The University of

at Chapel Hill

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR Department 2020 GRADUATES!

of Political Science

2020 Honors & Highest Honors*

Thomas Causey Sydney Johnson Isabella Mahan Miranda Cecil Kelly Kennedy* Wesley Price* Tiana Herring Cameren Lofton Sally Stanley*

Carolina in my mind

May 2020 "The time has come where I can only go to Carolina in my mind. I won’t have the May graduation I imagined. But what a wonder it is to forever COMMENCEMENT have this place in my mind, in my heart, in my soul."

RECOGNITION By; Meghan O'Shaughnessy, UNC-Chapel Hill senior

Departmental Awards 2020

The departmental awards have been established by generous 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS gifts from former students, parents, and friends. If you would like to establish an award or contribute to one currently being given, please contact the Department of Political Science. L. Richardson Preyer Award for Excellence in Political Science This ceremony and reception are sponsored by a generous gift to the department from Mayne Albright, class of 1931. The Albright Wesley James Yount Price Fund is designed to recognize and encourage student public service. This award honors a former member of the House of Representatives, as well as a state and federal judge. It is given to a senior judged by a committee of the To our past, present, and future supporters, faculty to have established the most distinguished record of Thank you! scholarship in Political Science and service to the community.

Terry Sanford Award for Excellence

Isabella Mahan

This award is named in honor of the distinguished alumnus of the University who served as Governor and as a United States senator. It is given to the undergraduate judged to have written the best honors thesis in Political Science.

Departmental History

After many years as a combined Department of History and Political Science, in 1935 the UNC Department of Political Science was established as an independent department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Given its background, initial instruction focused on the historical development of American political institutions and upon European and Latin American politics, an uncommon combination fostered by President , whose international vision helped “globalize” the University before that word entered the English language.

This continued in the years immediately after World War II, when the Department grew significantly alongside the growth in the student body, many members of which were beneficiaries of the G.I. bill. Included in this growth was a dramatic diversification of course offerings, eventually leading to today’s five subfields – American politics, international relations, comparative politics, political theory and methodology.

While funding for the Department’s development came primarily from the people of North Carolina, both as individual gifts and as appropriations from the state legislature, additional support has come from private and federal government foundations, including a very substantial “Center of Excellence Grant” from the National Institutes of Health, the National Defense Education Art, and the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. These grants helped the Department to assume major leadership roles in UNC’s interdisciplinary centers, including the Institute for Research in Social Science and its Social Science Statistical Laboratory, plus all of the University’s area studies programs.

Today’s Department seeks to build upon this history, first and foremost by providing an undergraduate education of the highest quality, fulfilling the University’s charter to “prepare the rising generation for the duties of life.” This can only be achieved by fostering creative research to expand our understanding of politics, broadly defined at the local, state, national and global levels.

Graduates

Allen, Kayla Donielle Bowley, Taylor Cotzin, Noland Isaac Francis, Logan Elyse Altchiler, Danielle Hope β Boyers, Ivan Paul Cragin, Charles Geoffrey Franklin, Eric Scott Altman, Jacob Brennen, Andrew Edward Cross, Hannah Elizabeth Freedman, Ariel Wynne Alto, Anne P Bridges, Tye Zane Crowley, Addison Nicole Freeman, Kennedy Routh Amos, James Bruton Allen Brown, Victor Culton, Davis Montgomery Fuller, Emily Mcclain Anderson, Peter Christian Bunting, Jacob Dorsett Curry, Malin James Galindo, Kaitlin Nicholle β Angerson, Matthew Charles Burns, Madison Macy Curry, Matthew Joseph Gebo, Richard Sterling Anthony, Nya Linese Butner, Mason P. Curtis, Frances Locke Griffith Gilliam, Ella Donnell Antolini, Romeo William Byrd, Kimberly Ann Daley, Samantha Gail Gillison, Joel Apadula, Emily Lynn Byrd, Madison Brea Dalton, Christopher David Gladd, Caroline Lee α Aruwani, Purshotam Versi Byrne, Elizabeth Winslow Danovitch, Larissa Alexandra α Glen, Liam Daniel Austin, Alison Belle Cafferty, Mackenzie Day, Liam Ashton α Glenn, Matthew Ayala, Margarita Canney, Samuel Paul O'Sullivan Dayton, Josiah Godbey, Sloan Elizabeth Babcock Jr, John William β Cantrell, Abby Derby, Chloe Isabella Gonzales, Grace Marcella β Baker, Savannah Oluwafemi β Caraway, Riley Christian Derickson, Cailyn Noel Gonzalez, Daisy Jasmine Baltzegar, Alexander Douglas Cardia, Kristina Devito, Coby Thomas Gonzalez, Peter Christopher Barnes, Joseph Earl Causey III, Percy Thomas β Dixon, Liam Quinn Goodwin, Jessica Bailey Barnhill, Cole Cecil, Miranda Paige Donoghue, Sean Francis β Green, Michael Cole Barrett, Madison Brianna β Chestnutt, William Adkins Doyle, Mason Robert Greenwood, Emily Dale Barth, Parker Griffin Christman, Justin Dupay, Meghan Katherine Grimm, Hanna Brittany Basora, Laura Gabriela Cifuentes, Mario Alejandro Echeverria, Kennith Aquidio Gruesbeck, Chloe Bass, Caroline Jackson Clifford, Robert Patrick Edwards, Alana Todd Guerrero Gonzalez, Jesus Antonio Battaile, Nicholas Riley Colburn, Zachery Ryan Elbitar-Hartwell, Amiel Guglielmo, Joseph Beatty, Jonathon Duane Cole, Caleb Ellenburg, Eva Kaye Joyce Hammond, Rachel Holland Beene, Erik Samuel Coleman, Drew Parker β Epley, Alex Christopher α β Hannum, Joey Michael Bell, Albert Coleman, Matthew Richard Esterley, Katharine Harding, Gary Wayne Bennett, Madeline Esther Combs, Davis Eubanks, Sade' Malendez Antion Harding, Matthew Aaron Bennett, Martha Campbell Conway, Kyle Anthony Evans, Jacob Monroe Hardison, Jessica Claire Berry, Carson Watson Cook, Carley Dorin β Fazal, Ali Ahmad Harn, Scott Thomas Blackburn, Abigail Hope α β Correa, Christian John Feehery, Brendan Bridgewater Hatton, Thomas A Blanchard, Abigail Lynn Coskun, Selin Olga Fernandez, Melissa Ann Hazzard, Griffin McCurdy Blessing, Olwen Costa, Natalie Erin Francis, Logan Elyse Heflin, Nicholas Daniel β

Graduates Heilman, Rebecca Grace α β Kennedy, Lauren Kelly β Mclean, Roark Adam Neang, Thu Chanh Henry, Allison Kaplan Kilmartin, Clare Elizabeth Mclean, Veronica Angelica Newhard, Chapin Fletcher Henson, Tanner Allen Kirkwood, Delainey Oluwasekemi McSwain, Tyger Keyshon Nguyen, Huan Tri Herring, Allyxzander Lee'Jon Koo, Diana Nayeon Meacham, William Rook Nichols, Justin David Herring, Julia Mescolin β Lamina, Dorothy Eunice Meares III, Ben Miller Nix, Collin James Herring, Tiana Marie α Lane, Olivia Renee Medlin, Rachel Anne Nolley, Alexandria George Hicks, Jackson Hawk β Lang, Hannah Erin Mende Jr, Bryant Hiller Nyakundi, Debrah Kerubo Hodges V, Samuel Jasper Leatherwood, Zoe Claire Meyers, Alexandra Nicole Obringer, Jackson Bailey Holtzclaw, Victoria Jordan Lee, Brian Jae Michalak, Sarah Pearl Orr IV, Laney Glenn Horak, Molly Caroline Lee, Catherine Miller II, Ralph Brady Padilla, Austin Nicolas Hottle, Anna Geneva Lee, Emma Nicole Mills, Cara Palagruto, Jack Howard, Coley Rebecca Lerch, Destin Chance Mink, Sarah Pamfilis, Zachary Thomas Howard, Grey Morgan Lever, Natalie Misshula, Aidan James Peet, Grant Keegan Howell, Noah Stockton Lewis, Erin Angelique Mitchell, Edward Buist Pequeno, Sara E Huffman, Hayden Corbett Lifer, Jordan Isabelle Mitchell, Elizabeth Memory Petrucci, Daniel Hickok Ingram, Ann Marie Lindayen, William Charles β Mizener, Bridget Vera Pike, Benjamin Chalmers Jackson, Connor Jacob Liu, Chang Mohr, Matthew H. Pokela, Anders Davidson Jackson, Justin Alexander Lofton, Cameren Ariana Moore, Kathleen Marie Portes Isidor, Pablo Jacobs, Joshua London, Jared Maxwell Moore, Sarah Powers, Camryn Rose Jaen, Yurimar Lynn, Samuel James Moore, Savannah Katherine Powers, Phoebe Claire Janda, Claire Lillian Vance Maereg, Aklesia Mesfin Moore, Tylor Price, Wesley James Yount β Jepko, Isley Mahan, Isabella Soggs α Morrison, Ann Burns Stokes Proops, Olivia Lauren Johnson Mata, Kevin Maharty, Alexis Grace Moyer, Mary Wheeler Purello, Katherine Anne Johnson, Heather Anne Mann, Daniel John β Mulligan, Daniel William Putnam, Rachel Olivia Johnson, Haley Ann Marchione, Gabriella Michele Muneton, Sarah Quiett, Victoria Monique Johnson, Sydney Marie Marshall, Harrison Scott Murchison, Duncan Michael Ramsey, Madison Sidney Johnston, Katherine Marie α Martin, Ashton Brianna Murphy, Caroline Aline Ratchford, Peyton Mckenna Jones, Christian David Massey II, Kenneth Blaine Murray IV, Mark Lee Reich, Justin Jones, Dylan O'Ryan McCann, Mickayla Elizabeth β Myers, Alexandra Nicole Renegar, Andrea R. Jumper, Jadakiss Tyjae Mckane, James Nadolski, Joseph Reyes-Olmedo, Norma Karatas, Turkan Banu McKeithan, William Holt Neal, Eyan O'Ryan Rhoads, Anna Reed Kelly, Cameron Wayne Mckissock, Liam Alexander Neal, John Rich, Kristen Lee

Graduates Rios, Daniel Jordan Steidinger, Carson Webb, Hannah Grace Roberson, Erika Stephens, Sarah Mcleod Weight, Sierra Dawn Robertson, Olivia Sakura Stephenson, Mary Kendall Weintraub, Sophia Katherine Rolader, Lee Clayton Stevens, Matthew α Westerholt, Madison Roper, Ethan Cole Stevenson II, David Mitchell Whitenack, Allison Paula β Rucker, Nicholous Benjamin Stringfellow, Emily Marie β Wiggins, Jacob Allen Russell V, Robert Bromwell Szymanski, James Williams, Kendall Danielle β Rutledge, Makayla Delanie Talley, Lauren Bennett Williams, Landrum Holden Ryan, Tionna Nicole Tan, Meilin Alexis Willis, Bryan Taylor Safir, David β Taranto, Mckenzie Marie Wise, David Jonathon Sales, Alaina Marie β Therien, Bevan Paul Husband Withers, Mikayla Lynn Satterwhite, Mattison Rose Tisdale, Norris Shea Wlcek, Natalia Sonia α Schandevel, Victoria Macon Tomei, Mimi Elizabeth Wood, Tessa Simone Schurmeier, Emma Louise Totz, Ryan Friedrich Wooten, Maxwell Robert Scott, Vanessa Marie Toy, Alexander Michael Wright, Claire Elizabeth Self, Lydia Rose Tran, Rosie Young, Jacob Austin Sengstaken, Nicholas Snow Treder, John Young, Margaret Elizabeth Shapiro, Peyton Charles Troutman, Daniel Sawyer Zachary, Spencer William α Shapiro, Sarah Grace Trull, Lauren Michelle Zhou, Zi Yi Sheperd, Shawna Marie Turner, Abigail Lorraine Ziemke, Cerina Sherman, Jake Leon β Van Vliet, Brent Michael β Zietlow, Cassandra Rachel Sims, Emma Elizabeth Vandermel, Justine Alexis Zywicki, Samantha Carolina Sin, Amanda Zin Ming β Vasisht, Siddharth α Singh, Serena Kaur Verdi, Emma Paige β Sink, Alexander David Waite, Madison Kambree Smith, David Andrew Walker, Julia Lauren Rhiannon

Snellings, Samantha Elle Wang, Jacky Snyder, Matthew James Ward, Myah Bailey α member of Pi Sigma Alpha Spencer, Griffin Reece Warlick, Taylor Degrechie β member of Phi Beta Kappa Spencer, Joy Nicole Warner, Jared Clay § 2018 Buckley Public Service Scholar Stanley, Sally Sitton Waters, Andrew Mclean β

Statile, Evan Davis Webb, Annabelle Elizabeth

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