How to Use political science in a Sentence

political science

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  • Viktoriia, a student of political science, told me that 80 percent of her friends were now abroad.
    — Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The convention is expected to bring in almost 6,000 academics in political science to the city.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Sari Kaufman flies to protests of the gun industry across the country while managing her political science coursework at Yale.
    — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Gomez grew up in New York and went to Brown University, studying political science.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Jeanne Zaino, a political science professor at Iona College, said that the governor was most likely right to focus on the issues.
    — Michael Gold, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Williams teaches his own classes in prison: on the Bible and character defects, political science and civic engagement and ways to deal with trauma.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The political science major wanted to be like her father, who worked in military intelligence for the Army.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The groom is also a UA graduate with a bachelor's degree in political science.
    — Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
  • David Karol, a political science professor at the University of Maryland, says Moore has seemed in his element this week.
    — Jacob Fenston, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Walker, a political science major, drafted the team constitution, and both worked to develop the club’s budget and schedule.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Stump and Wentz wanted to take time off from school for the band — even though Wentz was just shy of graduating with a political science degree — and hoped seeing such an important show would convince their families to allow it.
    — Vulture, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Uchenna Ihekwereme walked to the front row of the 150-person auditorium for a political science class at the University of Georgia.
    — Meredith Kolodner, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Given the tight race, a recount might be warranted and could even swing in the challenger’s favor, Melissa Michelson, a political science professor at Menlo College, said.
    — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Zimny, 20, implored her professor, the head of the school’s political science department and a university dean, to reconsider her grade — to no avail.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Sheikhs and prime ministers send their children to the United States to be educated in business, engineering, political science, and more.
    — Joe Pitts, National Review, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Designed for governors to be able to cut spending, the partial veto is more likely to be used for partisan purposes, political science research has found.
    — Laura Gersony, ABC News, 9 July 2023
  • Professor Ogletree received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1974 and a master’s degree in the same subject a year later.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • After four years at Pomona College, Wolfinger walked away with a degree in political science and Spanish but no real idea about how to achieve his next goal of becoming a professional food writer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Marc Lanteigne, an associate professor of political science at the University of Tromsoe, said by phone from Norway that police had asked him some questions about the man who was arrested.
    — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The Carleton College political science grad dedicated his life to bridging cultures and speaking for those without a voice, his family told Fox 9.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Her fiancé, Nicolas Bagory, was born and raised in Brittany, France, and studied political science and classics at university.
    — Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The 53-year-old Orpo hails from rural Southwest Finland, was an economics major in college, and completed a master's degree in political science.
    — David Faris, The Week, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Jake Grumbach, a professor of political science at the University of Washington, said that there is a political logic to Trump’s approach.
    — David Rohde, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
  • McConnell graduates from the University of Louisville in political science, with honors.
    — The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Public spending on such efforts and the lack of knowledge about the specialized field can create conditions ripe for corruption, said Colin Moore, a political science professor at the University of Hawaii.
    — Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In part, this was a sensible argument for history and not political science as preparation for future leaders.
    — Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
  • It is told from the point of view of a fictitious Spanish political science student who eventually becomes Allende’s closest advisor.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Her interest in political science was fuelled by thoughts of returning to Iran, where the government’s hard-line policies had brought increasing economic and social misery.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The political science major found her industry niche fairly quickly.
    — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Hsu is an intellectual slacker who studies rhetoric and political science, but is outwardly bored by most everything, a creator of Zines and a cultivator of misfit friends.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022

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