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Alumni & Friends Newsletter

MSU PLS is pleased to share our newest publication - our Alumni & Friends newsletter. This biannual newsletter features a letter from our chair, profiles of some of our successful young alumni, spotlights on our newest faculty members, photos from our latest Blanchard Forum, and updates on the wide variety of outreach and education programs supported by MSU PLS. Check it out here!

https://polisci.msu.edu/alumni/alumni-newsletters.html

 

Minority Politics Thematic Area

The Minority Politics thematic area will leverage MSU's strengths in political science, psychology, gender and LGBTQ studies, criminal justice, Chicano/Latino studies, African-American and African studies, and Muslim studies to establish MSU and the College of Social Science as a national research leader in this field.
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Legal Internship Program

The Legal Internship Program is offered during the Summer semester. This program focuses on providing students thinking about a career in law with an opportunity to work in the legal environment, under the supervision of licensed lawyers, on actual cases before applying for law school.
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Master of Public Policy

The goal of the MPP is to provide high-quality graduate-level instruction in quantitative analysis, program development, policy implementation, public finance, and policy evaluation. Applications are now being accepted for Fall 2024.
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Hire an MSU PhD

Graduates of our PhD program have gone on to excellent careers in academia, public service, survey research, and data analytics. We have outstanding candidates on the job market this year.
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