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Do you ever wonder why governmental officials make certain decisions? Do you think about who has power and why? Do you want to be able to contribute to the decision-making process, advocate for...

First-generation college students – those who are the first in their immediate family to attend college – now comprise more than one-quarter of Dominican University of California undergraduates. Each...

With Election Day on November 3, faculty and students in the Political Science and History departments at Dominican University of California have been hosting a series of weekly virtual “Penguin Chats...

Upon receiving her Master’s in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University in 2020, Navi Dhaliwal ’16 reflected on how a comparative politics class at Dominican University of...

Inspired by her Panetta Institute Congressional Internship through Dominican University of California, Kat Skiles ’07 launched a career that has led her to key jobs with Nancy Pelosi and Beto O’Rourke...

Allison Kustic ’21, a Political Science major in the School of Liberal Arts and Education, was nominated by Dominican and selected by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy as a 2020 Congressional...

Back in January, Adrienne Formentos ’10 took time out from her new job as a research associate at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington, D.C. to meet with...

Allison Kustic ’21 was only a few weeks into her new internship last year, working in the office of Marin County Supervisor Katie Rice, when California’s shelter-in-place order was issued. Instead of...

Alison Howard, Assistant Professor and Chair, Division of Political Science, International Studies, and History, was selected as Assembly District 10’s “Woman of the Year” by California Assemblyman...

A national study shows that Dominican's recent efforts to increase civic engagement on campus has resulted in significantly higher turnout rates at the polls. So, today students from the Department of...