Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

U.S. Congress Seminar Series

The University of Minnesota U.S. Congress Seminar Series is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and convened by Kathryn Pearson and Jason Roberts. The Congress Seminar brings in leading scholars of legislative politics to present their research and meet with faculty and graduate students. David Rohde (Duke University) kicked off the seminar with his talk, "Conditional Party Government after 15 Years" in October, 2007.

Upcoming speakers

Tracy Sulkin
Professor of Political Science and Speech Communication
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Paper: "Promises to Keep?: Campaign Appeals and Legislative Action"
Thursday, November 8, 2:00pm
1450 Social Sciences