OBITUARY

The Department of Political Science mourns the passing of Dr. Emmanuel O. Anise, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and African Studies, and it invites interested parties to take part in a memorial commemoration of his life on Saturday, 12 November. Details are available in the published obituary (reprinted here); please RSVP for the memorial via http://anisememorial.cocodot.com.

OBITUARY

Dr. Emmanuel Oladunjoye (Ladun) Anise went home to be with his ancestors on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

Born in Igede-Ekiti Nigeria, Dr. Anise considered himself  “just the son of a poor farmer,” but he was so much more.  The son of the late Michael and Dorcas Anise, he was also a brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, educator, mentor, and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt).

Dr. Anise dedicated his life to education and teaching, knowing from his own personal life story that education changes lives and shapes destinies. As a small town farmer’s son who did not begin regular schooling until about the age of 15, Dr. Anise overcame unthinkable odds and won an international scholarship for undergraduate studies in the United States.  Dr. Anise earned his Bachelor of Arts from Albion College, and a Masters and PhD in Political Science from Syracuse University. With exceptional tenacity, drive and determination, Dr. Anise finished his undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate studies within 8 years.  Thereafter continued toward his doctorate in Economics at Pitt.

Dr. Anise was a deep and independent thinker, often describing himself as “a philosopher.” He always thought he would change the world, and with Dr. Anise’s vision for education, which extended far beyond himself, he did.  As a tenured Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Pitt, he spent over 38 years sharing himself, his wisdom, his knowledge and principled beliefs with students, faculty, and staff and the wider Pittsburgh community.  Dr. Anise educated countless individuals. He believed that an education made a person richer than bags of gold ever could, and he continued until the time of his passing to provide resources and opportunity for education to his family, extended family, and friends in the United States, Nigeria and other parts of the world.  

Dr. Anise’s legacy is helping others through education, and his vision will continue to be passed on to future generations by his surviving son Olabode (Vangie); daughters Olabomi (Dan Wise), Ayodola and Ayodope; nephew Ayodele (Sharon) grandchildren Olatunde, Olajiire, Oludayo, Mayowa, and Morayo; grandniece Feyisayo.  He is also survived by his brother Olufemi and other cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family.

A celebration of his life will be held on November 12, 2011 at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Club, Ballroom A (123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213) at 11:30am.  To RSVP please go to http://anisememorial.cocodot.com.

Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Dr. Emmanuel O. Anise Scholarship Fund, 505 Boulevard Park East, Mobile, AL 36609, which will continue Dr. Anise’s legacy of enabling students to achieve academic success in higher education.

Undergraduate Advising and Enrollment

Advising for the Spring Term has begun; details have been sent to PS majors via e-mail. Course descriptions are published three times each year, in October for the Spring Term, February for the Summer Term, and March for the Fall Term.

Changes in Advising and Enrollment
The advising process has changed this year. Andrew Lotz has joined the department as Lecturer and as the second full-time undergraduate advisor. Students whose Peoplesoft ID is an even number are assigned to Andrew, and students with an odd-numbered Peoplesoft ID are assigned to Patrick Altdorfer. You may consult with your advisor during their regular walk-in office hours or you may self-schedule an appointment (15 or 30 minutes in length) by filling in the advising calendar appointment book in the department reception area. The appointment process will be streamlined and moved online this term with the publication of the new PS department website.

Second, newly declared PS majors must attend one of the mandatory orientation sessions, which are designed to introduce students to departmental advising, to provide general information about the major, and to answer questions that students frequently have about internships, career possibilities, and postgraduate opportunities. The sessions are required of all students who declared the PS major between 12 January and 2 September 2011. Students may check this date on their progress report, or If you have not yet attended an orientation session, please come to the office to register for one of the sessions, which this term are being held on the afternoons of Wednesday, 28 September and Monday and Tuesday, 3-4 October. Students who miss this workshop must make an individual appointment with an advisor before they can enroll for spring term courses.

By now students are familiar with self-service enrollment; nonetheless, the academic advising is still mandatory; the advising hold that prevents self-service enrollment will only be lifted after a student has met with her/his departmental advisor. - either in the context of the orientation session or in an individaul appointment. Students should bring their progress report (academic advisement transcript) to the meeting (which you can find in your "Student Center" (Log in to Pitt Portal, select in the menu "Self-Service," then follow "Degree Progress and Graduation --> View Degree Progress Report"). Students who do not see their major advisor will be unable to enroll until they have done so, regardless of the date of the student's enrollment appointment. All undergraduates must see a major advisor every term, in order to have the advising hold lifted so that they can enroll. While students must only see one advisor, we recommend that you see every advisor at least once each year to be sure that you stay on track.

If you have questions that require immediate attention, feel free to stop in and see Patrick or Andrew, who are available to help you to review your academic progress, map out coursework for coming semesters, or simply to discuss career options or anything that is on your mind.

To self-schedule an advising appointment, stop by the PS department (4600 Posvar Hall) and look for the advising appointment books in the reception area.

Events Calendar

Dissertation Defenses

Amy Erica Smith
"Personal Connections to the Political World: Social Influences on Democratic Competence in Brazil and in Comparative Context"
October 6, 2011

Lena Surzhko-Harned
"The Ukrainian Voter: Electoral Behavior in a New Democracy"
September 23, 2011

JC Rodriguez Raga
"Strategic Prudence in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006"
July 11, 2011

Basak Ural
"Public Opinion towards Immigration in Europe: A heterogeneous approach"
May 6, 2011

Ana Carolina Garriga-Phillips
"Determinants of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries: A Two-Level Theory"
May 25, 2010

LJ Zigerell
"The Departing Justice and US Supreme Court Nominations: Direct and Indirect Influences on the Next Natural Court"
April 16, 2010

Ekaterina Rashkova
"Political Learning and the Number of Parties: Why Age Matters"
April 16, 2010

Maria Andrea Castagnola
"Rethinking Judicial Instability in Developing Democracies: A National and Subnational Analysis of Supreme Courts in Argentina"
April 15, 2010

Agustin Grijalva
"Courts and Political Parties: The Politics of Constitutional Review in Ecuador"
April 14, 2010

Dana Puia
"The Dynamics of Institutional Change and the Case of EU Budgetary Negotiations"
February 23, 2010

Lisa Pohlman London
"The Structure of Attitudes toward the European Union in the Czech Republic and Slovakia"
April 17, 2009

Liying Ren
"Surveying Public Opinion in Transitional China: An Examination of Survey Response”
April 16, 2009

Thomas Twiss
"Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy"
April 16, 2009

Stacy Bondanella
"Intergovernmental Organizations and the Determinants of Member State Interest Convergence"
April 13, 2009

Research in International Politics (RIP) Speaker Series:
Patrick Regan, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY)
"Rebellion, Repression, Civil War"

Friday, September 18, 2009

Robert Erikson, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
"Vietnam Lottery Status and Political Behavior"

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Colloquium on American Politics and Society (CAPS) Speaker Series:
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"Party and Democracy in the South in the Jacksonian, Post-Reconstruction and Post WWII Eras"

Friday, March 20, 2009

Jonathan Harris, Professor of Political Science
"President Medvedev’s Program of Democratic Reforms in Russia and Why You Don’t Know About It"

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

David Plouffe, Campaign Manager for President Barack Obama
"Organizing a Modern Political Campaign"

Monday, February 23, 2009

Research in International Politics (RIP) Speaker Series:
Stephen Gent, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"The Effectiveness and Pursuit of Binding Conflict Management"

Friday, February 20, 2009

Research in International Politics (RIP) Speaker Series:
David Andrew Singer, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Remittances, Government Policymaking, and the Global Economy"

Friday, January 23, 2009

Womens' Studies Brown Bag lunch series:
Susan Hansen, Prof. of Political Science
"Gender and the 2008 Presidential Election"

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

American Politics Workshop:
Jonathan Woon, Assistant Prof. of Political Science
"The Timing of Congressional Appropriations"

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Robert Putnam, Prof. of Political Science, Harvard University
"American Grace: The Changing Role of Religion in American Communities"

Friday, September 26, 2008

Colloquium on American Politics (CAPS) Speaker Series:
Charles R. Shipan, Ira J. and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Science, University of Michigan
"When the Smoke Clears: Learning, Experience, and the Diffusion of Youth Access Laws"

Friday, September 19, 2008

New Methods in Political Science Speaker Series:
Michael M. Ting, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Columbia University and SIPA
"Distributive Politics with Primaries"

Friday, April 18, 2008

Colloquium on American Politics and Society (CAPS) Speaker Series:
Jennifer Eberhardt, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, Stanford University
"Criminalization and Dehumanization of Blacks in the Modern Era"

Friday, April 11, 2008

Colloquium on American Politics and Society (CAPS) Speaker Series:
E. Scott Adler, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
"A Governing Theory of Legislative Organization"

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Research in International Politics (RIP) Speaker Series:
Emilie Hafner-Burton, Asst. Prof. of Public Policy and Politics, Princeton University
"Coercing Human Rights: How Powerful States Regulate Repression Through Preferential Trade Agreements"

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Research in International Politics (RIP) Speaker Series:
Sara Mitchell, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
"Bargaining in the Shadow of International Courts: The Intersection of Domestic and International Law"

Friday, January 25, 2008

Colloquium on American Politics and Society (CAPS) Speaker Series:
John Hibbings, Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Liberals and Conservatives are Physiologically Different"

Friday, January 18, 2008

Steven Finkel, Daniel Wallace Chair in Political Science
"The Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990-2004"

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Quan Li, Assoc. Prof., Pennsylvania State University
"Trading for Peace? Disaggregated Bilateral Trade and Interstate Military Conflict Initiation"

December 5, 2007

Daniel Vreeland, Assoc. Prof., Yale University
"Linkage Politics Across International Organizations: The UN Security Council, the IMF and the World Bank"

November 19, 2007

Daniela Donno, Yale University
"Defending Democratic Norms: Regional Intergovernmental Organizations, Domestic Opposition and Democratization after Flawed Elections"

November 14, 2007

Ahmer Tarar, Assoc. Prof., Texas A & M University
"Public Commitment in Crisis Bargaining" - Research in International Politics Speaker Series

April 6, 2007

Dr. Burt Monroe, Assoc. Prof. and Director of the Quantitative Social Science Initiative, Penn State University
"Analyzing Agendas and Representation through Automated Coding of Legislative Speech" - New Methods in Political Science Speaker Series

March 30, 2007

Nolan McCarty, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
"Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization?"

March 23, 2007

Jennifer Victor, Asst. Prof. of Political Science
"Get to Know Your 2008 Presidential Candidates"
Guest speaker for monthly Pi Sigma Alpha meeting

March 21, 2007

Michael Goodhart, Asst. Prof. of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies
"International Norms and National Sovereignty: the Case of the ICC"
Guest speaker for monthly Pi Sigma Alpha meeting

February 21, 2007

Ward Thomas, College of the Holy Cross
"Non-State Actor Violence and International Normative Change"

February 9, 2007

Curt Signorino, University of Rochester
"Back to the Future: Modeling Time Dependence in Binary Data"

January 26, 2007

Jana Grittersova, Cornell University
"Financial Interests and Exchange Rate Regime Choices in Transition Economics"

December 8, 2006

Despina Alexiadou, Duke University
"The Politics of Price Stability: The Role of Social Transfers in Monetary Management"

December 11, 2006

Julia Gray, University of California, Los Angeles
"The Company You Keep: How International Institutions Can Make Developing Countries Look Less Risky"

December 4, 2006

Christian Breunig, University of Washington
"Institutions, Attention, and Changes within National Budgets"

December 1, 2006

Marc Hetherington, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
"Divided We Stand: Authoritarianism, Polarization, and Political Conflict in the United States"

October 11, 2006

Daniel Y. Kono, Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis
"Beating the System or Fixing It? International Legal Institutions and Trade Cooperation under Anarchy"

October 6, 2006

Michael M. Ting, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Columbia University and SIPA
"Distributive Politics with Primaries"

Friday, April 18, 2008

Dr. Burt Monroe, Assoc. Prof. and Director of the Quantitative Social Science Initiative, Penn State University
"Analyzing Agendas and Representation through Automated Coding of Legislative Speech"

March 30, 2007

Curtis Signorino, University of Rochester.
"Back to the Future: Modeling Time Dependence in Binary Data"

You can read about Curt's work at http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/signorino/.

January 26, 2007

Jim Vreeland, Yale University.
"Institutional Determinants of IMF Agreements"

You can read about Jim's work at http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jrv9.

April 7, 2006

Kevin Quinn, Harvard University.
Kevin spoke about Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. You can read about Kevin's work at http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kquinn.

April 14, 2006

Michael Bailey, Georgetown University.
"Bridging Institutions and Time: Creating Comparable Preference Estimates for Presidents, Senators, Represenatives, and Judges, 1950-2002." You can read about Mike's work at http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/baileyma.

March 31, 2006

Craig Volden, The Ohio State University.
"Bargaining in Legislatures over Particularistic and Collective Goods." You can read about Craig's work, as well as download a copy of his paper, at http://psweb.sbs.ohio-state.edu/faculty/cvolden.

March 24, 2006

Jeff Gill, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC-Davis
"Bayesian Learning for Understanding Individual Human Behavior: Inference in a World of Uncertainty"

March 4, 2005

John Londregan, Professor of Political Science, Princeton University
"Urgencies, Gate Keeping, and Agenda Control in the Chilean Congress"

February 4, 2005

William Reed, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Avoiding Selection Bias in Political Science Research"

October 19, 2004

Patrick Regan, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY)
"Rebellion, Repression, Civil War"

Friday, September 18, 2009

Stephen Gent, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"The Effectiveness and Pursuit of Binding Conflict Management"

Friday, February 20, 2009

David Andrew Singer, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Remittances, Government Policymaking, and the Global Economy"

Friday, January 23, 2009

Emilie Hafner-Burton, Asst. Prof. of Public Policy and Politics, Princeton University
"Coercing Human Rights: How Powerful States Regulate Repression Through Preferential Trade Agreements"

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Sara Mitchell, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
"Bargaining in the Shadow of International Courts: The Intersection of Domestic and International Law"

Friday, January 25, 2008

Ahmer Tarar, Assoc. Prof., Texas A & M University
"Public Commitment in Crisis Bargaining"

April 6, 2007

Ward Thomas, Associate Professor, College of the Holy Cross
"Non-State Actor Violence and International Normative Change"

February 9, 2007

Daniel Y. Kono, Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis
"Beating the System or Fixing It? International Legal Institutions and Trade Cooperation under Anarchy"

October 6, 2006

Molly Cochran, Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Conceptualizing the Power of Transnational Agents: Pragmatism and International Public Spheres"

April 12, 2006

Sebastian Rosato, Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs;
JFK School of Government, Harvard University
"The Strategic Logic of European Integration"

January 27, 2006

John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"Party and Democracy in the South in the Jacksonian, Post-Reconstruction and Post WWII Eras"

Friday, March 20, 2009

Charles R. Shipan, Ira J. and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Science, University of Michigan
"When the Smoke Clears: Learning, Experience, and the Diffusion of Youth Access Laws"

Friday, September 19, 2008

Jennifer Eberhardt, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, Stanford University
"Criminalization and Dehumanization of Blacks in the Modern Era"

Friday, April 11, 2008

E. Scott Adler, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
"A Governing Theory of Legislative Organization"

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

John Hibbings, Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Liberals and Conservatives are Physiologically Different"

Friday, January 18, 2008

Nolan McCarty, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
"Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization?"

March 23, 2007

Brad T. Gomez, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
"Rethinking Symbolic Racism: Evidence of Attribution Bias"

September 15, 2006

Forrest Maltzman, Professor, George Washington University
"Invitations and Signals: The Relationship Between the Solicitor General and the Supreme Court"

April 1, 2005

Diana Mutz, Samuel S. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication, University of Pennsylvania

April 15, 2005

Walter Stone, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, UC-Davis
"Money, Entry, & Retirement: Reassessing Candidate Investment in US House Elections"

October 29, 2004

Other Lectures

Michael Goodhart, Asst. Prof. of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate
"International Norms and National Sovereignty: the Case of the ICC"
Guest speaker for monthly Pi Sigma Alpha meeting

February 21, 2007

Mark Hallerberg, Emory University
"A New Approach to the Role of Central Banks: Sending Signals to Voters In Europe"

Monday, April 10, 2006

Heather Larsen
"Bounded Rationality and Presidential Policy Attention"

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Gisela Sin
"Separation of Power and Legislative Institutions: a Constitutional Theory of Legislative Organization"

Thursday, October 20, 2005

John Ferejohn, Carolyn Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
"A Planning Theory of Legislation"

Friday, October 7, 2005

Jim Mosher, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio University
"The Relationship between Trade Openness and the Size of Government Spending in Developed Democracies: Causal Direction"

Monday, January 31, 2005

John Scherpereel, Adj. Asst. Prof. of Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
"Europeanization and State Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe"

Friday, January 28, 2005

Dana Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The New Politics of Welfare Reform in Post-Communist Europe"

Friday, January 21, 2005

Nicole Richardt, Northwestern University
"What Difference Does the European Union Make? Using European Law in the United Kindgom and Germany"

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Robert Rohrschneider, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
"Responsible Party Government? Explaining Party Stances on European Integration in Post-Communist Eastern Europe"

Monday, January 10, 2005

Chris Carman, Assistant Professor of Political Science
"Norms, Incentives and Institutions: On the Development of Cross Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament."

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Taeko Hiroi, Ph.D. candidate
"Comparing the Components of Elections: The Local Vote, Nationalization, & Volatility."

Friday, November 12, 2004

Scott Morgenstern, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"Comparing the Components of Elections: The Local Vote, Nationalization, & Volatility."

Friday, November 5, 2004

John Jackson, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
"Employment Change, Attitude Evolution and Voting During Poland's Transition: Longitudinal Evidence from 1988 to 1998."

Thursday, October 14, 2004