Department of Political Science
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Professor Sergiy Kudelia has been awarded the 2026 Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies for his book Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia's War on Ukraine (Oxford University Press, 2025).
JMC Resident Historian Elliott Drago sat down with America250 Media Fellow Peter Campbell to discuss the meaning of the republican experiment, the importance of reading, and the value of a robust and inspiring civic life. Dr. Campbell is associate professor of political science at Baylor University. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame and is an international relations expert whose research focuses on international security, civil-military relations, strategy, insurgency and counterinsurgency, and cyberwarfare, among other issues.
Political Science Professor Serhiy Kudelia received 2026 Book Prize from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies (AAUS) for his book Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia’s War on Ukraine.
Come join UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, for a presentation on defending freedom of religion or belief through the United Nations, followed by a conversation moderated by former US diplomat Knox Thames on the global challenges facing religious freedom today.
Professor of Political Science Sergiy Kudelia presented his book Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia’s War on Ukraine (Oxford University Press, 2025) at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University to an audience of faculty, graduate students, and visitors on December 1, 2025.
The annual David and Mary Conference on the Great Books was held in Waco, Texas on November 14 and 15, 2025, devoted to the work of American political scientist Herbert J. Storing.
The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society welcomed in conversation with Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Retired State Department Officer, Joanne Cummings. The event was held in the Schumacher Flex Commons of Moody Memorial Library on the campus of Baylor University.
Professor of Political Science Sergiy Kudelia delivered a keynote address at the conference “(Un)safe Plurality: Ukraine and Beyond,” held at the Free University in Berlin, Germany from September 30 to October 1, 2025. His presentation was titled “Strategic Neglect: The West and Ukraine’s Unfulfilled Security Aspirations after the Cold War.”
Alumni Profiles
Professor of Political Science at St. Vincent College and Endowed Director of the Saint Vincent Center for Catholic Thought and Culture.
Stephen Patrick Sims is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Rachel Alexander Cambre is Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy.
Catherine Craig is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus (UBCO).
John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Fellow with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics at Princeton University