Department of Political Science
![Julia Jakuboski stands in front of Old Main at Penn State University Park.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/02/jakuboski_julia-1-1.png?h=fd7def87&itok=K0rJjMRd)
Liberal Arts student serves as THON 2024 alumni engagement director
February 06, 2024
![The Career Readiness Summit kicked off with a panel discussion featuring Liberal Arts alumni and student panelists (from left to right): Thandi Clements, class of 2014 (arts and letters); Aditya Datta, a fourth-year student majoring in Economics; Arturo LeĂłn II, class of 2006 (psychology, history); Ashley Pfeiffenberger, class of 2012 (economics) and Wendy Stoner, class of 1989 (labor and industrial relations).](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/career-readiness-summit1.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=mbMXlwhm)
College of the Liberal Arts hosts career readiness summit
October 26, 2023
![Photo of Vineeta Yadav alongside cover of her latest book](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Vineeta%20Yadav%20%28Stein%20Rokkan%20Prize%29.png?h=ef2d6e95&itok=uPBSxFSX)
Penn State political scientist wins prestigious Stein Rokkan Prize
February 13, 2023
![The students in front of the Sphinx of Memphis](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Syphnx%20of%20Memphis_Group.png?h=f5fe1d62&itok=XGtOqIzH)
Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program
January 30, 2023
![Jenna Lugo is a third-year student majoring in political science and history with a minor in global and international studies.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Lugo_Jenna.png?h=803c7c41&itok=aDkpQy6t)
Smithsonian internship helps Paterno Fellow explore her history passions
September 28, 2022
![Five students smiling in front of Old Main](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/2022%20THON%20directors%20story_0.png?h=707772c7&itok=xy6uKTeh)
Five liberal arts students serving as 2022 THON directors
February 16, 2022
![a man stands in front of a glass window showing a birds-eye view of Riyadh, Saudi ARabia, in the background](https://psu-gatsby-files-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/05/matt-goodyear-2000x1500.jpg?h=84071268&itok=JQnPmyAL)
![Headshot of Andrew Vitek](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/04/vitek-headshot.jpg?h=ff76072f&itok=xGwnhdgo)
![Headshots of the 34 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2024 commencement](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/04/sp24-student-marshals-collage-smaller.png?h=84071268&itok=GlVO4fI-)
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![Harrison Brennan, a 2022 Penn State graduate, in front of Old Main](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/03/harrison-brennan-1.png?h=bb821ee4&itok=8UFGBBk5)
![Alana Nesmith stands in the Pattee Library next to a wall of bookshelves.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/02/1alana-nesmith.jpg?h=54f769e4&itok=QPpZIgt1)
![Julia Jakuboski stands in front of Old Main at Penn State University Park.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/02/jakuboski_julia-1-1.png?h=fd7def87&itok=K0rJjMRd)
Liberal Arts student serves as THON 2024 alumni engagement director
February 06, 2024
![A portrait of Alexis Kauffman](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2024/02/kauffman_alexis.jpg?h=84071268&itok=YsYXnDCL)
![Reese Hays, a third-year Penn State student double majoring in political science and criminology, sits in an armchair at a table.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/12/reesehays3.png?h=d7d95ce4&itok=gf4NOsOG)
![Emmanuel Kraft, a second-year Penn State student, poses for a headshot at the Hintz Alumni Center.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/12/emmanuelkraft1-1.png?h=84071268&itok=CRRaGRNh)
![Headshot of Boliang Zhu](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/11/zhu_boliang.png?h=823e481e&itok=Jcd55CAl)
![A man, woman and three children pose together in front of a gate.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/11/tryzbiak.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=Xs4ATaez)
![A group of Penn State students stands inside a building’s atrium in the Netherlands.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/amsterdam1.jpg?h=87ef1a90&itok=oFM6IaSg)
![The Career Readiness Summit kicked off with a panel discussion featuring Liberal Arts alumni and student panelists (from left to right): Thandi Clements, class of 2014 (arts and letters); Aditya Datta, a fourth-year student majoring in Economics; Arturo LeĂłn II, class of 2006 (psychology, history); Ashley Pfeiffenberger, class of 2012 (economics) and Wendy Stoner, class of 1989 (labor and industrial relations).](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/career-readiness-summit1.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=mbMXlwhm)
College of the Liberal Arts hosts career readiness summit
October 26, 2023
![Thirteen Penn State students spent the summer studying and living in Besançon, France, as part of the “Intensive French Language and Cultural Immersion” program](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/10/1.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=rHowyqr-)
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![Donned in cap and gown, Jaelyn Monroe sits on the Nittany Lion Shrine at Penn State University Park.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/1jaelyn-monroe-lion-shrine-sp23-grad.jpeg?h=2b41abfd&itok=fkpzKRfL)
![Students at Castillo De Chapultepec](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/1castillo-de-chapultepec-group-photo.jpg?h=ba553883&itok=OgBOYCaN)
![The U.S. Capitol](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/gettyimages-157333811-inhauscreative.jpg?h=119335f7&itok=2YkXTthe)
![Photo of steel beam being raised by crane over building](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/topping-out-17.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=HrtAgaEx)
![Headshot of Kenneth Catlin](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/kenneth-catlin-linkedin.jpg?h=0196d650&itok=6mb_jNDS)
![An exterior photo of the Sparks Building at University Park.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/07/liberal-arts-1800px.jpg?h=535a10d9&itok=Vc2_I4jl)
![Headshot of Morrgan Herlihy, the inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Fellow](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/herlihy_morrgan_0.jpg?h=2e136747&itok=6ljYbt4C)
![Photo of Stella Cho posing in building](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/06/1stella-cho-internship-header.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=rIZgkrP8)
![plaque that reads "schreyer honors college 1997"](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/schreyer-plaque-on-atherton.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=c421VmG0)
![Headshots of the 36 Liberal Arts major marshals selected to represent the College of the Liberal Arts at spring 2023 commencement](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/sp23-commencement-student-marshals-collage-1.png?h=84071268&itok=dkSAOnPO)
![Clara Bradley, a second-year student double majoring in political science and criminology, poses for a professional headshot.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/clara-bradley-header.png?h=f33eb53e&itok=hkfKKPlD)
![Taran Samarth stands outside the Hintz Family Alumni Center at Penn State University Park](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/taran-samarth-header-smaller.jpg?h=0f099a31&itok=k0HS3Wg8)
![Penn State students pose for a photo in front of the gardens of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/img_4698-carrie-jackson.jpg?h=84071268&itok=uQuRqHZh)
![Tracking Traits podcast logo (rectangle)](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Tracking%20Traits%20Logo%20%28rectangle%29.png?h=707772c7&itok=fZ221dIO)
![Students at Grodzka Gate – NN Theater in Lublin, Poland](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/lublin-group-header.jpg?h=58c37481&itok=k5vlvAHR)
![Students in CRIM 425 pose for a group picture below a large American flag at the Drug Enforcement Administration in Curaçao](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/04/madison-13-header_1.png?h=147ad17a&itok=To22xOdh)
![Students in the Multilingual and Intercultural Communication embedded program took a day trip to Bologna, Italy.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/03/bologna.jpg?h=26e5571b&itok=PlTOQDu9)
![Headshot of Ace Parsi](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/03/Parsi_Ace_0.png?h=84071268&itok=mS9z-QOV)
![The newest class of Paterno Fellows and Schreyer Scholars at the annual recognition ceremony on Feb. 28.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/03/Group%20Photo%20Fellows%20Header.jpg?h=ceef6e2e&itok=dpnrwzAu)
![Image of Ray Block](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Ray%20Block.jpg?h=270ab139&itok=1-SHCQ0X)
![Shaka Ramanathan is the current president of Days for Girls at Penn State.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Ramanathan_Shaka%201.jpg?h=19ad3fdd&itok=NcUXZmsF)
![Photo of Vineeta Yadav alongside cover of her latest book](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/02/Vineeta%20Yadav%20%28Stein%20Rokkan%20Prize%29.png?h=ef2d6e95&itok=uPBSxFSX)
Penn State political scientist wins prestigious Stein Rokkan Prize
February 13, 2023
![Liberal Arts student Jacob Roth leans against a railing in the HUB-Robeson Center.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Roth_Jacob%201.jpg?h=10554b7b&itok=2RnrnCvr)
![The students in front of the Sphinx of Memphis](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/Syphnx%20of%20Memphis_Group.png?h=f5fe1d62&itok=XGtOqIzH)
Liberal Arts students travel to Egypt through embedded program
January 30, 2023
![A Liberal Arts student at the Arboretum.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/Kemaninan-Leites_Luisina%201.jpg?h=0f455307&itok=ydgCWvG2)
![A woman sitting on the ground holding a smartphone](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/woman-smartphone-StockSnap-Pixabay.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=y4tRZdiQ)
![Samantha Escobar, a third-year Liberal Arts student at Penn State, leans against a pillar outside the main entrance to Old Main.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/12/Escobar_Samantha1.jpg?h=1c3f4ec8&itok=9X9oo0DW)
![Headshot of Gary Adler, Jr.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/11/adlerpicnew.jpg?h=fbf7a813&itok=Fpz2wzV9)
![Ira J. Allen (left) and Nathan Crick (right)](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/PFP%20Forum%20FA22%20news%20header.png?h=707772c7&itok=asP7yRTp)
![Students walk past the Nittany Lion shrine at Penn State Behrend.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/Lion%20shrine%20for%20honors%20convocation%20story.jpg?h=84071268&itok=kp-oN826)
![Penn State faculty Anthony Bertelli, Ben Jones, Lee Ann Banaszak and John Christman, with UC Berkeley professor Sean Gailmard](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/Democracy%20Admin%20Panel%20Oct%202022%20News%20Header.png?h=707772c7&itok=3O1zh-ec)
![Jenna Lugo is a third-year student majoring in political science and history with a minor in global and international studies.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/Lugo_Jenna.png?h=803c7c41&itok=aDkpQy6t)
Smithsonian internship helps Paterno Fellow explore her history passions
September 28, 2022
![Liberal Arts student Dan Risser stands in front of an airplane's turbofan.](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/08/Risser_Dan.jpg?h=2eb2e878&itok=pJ8ZRuTw)
![Hamza Al Aufi wears a suit and smiles at the camera](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/07/Al%20Aufi_Hamza.jpg?h=3cf660ac&itok=066dLmob)
![Seven graduate students stand and smile at the camera while each holding an award](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/2022%20Grad%20Student%20Award%20Recipients.jpg?h=4c611957&itok=mzS_nhKG)
![36 student headshots](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/SP22%20Student%20Marshals.png?h=707772c7&itok=Wmy6tgCA)
![Susan Welch](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/SusanWelchbluejacket_3.jpg?h=ced33218&itok=XCXmn8B6)
![Esha Pathak](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/03/Pathak_Esha.jpg?h=3681d37a&itok=svn6AvJB)
![Renata Carlos Daou smiles while sitting at a table with books](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/03/Carlos%20Daou_Renata%20book.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=udcNiyjW)
![Five students smiling in front of Old Main](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/2022%20THON%20directors%20story_0.png?h=707772c7&itok=xy6uKTeh)
Five liberal arts students serving as 2022 THON directors
February 16, 2022
![Sarabeth Bowmaster stands at the front of the classroom](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/02/Sarabeth%20Bowmaster%20teaches%20WMNST%20197_1.png?h=7f457de2&itok=AATFpXCr)
![A doctor administers a vaccine to a patient](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/01/Covid%20shot%20GettyImages%20Ivan%20Pantic.jpg?h=119335f7&itok=9ocImm0K)
![Casey Zanowic stands in front of a tree](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/12/Zanowic_Casey.jpg?h=44e38f42&itok=uUl2yLIH)
![Boas_Erin](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Erin%20Boas.png?h=82f92a78&itok=Q7kpINxl)
![Nyla Holland, spring 2021 College of the Liberal Arts marshal](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Holland_Nyla%20SP21%20college%20marshal.jpg?h=1f2ea118&itok=ykFd5BeW)
![Four liberal arts students selected as 2020-21 Perreault Fellows](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Perreault%20Fellows%20Collage.png?h=1e66e246&itok=a2Gk57EL)
![Pathickal_Lexy](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Lexy%20Pathickal.png?h=04d92ac6&itok=0aJy6npe)
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![Alejandra Castaneda, 2020 UNESCO Fellow](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Alejandra%20Castaneda.jpg?h=7190144f&itok=z-fRe-gz)
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