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Lee Receives 2016 Helen Dwight Reid Award

Melissa Lee, assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has received the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 2016 Helen Dwight Reid Award.This prize is awarded annually for the best dissertation successfully defended…

Achen Challenges Popular Conceptions of American Democracy

While on a fellowship at Princeton in the early 2000s, Christopher Achen wandered into a bookstore across from campus. On the front table he spotted two books about shark attacks along the New Jersey coast that killed four people over 12 days and sparked a panic in 1916. Those books gave Achen an idea, a way to test a theory…

Wilson School Faculty Receive Innovation Fund Awards

Two proposals submitted by faculty based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs were among those selected to receive awards from Princeton’s 250th Anniversary Fund for Innovation in Undergraduate Education.Established in 1996 in conjunction with Princeton’s 250th anniversary, the Fund for Innovation…

Addressing Economic Hardships in Rural America Could Help Control Drug Epidemic, Wailoo Tells Congress

America’s drug epidemic could be better controlled by addressing the economic hardships facing rural America, Princeton University’s Keith Wailoo said at a recent Congressional briefing. The country must also consider how best to treat those suffering from chronic pain.The briefing—held May 9 by the National History Center of…

WWS Reacts: Brazil’s President Was Impeached. Now What?

Brazil’s Senate voted last week to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, a move that suspends the president for 180 days. Rousseff, who is accused of using public bank money to cover budget gaps, now faces an impeachment trial. The suspended president is calling the situation a “coup d’etat” and maintains she didn’t act criminally…

McCarty Awarded 2016 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award

Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, was named co-recipient of the 2016 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award by the American Political Science Association (APSA).This prize is awarded annually to the best paper presented at the previous year’s annual APSA meeting…

James Appointed Historian at International Monetary Fund

Harold James, professor at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, was selected as one of the two new historians at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He and Atish (Rex) Ghosh from the IMF will replace retired historian James Boughton and will begin their new roles May 2, 2016.James is the Claude and Lore Kelly…

WWS Reacts: Obama Announces Nomination for Supreme Court

On March 16, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick B. Garland to serve as the nation’s 113th Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia in February. Garland—who is a well-known moderate—currently serves as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. His…

Playing Dumb and Giving the Cold Shoulder: How Stereotypes Pervade the Workplace

People in the workplace may adjust their behavior to break stereotypes about themselves or match the stereotypes of others — even if it means playing dumb or giving the cold shoulder, a Princeton University study finds.The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, shows that managers play down their…

WWS Reacts: How Will Super Tuesday Shape the 2016 Election?

Voters in 12 states solidified two front-runners in the presidential campaign: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, who are both looking ahead to November. In primary voting and caucuses held March 1, Trump took seven states while his Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio won three states and one state, respectively. On the…