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    Assistant ProfessorProfessor Andrew Philips arrived at the University of Colorado this semester – making him the newest addition to the Department of Political Science.“I chose this department because everyone was working on interesting projects and
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    Assistant ProfessorJoining the faculty at CU Boulder is a dream come true for Professor Adrian Shin, who started here in the Fall of 2016.”I love being able to drive only 20 minutes and to be in the mountains,” he said, “and living near the
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    Assisstant ProfessorProfessor Parinandi is one of the newest additions to the Department of Political Science - arriving at the University of Colorado in the fall of 2015. “I chose to come to CU because it is a big research university that has a
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    Associate ProfessorProfessor Joe Jupille doesn’t have your normal commute to and from campus every day. “I ride my bike to and from work” and “it is about 10 miles each way or about 45 minutes away.”“It started as a personal thing to improve my own
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    Associate ProfessorStarting from a young age, Dr. Anand Edward Sokhey was surrounded by politics. “I came from a family that talks politics all the time,” he said, reflecting on his upbringing.This immersion in politics only continued during his
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    Professor“I came to CU in 1984. It’s been a long time,” Professor Chan begins. He is one of the longest serving professors in the Political Science department and has been teaching at CU for over thirty years. Born in China, Dr. Chan grew up in both
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    Instructor in Political ScienceMost people only have time for one career in their life, but Dr. Greg Young couldn’t stop at just one. “You could say I’ve had two careers. I did 24 years in the Navy and now 20 years as an academic or as a teacher” he
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    Associate Professor in Political ScienceHorst Mewes grew up in Germany after the second world war. In 1955, at age 15, he immigrated to the United States with his parents.“After the war, Germany was heavily destroyed, so it was rebuilding,” Mewes
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    Associate Professor in Political Science “I always liked the idea of being a professor,” Dr. Carew Boulding reflected from her serene, second-story office. Packed wall to wall with books, the office is a reminder of the ten
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    PhD Candidate, Graduate Part-Time InstructorWhether it’s about course material, politics in the news, or his own personal experiences, Ryan Dawkins loves to answer the questions his students ask him. However, there is one part
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