Recent News
Join Us in Welcoming Professor Leanne Giordono, the Newest Addition to our Tenure-Track Faculty
Sep 16, 2022
Dr. Giordono is particularly interested in how communities with disadvantages to inclusion and prosperity (e.g., poverty, disability, education, age, race/ethnicity, etc.) influence and experience public policy decisions.
Professor Arceneaux Takes Cal Poly Students to Study Abroad in Spain
Sep 1, 2022
News from Professor Arceceaux:
I have several advances in my professional development to report. My new book, Political Struggle in Latin America (Springer), traces the struggles of marginalized groups in the region from the colonial period to today.
POLS 430 Disability, Identity and Politics
Aug 29, 2022
Prof. Matthew Moore will be offering a new course in Winter 2023—POLS 430: Disability, Identity and Politics.
First Cal Poly Scholar Selected for Congressional Internship in D.C.
Aug 17, 2022
Ethan Gutterman, a third-year history major and ethics, public policy, science and technology minor from the San Fernando Valley, will serve as Cal Poly’s 2022 representative to the Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program.
Cal Poly SLO Mock Trial Team at 2022 AMTA Nationals
May 9, 2022
Cal Poly’s Mock Trial Club A Team (AMTA Team 1321) built upon their perfect 8-0 performance at regionals, their 6-1-1 performance at ORCS, and traveled to the 37th AMTA National Championship Tournament on April 8-10, hosted by Elizabethtown College at the Lancaster, Pennsylvania County Courthouse.
Dr. Michael Latner Gives Expert Witness Testimony in Ohio Supreme Court Gerrymandering Case
Jan 15, 2022
While multiple stories from local news organizations discuss the new San Luis Obispo County redistricting map, political science Associate Professor Michael Latner is playing a key role in the redistricting of Ohio.
Alumni Spotlight: Q&A with the California Cybersecurity Institute’s Danielle Borrelli
Jan 14, 2022
Danielle Borrelli (Political Science ’11, Master of Public Policy ’17) is helping lead the charge to address our nation’s national cybersecurity crisis as the Operations Coordinator for the California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI). Partnering with the tech community, private corporations, public agencies, and academia, Borrelli and the CCI work to craft a novel workforce prepared to combat the ever-growing online threat landscape.
Dr. Cravens Selected as PRRI Public Fellow in New Religion and Renewing Democracy Initiative
Oct 12, 2021
Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization announced the selection of 16 interdisciplinary scholars as PRRI Public Fellows.
Public Policy Graduate Student Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
Sep 13, 2021
Christine Lam, 22, was selected as Cal Poly’s awardee, the Trustee Wenda Fong and Daniel Fetterly Scholar, for her academic performance, personal accomplishments, community service and financial need. She will receive a $6,000 Trustees’ Award scholarship as part of her recognition.
Denae Hollar Uses Trip Abroad as Senior Project Research
Aug 17, 2021
As spring quarter of 2021 wrapped up, political science senior Denae Hollar began preparing for her upcoming trip to a remote farm in Costa Rica. Originally planned as a volunteer trip, Hollar started thinking about how she could use this experience as research for her impending senior project on democracy and global food security.