Shanna Rose, the Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Management and Government and Associate Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, published Raising the Floor: Federalism and the Politics of U.S. Minimum Wage Policy(The University of Chicago Press, 2026).
Lisa Langdon Koch, Associate Professor of Government, was the invited speaker for a Princeton University virtual seminar, “Public Attitudes in Nuclear-armed States toward Nuclear Weapons Use: Does Nuclear Weapon Yield Matter?,” which explored whether the world’s most destructive weapons are becoming easier to use. In the seminar, one of many hosted by
Hicham Bou Nassif, the Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow, was interviewed about the situation in the Middle East and, in particular, Lebanon, on CNN’s “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson,” in mid-April 2026.
Mark Blitz, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy, published Aristotle’s Political Philosophy: An Inquiry into the Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric (University of Notre Dame Press, 2026). In the book, Blitz explores the complexity of Aristotle’s political writings and examines the foundations of political action, devoting special attention to Aristotle’s understanding of virtue, justice, slavery, education, friendship, statesmanship, and speech.
Albert Park, the Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty for Research, presented the 2026 Manson Freeman Lecture at Wesleyan University’s College of East Asian Studies. His talk, “Reimagining Environmentalism in the Age of Authoritarianism: Historical Reflections on the Drives for Vernacular Ecology in South Korea for the Present,” explored different pathways for environmentalism.
Stephanie Muravchik, Senior Lecturer of Government and Associate Faculty Director of the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership, published The Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells Us About a Divided American Right (Oxford University Press, 2026), co-authored with CMC Professor of Government Jon Shields.
James Kreines, the Edward S.
Manfred Keil, Associate Professor of Economics and the Associate Director of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy, was appointed to the Council of Economic Advisors for the California State Controller’s Office. In this role, Keil will help advise State Controller Malia Cohen on economic policy issues, such as the proposed California Wealth Tax on billionaires, and work with fellow councilmembers to formulate responses on a variety of economic issues facing the state.
