A Tale of Two Neighbors: A Comparative Analysis of the Processes of State Creation and Regime Formation in Colombia and Venezuela
By: Alexander Mintz '17
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
We have strong faculty research programs that lay the foundation for diverse student-faculty research opportunities and advanced laboratory and field-based learning.
Recent highlights:
A Tale of Two Neighbors: A Comparative Analysis of the Processes of State Creation and Regime Formation in Colombia and Venezuela
By: Alexander Mintz '17
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
From the Courthouse to the Backyard: The Gendered Impact of Transitional Justice Mechanisms in Post-Genocide Rwanda
By: Nam Luu '19
Faculty Adviser: Tristan Borer
Presidential Supreme Court Nomination Announcements: Rhetorical Strategies and Tactics
By: Matthew Delaporte '17
Faculty Adviser: MaryAnne Borelli
Counterinsurgency Redux? Dutch Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 2006-2010
By: Andrew Majkut '14
Faculty Adviser: William M. Rose
Sexual Assault and Transitional Justice: How Argentina Can Provide a Voice to its Silenced Survivors
By: Katie Pearson '14
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
The Peruvian Conflict: Policy and Implementation of Changing Counterinsurgency Strategy
By: Michelle Strayer '14
Faculty Adviser: William M. Rose
Legitimacy in Words and in Actions: The Jordanian Regime's Maintenance of Stability Amid Arab Spring Protests
By: Sarah Huckins '14
Faculty Adviser: Caroleen M. Sayej
When Profit Builds Community: African American Businesses as Engines of Economic and Political Development
By: Rasheed Mitchell '13
Faculty Adviser: MaryAnne Borrelli
The Will to Adapt: The Post 2008 US Economic Crisis and its Impact on Refugee Resettlement in the United States
By: Meredith Byrne '13
Faculty Adviser: Tristan Borer
Where democracy concedes: Examining environmental civil societies in China and Japan
By: Raymond Palmer '13
Faculty Adviser: Jane Dawson
(Senior capstone)
U.S. Policy Towards Political Uprisings in the Middle East
By: Nicole Moomjy '12
Faculty Adviser: Caroleen Sayej
(Senior capstone)
Fishy Nightmares and Dairy Dreams: Globalized Markets, Environmental Justice and Gender in Tanzania
By: Bryson Cowan '12
Faculty Adviser: Jane Dawson
The Media as a Terrain of Struggle: Navigating Representations of Violence Against Women in South African News Media
By: Megan Reback '12
Faculty Adviser: Tristan Borer
(Senior capstone)
Balancing the Process of Democratization and the Continuation of State Stability: The Case of Mexico
By: Elise Dunn '12
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
The Identity of Political Support: Personal Constituents, Gender, and Political Ambition
By: Hayley Sullivan '11
Faculty Adviser: MaryAnne Borrelli
Smart People, Stupid Networks: The Internet's Equalizing Influence on Political Discourse and Engagement
By: Joseph Backer '08
Faculty Adviser: William Frasure
Government and International Relations Department
Mailing Address
Tristan Borer, Chair
Connecticut College
Government and International Relations Department
270 Mohegan Ave
New London, CT 06320
Department Assistant
Sharon Moody
Campus Location
Fanning Hall 305B