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Welcome to Political Science at the University of Connecticut

  • Should we go to war?
  • What is justice?
  • How can our economic system be both productive and fair?
  • How can we balance public safety with liberty?
  • What is the best way to allocate education, housing and health care?
  • How should different genders, races, and ethnic groups relate to each other?
  • How can the environment be preserved and enhanced?
  • What is the best way to organize a democratic system?

In our time, the Nobel-Prize-winning German author Thomas Mann once wrote, human destiny presents its meaning in political terms. All the questions that I listed above are dealt with through the political process. We in the Political Science Department at the University of Connecticut are dedicated to understanding how the political process determines our common future. Through our undergraduate program, we hope to provide students with the facts and concepts that will enable them to be active and constructive citizens. Through our graduate program, we aspire to educate future scholars in not only the tools of their trade, but also a broader understanding of how the political process works and should work. The faculty are all involved in research programs that enlighten the worldwide community of scholars and make us better teachers as well.

Whatever your reason for visiting our home page, I want to extend my welcome on behalf of the entire department.

~Howard Reiter

 

Prof. Howard L. Reiter
Department Head
(860) 486-2440

Jennifer Fontanella
Administrative Coordinator
(860) 486-2533

jennifer.fontanella@uconn.edu

Prof. J. Garry Clifford
Director of Graduate Studies
(860) 486-2079

Christine Luberto
Graduate Coordinator
(860) 486-2079
christine.luberto@uconn.edu

Prof. Virginia Hettinger
Director of Undergraduate Studies
(860) 486-9053

Justine Hill
Undergraduate Coordinator
(860) 486-2440
justine.hill@uconn.edu