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Understandable. Memorial Political Science is an exciting and dynamic place to be.

In any given year, there are about 30 full-time and part-time graduate students, 40 diploma candidates, and over 200 undergraduate Majors and Minors in our programs.

We host numerous events and distinguished speakers that bring leading scholars and practitioners from across the world to St. John’s to speak about their research and meet with interested undergraduate and graduate students. Our faculty also support student-led research and initatives, such as by advising our student-run journal, Mapping Politics, and through numerous departmental and university awards.  

At the undergraduate level, the Politics and Law Society (PALS) is important to the governance of the Department of Political Science. Through it, undergraduate students in Political Science and Law and Public Policy are able to organize social events and programming outside of classes and communicate concerns to the faculty during department meetings.

At the graduate level, the Political Science Graduate Students Society leads several intitatives, including the organization and hosting of an annual graduate student conference to showcase student work in progress. Society representatives also attend department faculty meetings to serve as a voice for graduate students in departmental decision-making. 

We strive to promote the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our research and teaching, and welcome the efforts of individuals within our community to further action and dialogue on best practices in the classroom and beyond.