Political Science and Public Policy

North Carolina's role as a presidential battleground state in 2012 has brought the Elon University Poll added attention from national reporters.

Elon University served as the host institution for the International Studies Association – South conference from Oct. 14-15. The conference was held on campus, primarily in Lindner Hall over the fall break weekend.

More than 100 political science and international studies scholars will visit campus this weekend as Elon University hosts the 2011 International Studies Association-South meeting.

Fewer than 1 in 5 North Carolina residents expect the national economy to improve over the course of the next year.

With a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in May, a majority of North Carolinians say they disapprove of the measure.

The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., interviewed former Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot in a May 1 profile on his work with the poll.

An Elon junior sought feedback from Career Services when applying for an internship that had him researching cybersecurity and cyberwarfare.

Elon University senior Catherine Serex will be presenting her research, “Transcending the Security Dilemmas: A Comparative Multilevel Study of Trust in Peace Processes,” on April 26 at the Triangle Institute of Security Studies (TISS) Seventh Annual Undergraduates in Security Studies Honor Thesis Presentations.

Elon University alumna Lindsey Guice Smith ’05 appeared this month on MSNBC’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” to speak of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission’s efforts in freeing two men from prison who were exonerated for murder.

Dion Farganis, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, has just published two articles on Supreme Court confirmation hearings.