs
Public Service
Ryan Tipping - 27 Months of Service in Madagascar with the Peace Corps
Joshua Marcin - Internship in the White House as a Policy Analyst for the Summer
Annie Schaeffing - Teaching in Phoenix, Arizona for Teach For America
Matthew Wooters - Jesuit Volunteers International - 2 Yrs. of Service in Punta Gorda, Belize
Students Doing Interesting Things
William Myers - Started his own Video Productions Company "Sir William Productions"
Laura Boselovic - Accepted a position with the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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