BYU professor & chair of the Department of Political Science, Sven Wilson recently published a paper in the journal Armed Forces & Society showing that military service has historically predicted greater civic involvement later in life.
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BYU’s Dr. Olga Stoddard, Dr. Lars Lefgren, and Dr. John Stovall had their paper accepted into the Journal of Health Economics.
Their paper, “Rationalizing self-defeating behaviors: theory and evidence”, seeks to answer why individuals engage in self-harm.
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If you missed the 2020 Constitution Day Lecture "President Trump's Immigration Policies: Are They Constitutional?" by Dr. Anna O. Law, you can read a recap and watch a recording on our blog. Read More

How frequently have families protested and discussed Black Lives Matter? Are Americans satisfied with local, state, and federal responses to the pandemic? The answers to these and several other questions from The American Family Survey, designed by the Deseret News and the BYU Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, will be released on Tuesday, September 22nd. Read More

Political Science professor Michael Barber recently co-authored an article on a study showing that although vote-by-mail did increase overall voter turnout by about 2 to 3 percentage points, it did not change the outcome of races. Read More

After two years waiting, the Department of Economics is preparing to transition to the new West View Building after being housed in the long-standing Faculty Office Building (FOB) ,  which was demolished in winter 2019. 
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