Our 32nd Annual Conference for Students of Political Science was held on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Illinois State University's Department of Politics & Government thanks all of our student participants, faculty discussants, and panel attendees. It is the goal of the conference to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for students and their promising research agendas. 

The Department and the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society wish to congratulate this year's Best Paper Award Winners:

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 "Do Labor Movements Affect Regulation on the Economic Impacts of AI? A Comparative Analysis."

       by Pranita Balusu, Eastern Illinois University

"State Policy Adoption: Examining the Influences of U.S. PFAS Drinking Water Policy."

       by Ellen Fogarty, Creighton University

"Asymmetric Power, Impatience, & the Climate Commons: a Game-Theoretic Approach to Climate Negotiations."

       by Abhey Guram, Beloit College

"Severity of Impacted Data & Cyber Public Attribution."

       by Thomas Mathews, University of Central Florida

"Ghost in the Regime: the Institutional Persistence of Hydro-Hegemony in the Aral Sea Basin."

       by John O’Neill, Temple University

 "Terrorism in the Age of Globalization & Digitization." 

       by Farah Shah, University of Central Florida

You can contact Dr. Kerri Milita at kmilita@ilstu.edu with any further inquiries.