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David Mayhew in the Washington Post Editorial Pages David Mayhew has yet another editorial piece in the Washington Post Monkey Cage. “Two Factors Help A President Get A Lot Done in 100 Days: Trump Has Only One.” Read it...	David Mayhew's new book "The Imprint of Congress" now available. What kind of job has America’s routinely disparaged legislative body actually done? In The Imprint of Congress, the distinguished congressional scholar David R. Mayhew...	Mayesha Alam selected as one of the 30 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans recipients! Mayesha Alam, a first year graduate student in our Ph.D. program, has just been selected as one of the 30 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans recipients! “The...
Professor Eric Schickler, PhD. Yale, 1997, inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Professor Eric Schickler, PhD. Yale, 1997, has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Schickler is currently the Jeffrey & Ashley...	Professor Jacob Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Professor Jacob Hacker, Yale University, has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Hacker is currently the Director of the Institution for...	Professor Onur Bakiner, PhD. Yale, 2011, publishes on Truth Commissions Professor Onur Bakiner’s (PhD. Yale, 2011) new Book, Truth Commissions: Memory, Power and Legitimacy, examines the success of truth commissions in promoting policy...
Predicting Taliban Attacks: Q&A with Political Scientist Jason Lyall A recent study co-authored by Yale political scientist Jason Lyall provides evidence that “hearts-and-minds” aid programs have an unintended consequence: Taliban insurgents...