President Biden addressed members of Congress and the country last light in his first State of the Union speech. The speech lasted 62 minutes. Highlights included remarks about Russia and the Ukraine, inflation and COVID.
The official transcript of the speech is found here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2022/
Spring 2022 8-week Block 2 classes begin today, Monday, Feb. 28. The last day to make schedule changes (adding or dropping courses) for this 8-week Block is Wednesday, March 22, at 5:00 pm.
MORE: Registration for Summer Sessions and Fall Semester 2022 begins on March 28. Start reviewing your Degree Works record!
Here are several of our 20 internship opportunities that are targeted to majors within the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for students to apply is March 7. All job descriptions and applications can be found at https://rede.ecu.edu/engagement/2022-pfi-descriptions/
On Wed., Feb. 23, Dr. Hanna Kassab, along with POLS Majors Xavier Williams and Zachary Allen, hosted the department of political science table at the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Science’s “Mix and Mingle” event, held for potential incoming students.
BIG THANKS to Dr. Kassab, and especially to Xavier and Zachary!
Dr. Baekwan Park and Dr. Jody Baumgartner have been awarded the Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award for the 2021 North Carolina Political Science Association meeting, for their paper titled “The ‘Veepstakes,’ Social Science Style: A Statistical Model of Vice Presidential Selection In The Modern Era.”
Abstract: Using discrete choice analysis, this paper examines the 24 contested major party vice presidential nominations from 1960 through 2020. The model factors in numerous demographic and political characteristics of the individuals on the presidential nominees’ short lists, including various measures of presidential ticket “balance.” The model identifies exposure in the national media, having served in national political office and bringing either gender or racial/ethnic diversity to the ticket are identified as positive factors in the selection of a presidential running mate, in addition to being younger and not having been a rival for the presidential nomination. Following this the analysis uses predicted probabilities to generate a post hoc forecast of the eventual vice presidential selection from the short list of potential candidates, correctly predicting 18 (75%). In the end the analysis represents a more scientific way than traditional journalistic guesswork to think about the veepstakes.
(The paper has since been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly).
Political Science Faculty Friends: Pirates Vote will be hosting a virtual State of the Union Watch Party next Tuesday March 1, 2022 at 8:45 PM on Teams. We will have some live polls and discussion going on in the chat and we will also take attendance (if you would like to provide extra credit). More details through the link below.
https://engage.ecu.edu/event/7925146
Alex R. Dennis, MS | Assistant Director
Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement
dennisa15@ecu.edu | 252-737-4988 | http://www.ecu.edu/clce/
Dr. Daniel Xu was invited as one of the several coauthors with international experiences and perspectives to contribute to a book on public emergency management strategies and governance for the COVID pandemic in selected OECD countries. The director of Chinese CDC wrote a preface for the book and the leading public health experts of China are listed on the book’s advisory board.
Dr. Xu submitted the manuscript in English, but in light of the targeted readership, in the end the editors decided to publish only the full text in Chinese with English abstracts.
Dr. Hanna Kassab of the department of political science was featured on WNCT News yesterday (Feb. 17), talking about how Russia’s invasion threat is affecting gas prices.
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Spring 2022: 2nd 8-Week Block Classes start on Monday, Feb. 28.
Please remember, students are not able to register for these classes by themselves. They must contact their adviser, providing their name, Banner ID, and the CRN of the course they wish to register for. Advisers will then forward that information to the registrar.
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