Baris Kesgin

Several Elon University faculty members have received awards from the Turnage Fund for Political Communication to further their research on political communication and media literacy.

Elon MUN earned multiple awards at the conference, where students from eight different universities competed. The Elon team received the recognition of “Best Small Delegation,” Griffin Barriss won the “Best Delegate Award,” and Hunter Copeland got a Verbal Commendation.

The Department of Political Science & Policy Studies faculty and students recently attended the International Studies Association (ISA) -Midwest Region Annual Convention held Nov. 22-23 in St. Louis.

The research by Assistant Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies Baris Kesgin into the characteristics of hawks and doves in foreign policy was published recently in the journal Cooperation and Conflict.

Elon University's Model United Nations (MUN) academic club allows students to work together on and off campus to simulate the United Nations Security Council. 

The Diplomat in Residence (DIR) for the mid-Atlantic region, Kathryn Crockart met with students, visited classes, and gave a talk about careers in the Department of State. 

 

Baris Kesgin’s recent publication looks into how political leaders attend to different audiences in their foreign policy statements. Kesgin’s paper “Turkey’s Erdogan: leadership style and foreign policy audiences,” is published in Turkish Studies, an international, peer-reviewed journal.

 

 

Assistant Professor of Political Science Baris Kesgin’s recent research is based on the premise that when leaders depart from their long-held, publicly known policy positions, one possible explanation is changes in their personality. Kesgin puts this assumption to test in the case of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in August 2005.