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Students travel across Alabama to retrace the steps of civil rights leaders
An interdisciplinary group of USF students travelled across portions of the “Civil Rights Trail” in Alabama to gain more insight on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
June 24, 2024Department News
Political Science Major Laura Shaw Takes Road to the White House
SIGS student Laura Shaw took Road to the White House in Spring 2024 with Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan.
April 30, 2024Department News
SIGS Student Interns with Florida House Democratic Leader
Annabelle Folsom, SIGS student, works as an intern for Florida House Democratic Leader Rep. Fentrice Driskell.
March 27, 2024Department News
5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is involved
SIGS Professor, Dr. Tatsiana Kulakevich, discusses 5 reasons why Russia might invade Ukraine in her article titled “5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is involved,” in The Conversation. Russia has amassed troops along its border with Ukraine. Prior to this, Russia started moving troops into Belarus, a country bordering Russia and Ukraine.
February 12, 2022Department News
Dr. Jody McBrien has published her first working paper
SIGS professor Dr. Jody McBrien has published her first working paper titled, Social and emotional learning (SEL) of newcomer and refugee students, at the OECD iLibrary.
January 31, 2022Department News
Dr. Kissi's New Book "Africans and the Holocaust: Perceptions and Responses of Colonized and Sovereign Peoples"
Department of Africana Studies and SIGS Professor Dr. Edward Kissi covers the Holocaust’s impact on surrounding regions in his new book “Africans and the Holocaust: Perceptions and Responses of Colonized and Sovereign Peoples.”
January 7, 2020Department News
Dr. Tatsiana Kulakevich on the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia website
SIGS professor Dr. Tatisana Kulakevich wrote an analysis titled “Belarus and the U.S. Decided to Restore Ties After 11 years of “Frozen” Relations. Here’s Why” on the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia website.
October 16, 2019Department News
Murid Partaw Interviewed by BBC World News
SIGS Ph.D. student Murid Partaw was interviewed by BBC World News regarding the elections in Afghanistan.
October 1, 2019Department News
Dr. Bernd Reiter in The Conversation
Dr. Reiter, SIGS faculty member and director of ISLAC, wrote an article titled "If Germany atoned for the Holocaust, the US can pay reparations for slavery" in The Conversation.
July 31, 2019Department News
Dr. J. Edwin Benton on Voting
Dr. Benton, SIGS faculty member, wrote a piece titled "When Americans go to the polls, they look to the past – not the future" in The Conversation.
May 14, 2019Department News
SIGS Professors featured in an article on Gov. DeSantis' Free Speech Policies
SIGS Professor Dr. Steven Tauber and SIGS Distinguished Professor Emerita Dr. Susan MacManus discuss the Governor’s free speech proposal in the article “William March: USF faculty weigh in on proposed 'free speech' policies at state universities.”
April 18, 2019Department News
Dr. J. Edwin Benton in The Conversation
Dr. Benton discuses "What happens to rural and small town Trump voters after Trump is gone?" in an article written in The Conversation.
March 29, 2019Department News