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I show documentary films in most of my classes. One of my favorites is “On Our Watch,” a PBS Frontline documentary on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan which I use in POLS Y219 Introduction to International Relations. That documentary speaks to several different theories of International Relations covered in the class, as well as the …

Check out Dr. Friesen’s new post at the Religion in Public blog on her recent publication, ‘You can’t repeal regret’: targeting men for mobilisation in Ireland’s abortion debate.

Political Science alumna Joselyne Whipple will present her work titled “The Black Militant Domestic: Illustrating Citizenship for African American Women” at The Global Conference on Women and Gender during their Saturday session, March 20th. Congratulations Joselyne!

You can’t repeal regret’: targeting men for mobilisation in Ireland’s abortion debate Abstract This study explores how social movement organisations involved in the abortion debate in the Republic of Ireland attempted to appeal to men in their campaign messages before the 2018 referendum on the Eighth Amendment concerning abortion. We scrape social movement organisations’ Twitter …