Political Science Department

Oswego student Sydney Mayer's work to increase student voter turnout earned her a spot on the 2025 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge’s Honor Roll.

Five members of the SUNY Oswego community had an opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., and attend a White House convening on Youth Civic and Voter Engagement on Nov. 22.

Vote Oswego, a university-coordinated student-run project that helps members of the community make their impact in elections, is hosting a film festival and other awareness events to get students prepared for the 2024 elections.

Two SUNY Oswego faculty members –- Andrea Pagano and Allison Rank –- have earned the prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

SUNY Oswego faculty member Lisa Glidden, a professor of political science and director of global and international studies, has earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.

SUNY Oswego political science professor Allison Rank’s work on civic engagement recently earned the Barbara Burch Award from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ American Democracy Project (ADP).

Four Oswego students had an excellent showing in their first-ever appearance at the SUNY Model European Union gathering recently, winning an award for Outstanding Agenda Item with sophomore journalism major Aidan Trusz honored as Most Effective Finance Minister.

Political science faculty member Allison Rank recently earned a prestigious national fellowship to study and support practices and outcomes related to civic engagement and learning.

Eleven years in the making, the latest book by SUNY Oswego political science faculty member Helen Knowles chronicles a pivotal Supreme Court case and corrects some historical distortions.

In a semester that includes a pivotal election on national, state and regional levels, the college’s nonpartisan Vote Oswego civic engagement effort itself had to pivot -- instead of information tables and face-to-face events, the student team has relied on tools like Zoom, Slack and Google Drive to power its activities.