UGA Political Science Department

ed texts. Department faculty have won every major teaching award offered by the University and several Lilly Teaching Fellowships. The Department carefully prepares graduate students for full membership in the academic community. Research and mentoring are an integral part of the graduate program, leading to student participation in regional and national professional meetings, and scholarly publication. The Department hosts a variety of conferences and research presentations. A highlight each spring is the annual George S. Lecturers have included Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, John Aldrich of Duke, Richard Brody of Stanford, Richard Fenno of Rochester, William Galston of Maryland, Russell Hardin of Stanford, Gary King of Harvard, Ian Shapiro of Yale, and Kenneth Shepsle of Harvard.