Fall 2025
Civil discourse
Civility in state legislatures can lead to better results. » More ...
Political Science
Fall 2025
Cast-iron chef
Megan Keno brought her skills and inventiveness to Chef Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef. » More ...
Spring 2025
Service with civility
From Pullman to Olympia, Sam Reed's half century of public service marked by courtesy and civility » More ...
Spring 2024
Ask the Authors: John Pierce and Kenton Bird, authors of Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle
John Pierce and R. Kenton Bird were fellows in the same program nearly 20 years apart.
Pierce served as an American Political Science Congressional Fellow from 1970 to 1971, working part of that time in Tom Foley’s congressional office. Bird was a fellow from 1988 to 1989. Ten years later, he wrote his WSU dissertation on Foley’s congressional career. Pierce, chair of the Department of Political Science for eight years and dean of the College of Liberal Arts for eleven years, was on the committee for his doctoral degree. They spent nearly eight years working on their 2023 biography of Foley, which was … » More …
Winter 2023
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Brief reviews of books by Washington State University alumni, faculty, and WSU Press » More ...
Fall 2022
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Short reviews of books by Washington State University alumni and faculty » More ...
Summer 2021
American democracy: An inflection point
Fixing our national divisions is crucial for democracy. » More ...
Spring 2019
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Brief reviews of books by WSU alumni, faculty, and the WSU Press, including "Governing the Evergreen State: Political Life in Washington," "Sponge Cake: A Mostly Made Up Story About A Completely Insane Town," "What’s in the Fridge?" and "52 Seattle Adventures With Kids: A four-season guide" » More ...
Fall 2018
Ask Caroline Heldman ’93
A leading voice on sexual harassment, Caroline Heldman ’93 has had a busy year. She coauthored the 2018 book Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election, and the 2017 book Women, Power, and Politics: The Fight for Gender Equality in the United States. And the associate professor of politics—who specializes in the presidency, media, gender, and race at Occidental College in Los Angeles—frequently appears in documentaries and on news programs to speak about the #MeToo movement and harassment—partly because of her own experience.
Heldman, who had been a regular guest of host Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor, alleged in 2017 that … » More …
Fall 2018
Videos and more from Caroline Heldman
Caroline Heldman ’93 appears in several documentaries, writes, and presents on media and gender. She has emerged as a strong voice about the #MeToo movement and harassment, partly because of her own experience. Watch parts of documentaries and learn more about Heldman’s work below. You can also read about her in “Ask Caroline Heldman,” Fall 2018.
Miss Representation, a 2011 documentary
The Mask You Live In, 2015
Books
Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election, 2018
The New Campus Anti-Rape Movement: Internet Activism for Social Justice, 2018, … » More …