Peter Loge
Political Rhetoric · term not documented
- Four essays
- 40%
- Final paper
- 30%
- Final exam
- 20%
- Participation
- 10%
10% each.
Undated on Loge's site.
Source: peterloge.com — Political Rhetoric syllabus
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Political Rhetoric · term not documented
10% each.
Undated on Loge's site.
Source: peterloge.com — Political Rhetoric syllabus
PSC 1002 · Fall 2019
A 5-question quiz in almost every class — 25 quizzes total, lowest 5 dropped, taken on Blackboard.
Cumulative, essay and short-answer questions.
Hard rules
The laptop restriction comes from student reviews (Tier 3), not the syllabus itself.
Student reviews describe him dropping "the lowest two scores"; the Fall 2019 syllabus says the lowest five of 25. The review figure is Tier 3 and may describe a different term.
Source: dannyhayes.org/teaching.html · as of 2019-08
PSC 1003 · Fall 2024
Supported by a "Writing for Podcasts" guest lecture.
Hard rules
Fall 2024 section; grading may differ by term and instructor.
PSC 2101 · Summer 2021
Topic memo 2%, literature review 8%, theory/hypotheses 8%, final 12–18 page research design 20%.
Five open-book timed quizzes of 15 MC/TF questions each.
SPSS in this version.
Hard rules
Summer 2021 section; grading may differ.
Source: jaredheern.com · as of 2021-05
PSC 2215 · term not documented
take-home
in person
From a student review rather than a published syllabus, and undated.
The same review calls both assessments "graded very fairly".
PSC 2377 · Spring 2024
2,000 words / 8–9 pages, with a formatting checklist and an abstract.
You must score 100%.
Five minutes or less.
Hard rules
Spring 2024 section; grading may differ.
PSC 2993 · term not documented
Posted by a student rather than published on a syllabus, so the split is Tier 3 and undated.
PSC 2993 is a variable-topic number; this is the "Dictators in Europe & Russia" offering.
SMPA 3348 · Spring 2024
10% each, hard 500-word cap.
Hard rules
Spring 2024 version, from Loge's own public website — authoritative but subject to revision.
Source: peterloge.com — Political Communication Ethics syllabus · as of 2024-01
SMPA 3353 · Fall 2017
10% each, capped at two double-spaced pages.
A full strategy document for advancing the policy issue you chose at the start of the term.
Attendance taken every class; each unexcused absence costs 1% of the participation grade.
Hard rules
Fall 2017 — the oldest of Loge's four syllabi. Verify the current version.
Source: peterloge.com/uncategorized/566 · as of 2017-08
SMPA 3459 · term not documented
10% each, same 500-word cap.
Hard rules
Undated on Loge's site; a Fall 2017 posting also exists.
Source: peterloge.com — Language and Politics syllabus
SMPA 6204 · Spring 2021
A strategic campaign document for an issue or policy campaign.
10% each.
Graduate version. Included because it shows the same assignment architecture as the undergraduate SMPA 3353, weighted differently.
SMPA 6204 is a graduate course. It is the clearest published statement of how Loge weights work, but it is not an undergraduate section.
Source: peterloge.com — Strategic Political Communication syllabus · as of 2021-01
PSC 2101 · Fall 2025
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Learning outcomes center on using R to complete problem sets.
Students conduct and interpret a public opinion survey.
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No percentage weights are published for this section — the structure below is documented but the split is not.
Retrieved via a paywalled unlocker mirror (Tier 2). Ask the department for the current syllabus before relying on it.
PSC 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
An official GW department PDF exists for this section, but the guide does not reproduce its grading breakdown.
PSC 2101 · Fall 2012
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Rehosted on Yumpu (Tier 2).
Fall 2012 — the oldest of the PSC 2101 syllabi, and the course has changed methods software since.
PSC 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Hosted on the Bit by Bit textbook site rather than by GW; the guide labels it "Tier 1-adjacent." No grading breakdown is reproduced.
PSC 2215 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
six, multiple choice
Hard rules
Structure only — the review gives no percentages, so none are shown.
PSC 2216 · Spring 2021
Structure documented, percentages not published.
The syllabus includes a major research paper; its weight is not reproduced in the guide.
Only the 15% participation figure is documented — the rest of the split is not. Do not assume the research paper is worth the remaining 85%.
Spring 2021 section; grading may differ.
PSC 2229 · Spring 2017
Structure documented, percentages not published.
10–12 pages, with a hard due date (April 17).
The syllabus includes an explicit pedagogical rationale citing research showing frequent quizzing improves retention.
Hard rules
The guide reproduces the assignment architecture but not the percentage split.
Spring 2017 section; a Spring 2019 syllabus is also public.
Source: dannyhayes.org/teaching.html · as of 2017-01
PSC 3500 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Roughly 3,500 words.
Roughly 3,500 words.
Roughly 3,500 words.
This structure comes from student reviews, not an official posted syllabus, and could not be verified against the department's own document.
Students report three roughly equal components; the exact official grading breakdown was not publicly retrievable.
From a student review rather than a published syllabus. The three pieces are the whole grade, but no weights are given.
SMPA 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
No official public syllabus surfaced. This structure comes from review data only.
SMPA 2110W · Spring 2023
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Hard rules
Rehosted on Course Hero (Tier 2), paywalled. No percentage split is reproduced.
SMPA 3450 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
She drops your lowest two participation scores.
From review text only — no aggregate rating or official syllabus was captured.
SMPA 3450 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Public review data indicates his courses are graded primarily on a midterm paper and a final paper. His syllabus PDFs rotate; verify currency on his personal sites before citing.
28 courses have more than one instructor documented
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20 buckets across both majors
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PSC 1002 is the prerequisite for SMPA 2102 and carries GenEd Critical Thinking in Social Sciences plus CCAS Local/Civic Engagement. Choosing PSC 1001 over 1003 adds the CCAS Global/Cross-Cultural attribute.
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STAT 1053 satisfies Gen Ed quantitative reasoning and is the prerequisite for both SMPA 2151 and 2152. SMPA 2110W is the prerequisite to all upper reporting courses.
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This is the tie back into the Political Science department. Any Group A–E course qualifies.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
SMPA 3194 is repeatable once if the topic differs. A maximum of one 3-credit internship (SMPA 3197) counts.
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The defense committee is the seminar instructor plus two faculty members nominated by the student and approved by the instructor. SMPA 4198 is restricted to senior honors candidates and requires 4199 plus department permission.
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The Political Communication major absorbs an unusual amount of Gen Ed internally — quantitative reasoning via STAT 1053, two critical-thinking social science courses via PSC 1002 and SMPA 2102/2101/1050, Local/Civic Engagement via PSC 1002, Global/Cross-Cultural via PSC 1001, and both WIDs via 2110W plus one of 3240W/3241W/3245W/3357W. These are what is left over.
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Take these early. PSC 1002 is also required for the Political Communication major and is the prerequisite for SMPA 2102.
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Up to 3 credits of PSC 2850 (Undergraduate Research) and/or PSC 2987 (Internship) can count toward this 18-credit requirement but not toward any group. PSC 2099/2990 behave the same way.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
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If a target elective is chronically waitlisted (many are), build in a backup within the same group so you still satisfy the distribution on time.
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The pre-law path runs through PSC 2214/2215 and Bartels's PSC 3500 Constitutional Interpretation section.
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PSC 2101 is restricted to PSC majors and minors, and its sections waitlist quickly. Register early.
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Use "W" sections strategically to satisfy both the major capstone and the university WID requirement at once. PSC 3500 requires the full intro sequence plus a methods course; PSC 3500W additionally requires four completed 2000-level PSC courses.
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Honors appears on the transcript, not the diploma.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
This pathway applies to the public-policy focus and the dual BA/MPP and BA/MPA programs.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
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Not available to political science majors. Minimum grade of C- in each course.
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Not available to political science majors.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
Any "W" course satisfies a WID — for example PSC 1002W, 2106W, 2218W, 2377W, 2446W, 2449W, 2451W, 3192W, 3500W, and on the SMPA side 2110W, 3240W, 3241W, 3245W, 3357W. Courses taken for G-PAC may also count toward the major, so intro courses commonly do double duty.
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G-PAC stands for General Education: Perspective, Analysis and Communication. All GW students admitted since fall 2011 must complete both Tier One and Tier Two. Per GW Today, the current framework "reduce[d] GCRs to 24 credits (from 42)… They will take effect for the 2011 incoming class."
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Two majors, two different front doors
One you declare. One admits you. That difference shapes everything that follows, including how early you have to commit.
PSC
33 credits
33 credits of PSC coursework. The BS adds six courses in statistics, mathematics, and computer science on top of the same 33 PSC credits.
Any Columbian College student can declare the major.
"Admission is a separate, selective gate... This is unlike Political Science, which any CCAS student can declare."
Department of Political Science, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
PCM
Total credits not stated in the guide
The guide does not state a single total credit figure for the major. It describes "a program-specific curriculum of roughly 13–14 required/core courses and 7 electives," with the electives amounting to 21 credits. Verify the total with an SMPA advisor.
Incoming first-years are admitted to SMPA majors through a highly selective application process; a limited number of additional students are admitted by competitive application after acceptance to GW.
"Admission is a separate, selective gate. Incoming first-years are admitted to SMPA majors through a highly selective application process; a limited number of additional students are admitted through competitive application after acceptance to GW."
School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA), an interdisciplinary school within Columbian College
The rule that governs every number here
A solid brass mark is something the institution or the professor actually published. A dashed mark is a document rehosted by a third party. A dotted mark is a crowd review. You can tell a syllabus figure from a Rate My Professors figure at a glance, which is the whole point.
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Course Hero, Studocu, Uloop, Yumpu, Scribd, Quizlet, and "unlocker" mirror sites. These rehost real GW documents but are not authoritative, may be incomplete, and may violate course policies.
Treat Tier 2 links as leads, not citations. If you need to rely on a Course Hero or Studocu syllabus for a real decision, ask the professor or the department for the current version instead.
Crowd Crowd-sourced review sites
Rate My Professors, Coursicle, Reddit r/gwu. Useful directionally; sample sizes are reported for every professor, and small samples are flagged.
Anything under roughly 15 ratings is statistically noise. Both sites block automated retrieval, so these numbers come from search-result snippets and should be re-verified against the live page before being relied on.
Hue — what kind of work is being graded
Read the syllabus before the reviews. Hayes's PSC 1002/2229 PDFs, Loge's four SMPA syllabi, and Heern's PSC 2101 tell you the actual workload structure with more precision than any rating.
Match assessment type to your strengths. If you test well and read lightly, Hayes and Mylonas. If you write well and speak in seminars, Loge and Karpf. If you want quantitative skills, Cooperman's 2101 or Porter's data course.
Weight ratings by sample size. Usable: Hayes (117), Livingston (47), Lawrence (42), Mylonas (38), Balla (37), Waisbord (32), Bartels (29), Loge (22). Not usable for ranking: Karpf (4), Sesno (~4), Porter (8), Gross (8), Hale (10), Hindman (~12, duplicate profiles).
Treat Tier 2 links as leads, not citations. If you need to rely on a Course Hero or Studocu syllabus for a real decision, ask the professor or the department for the current version instead.
75 sources behind this page
And, just as importantly, what could not be found. The guide searched for these and came up empty; anything in that list is a question for the department, not something this page can answer.
Research snapshot compiled through 2026-08-22 · last audited 2026-09-01 · 14 of 75 source records rechecked. An unrecorded check date is shown as unrecorded, never guessed.
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| Official | Danny Hayes teaching index — open syllabus PDFsdannyhayes.org/teaching.htmllast checked not recordedHayes's PSC 2220 syllabus is Fall 2015 — dated. Syllabus details are point-in-time. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 1002, PSC 2229, PSC 2220, PSC 3192W |
| Official | Adam Dean, PSC 1003 syllabus, Fall 2024last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: a specific past semester. Current grading may differ. | syllabus | PSC 1003 |
| Official | Jared Heern, PSC 2101 syllabus, Summer 2021jaredheern.comlast checked not recordedSummer 2021. Syllabus details are point-in-time and current grading may differ. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 2101 |
| Official | Steven Balla, PSC 2101.10 syllabus (official GW department PDF)PSC 2101.10_Balla.pdflast checked not recorded | official department PDF | PSC 2101 |
| Official | "PSC 2101 Hughes" syllabus, hosted on the Bit by Bit textbook sitePSC_2101_Hughes.pdflast checked not recordedThe guide labels this "Tier 1-adjacent" — it is a real syllabus but hosted outside GW. | third-party-hosted syllabus | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Brandon Bartels, PSC 2101 syllabus, Fall 2012 (Yumpu rehost)yumpu.com/en/document/view/22746415last checked not recordedTier 2 rehost, and Fall 2012 — dated. Course numbers and methods software have changed since. | rehost | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Alicia Cooperman, PSC 2101 syllabus, Fall 2025 (paywalled unlocker mirror)freecourseherounlocks.com — PSC 2101 syllabuslast checked not recordedPaywalled unlocker mirror. Unofficial, may be incomplete, and may violate course policies. | unlocker mirror | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Course Hero PSC 2101 hub — 49 student-uploaded documentscoursehero.com PSC 2101 hublast checked not recordedPaywalled and unofficial. Student-uploaded artifacts, not authoritative course documents. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Uloop notes hub for PSC 2101gwu.uloop.com PSC 2101last checked not recordedUnofficial student notes. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101 |
| Official | Michael Goff, PSC 2216 syllabus, Spring 2021last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: Spring 2021. Only the 15% participation figure is reproduced in the guide. | syllabus | PSC 2216 |
| Official | Scott Weiner, PSC 2377 syllabus, Spring 2024last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: Spring 2024. Retrieved in several cases via student-upload sites; current grading may differ. | syllabus | PSC 2377 |
| Official | Danny Hayes, PSC 2229 syllabi, Spring 2017 and Spring 2019dannyhayes.org/teaching.htmllast checked not recordedPoint-in-time. The assignment architecture described is from Spring 2017. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 2229 |
| Official | Brandon Bartels — GW blog teaching page and course materialsblogs.gwu.edu/bartels/teachinglast checked not recordedThe Bartels PSC 3500 word-count structure comes from student reviews, not an official posted syllabus, and could not be verified against the department's own document. | faculty-hosted | PSC 2214, PSC 2215, PSC 3500 |
| Official | GW Political Science rotating course descriptionspoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/rotating-course-descriptionslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective Fall 2026The page publishes Fall 2026 special topics and proseminars plus selected earlier descriptions; topics still rotate by semester. | department page | PSC 3192W, PSC 3500 |
| Official | PSC course catalog — all course numbers and descriptionsbulletin.gwu.edu/courses/psc/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe live page identified itself as the 2026–2027 provisional edition when checked. Students are bound by the Bulletin applicable to their program and declaration or matriculation year. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA in Political Science requirements — group structure, proseminar, advanced topicsbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/political-science/ba/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe page states that the current Bulletin applies to current-year students and directs earlier students to archived Bulletins. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA in Political Science, public policy focusbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/political-science/ba-public-policy-focus/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinUse the archived Bulletin that applies to the student's declaration year when requirements differ. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA overview describing the proseminar deliverablepoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/ba-political-sciencelast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department pageThe department says students complete the major requirements in force when they declare; older declarations may follow prior requirements. | department page | PSC 3192W |
| Official | Political Science undergraduate hubpoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/undergraduatelast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | Academic honors / Pi Sigma Alpha eligibilitypoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/academic-honorslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | A Guide to Writing a Research Paper for International Affairs, Political Science and Historylast checked not recorded | WID handbook | PSC 3192W, PSC 3500W |
| Rehost | Course Hero PSC department map — index of which courses have student-uploaded materialcoursehero.com PSC department maplast checked not recordedPaywalled and unofficial. Useful purely as an index of what exists. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101, PSC 2240, PSC 2331, PSC 2213, PSC 2216 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3348 Political Communication Ethics syllabus, Spring 2024peterloge.com — Political Communication Ethics syllabuslast checked not recordedLoge's grading breakdowns come from his own public website — authoritative but subject to revision. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3348 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3353 Strategic Political Communication syllabus, Fall 2017peterloge.com/uncategorized/566last checked not recordedFall 2017 — dated. Authoritative but subject to revision. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3353 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 6204 Strategic Political Communication syllabus, Spring 2021 (graduate)peterloge.com — Strategic Political Communication syllabuslast checked not recordedGraduate version — same assignment architecture, different weights. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 6204 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3459 Language and Politics syllabuspeterloge.com — Language and Politics syllabuslast checked not recordedUndated on his site. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3459 |
| Official | Peter Loge, Political Rhetoric syllabus — contains his published grade standardpeterloge.com — Political Rhetoric syllabuslast checked not recordedUndated. The grade standard it contains applies across his courses. | faculty-hosted syllabus | Political Rhetoric |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA ethics project and Loge's textbookgwhatchet.com/2020/03/05last checked not recorded | news | SMPA 3348 |
| Official | "A Guide to Reporting and Writing News" by Myron Belkind (June 2009) — GW WID Studio handbookwidstudio.wordpress.com — A Guide to Reporting and Writing Newslast checked not recordedThis handbook is from 2009 and uses the legacy course number SMPA 110W. | WID handbook | SMPA 2110W |
| Rehost | SMPA 2110W section syllabus, Spring 2023 (Course Hero rehost)coursehero.com — GW Intro to Newswriting & Reporting syllabus, Spring 2023last checked not recordedPaywalled Tier 2 rehost. Current versions may differ. | rehost | SMPA 2110W |
| Rehost | Steven Livingston, SMPA 2102 syllabus, Spring 2019last checked not recordedDetails come from student-upload sites (Studocu/Course Hero); current versions may differ. | rehost | SMPA 2102 |
| Rehost | SMPA 1050 media-bias research paper assignment (Course Hero posting)last checked not recordedA single posted assignment, not necessarily current. | student-upload | SMPA 1050 |
| Official | David Karpf faculty page listing his coursessmpa.gwu.edu/david-karpflast checked not recordedHis syllabus PDFs rotate; verify currency on his personal sites before citing. The midterm-paper/final-paper structure comes from public review data (Tier 3), not a posted syllabus. | department page | SMPA 3450, SMPA 3194, SMPA 3195 |
| Rehost | Uloop SMPA hub — uploaded notes naming instructors Steele and Waisbordgwu.uloop.com SMPA hublast checked not recordedUnofficial student notes. | student-upload hub | SMPA 2101 |
| Official | GW Today — GW All Access: Ethan Porter, on his data coursegwtoday.gwu.edu — GW All Access: Ethan Porterlast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | Patricia Kabra, SMPA 6210 Media and Foreign Policy syllabuspublicdiplomacy.org — Kabra, Media and Foreign Policylast checked not recordedA graduate syllabus, included as a model of the "critical analysis thought blogs" assignment design used in several SMPA courses. | syllabus | SMPA 6210 |
| Official | SMPA course catalogbulletin.gwu.edu/courses/smpa/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe live page identified itself as the 2026–2027 provisional Bulletin when checked. Students are bound by the Bulletin applicable to their matriculation year. | bulletin | SMPA 2110W, SMPA 3240W, SMPA 3241W, SMPA 4198, SMPA 4199 |
| Official | BA in Political Communication requirementsbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/media-public-affairs/ba-political-communication/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe page states that older matriculation years should use archived Bulletins. SMPA also enforces specified grades and sequencing rules and directs students to consult the School. | bulletin | — |
| Official | SMPA department curriculum worksheet (PDF, 2021)smpa.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4161/files/2021-10/pcm_curriculum_2.pdfhistorical 2026-09-01 · effective 2021 curriculum worksheetThis remains reachable but is historical. Its elective list (3461, 3463, 3470) differs from the current Bulletin; confirm with an SMPA advisor before counting it. | department document | SMPA 3461, SMPA 3463, SMPA 3470 |
| Official | SMPA prizes and scholarships, including the Manheim and Sterling prizes for undergraduate researchsmpa.gwu.edu/prizes-scholarshipslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | SMPA internships for course credit (juniors/seniors)smpa.gwu.edu/internshipslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department pageThe current page says undergraduate SMPA students register for three credits per internship and describes the required academic work; confirm the current approval process before registering. | department page | SMPA 3197 |
| Official | SMPA Robert & Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Awardsmpa.gwu.edu/staub-faculty-excellence-awardslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective award history through 2026 | award page | — |
| Official | Trachtenberg Prizes (Teaching, Research, Service) winners listfacultyaffairs.gwu.edu — Trachtenberg Research Award winnerslast checked not recorded | award page | — |
| Official | Elliott School faculty award recipients — Harry Harding Teaching Prize and Michael E. Brown Research Prizeelliott.gwu.edu/faculty-award-recipientslast checked not recorded | award page | — |
| Official | GW Today — SMPA professor named Educator of the Yeargwtoday.gwu.edu — SMPA professor named Educator of the Yearlast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — Best professor: Danny Hayesgwhatchet.com/2016/04/03/best-professor-danny-hayeslast checked not recorded | news | PSC 1002 |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA's Robert M. Entman Award, 2026 recipient Brendan Nyhangwhatchet.com — political scientist pushes back on misinformation fearslast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA's first science-communication professorship (Planet Forward context)gwhatchet.com/2020/01/16last checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — Imani Cheers's appointment as interim senior associate provostgwhatchet.com/2021/05/24last checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | "Office Hours with Karpf and Loge" podcastpodcasts.apple.com — Office Hours with Karpf and Logelast checked not recorded | podcast | — |
| Official | GW Syllabus Viewergo.gwu.edu/syllabusviewerlast checked not recordedFull syllabus access is generally login-gated, which is why faculty-hosted PDFs are the most valuable public artifacts. No public feed is available. | official repository | — |
| Official | GW Schedule of Classesmy.gwu.edu/mod/pws/index.cfmlast checked 2026-09-01 · effective Fall 2026The live schedule listed Fall 2026 and reported a last revision of August 29, 2026. Instructor assignments still rotate; check it immediately before registering. | official schedule | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Danny Hayesratemyprofessors.com/professor/1816621last checked not recordedSelf-selected and captured from search snippets, not live page reads. 117 ratings — the largest sample in the dataset. | crowd review | PSC 1002 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Steven Livingstonratemyprofessors.com/professor/542362last checked not recorded47 ratings. The most polarized profile in SMPA. | crowd review | SMPA 2102 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Eric Lawrenceratemyprofessors.com/professor/531934last checked not recorded42 ratings. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Harris Mylonasratemyprofessors.com/professor/1427415last checked not recorded38 ratings. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Steven Ballaratemyprofessors.com/professor/634072last checked not recorded37 ratings, but only 50% would take again, with three "Awful" ratings. | crowd review | PSC 2101 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Silvio Waisbordratemyprofessors.com/professor/1051330last checked not recorded32 ratings. | crowd review | SMPA 2101 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Brandon Bartelsratemyprofessors.com/professor/1456843last checked not recorded29 ratings. The PSC 3500 word-count structure comes from these reviews, not an official syllabus. | crowd review | PSC 3500 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Peter Logeratemyprofessors.com/professor/381200last checked not recorded22 ratings — the guide's "moderately-sampled" band, though its summary table lists him as usable. | crowd review | SMPA 3348, SMPA 3353 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Henry Haleratemyprofessors.com/professor/846603last checked not recorded10 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | PSC 2366 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Matthew Hindmanratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1688777last checked not recorded~12 ratings, and he appears to have duplicate or merged profiles with conflicting counts, so this figure is unreliable. | crowd review | SMPA 2151 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Ethan Porterratemyprofessors.com/professor/2211403last checked not recorded8 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Kimberly Grossratemyprofessors.com/professor/419303last checked not recorded8 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | SMPA 2102 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — David Karpfratemyprofessors.com/professor/2061313last checked not recorded5.0/5 across only 4 ratings. "Genuinely glowing, but four reviews is anecdote, not data." | crowd review | SMPA 3353, SMPA 3450 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Frank Sesnoratemyprofessors.com/professor/1135606last checked not recordedApproximately 4 reviews, uniformly glowing. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Catie Bailardratemyprofessors.com/professor/1322776last checked not recordedExact numeric summary could not be confirmed. Review text is largely positive with a recurring "harsh grader" caveat. | crowd review | SMPA 2151 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Rebekah Trombleratemyprofessors.com/professor/2576374last checked not recordedNo reliable aggregate captured; reviews are sharply split. | crowd review | SMPA 3450 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Imani Cheersratemyprofessors.com/professor/1845556last checked not recordedNo reliable aggregate captured; among the most polarized profiles in either department. | crowd review | SMPA 4199 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors and Coursicle — generalratemyprofessors.comlast checked not recordedBoth sites block automated retrieval, so these numbers come from search-result snippets and should be re-verified against the live page before being relied on. Anything under roughly 15 ratings is statistically noise. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Coursicle — PSC 2101 instructor list and reviewscoursicle.com/gwu/courses/PSC/2101last checked not recordedMirrors RMP review text and adds scheduling data. Self-selected. | crowd review | PSC 2101 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — PSC 1002coursicle.com/gwu/courses/PSC/1002last checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | PSC 1002 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — SMPA 3354 Political Campaign Communicationcoursicle.com/gwu/courses/SMPA/3354last checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | SMPA 3354 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — Frank Sesno's teaching rotationcoursicle.com/gwu/professors/Frank+Sesnolast checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Coursicle — Brandon Bartels's teaching rotationcoursicle.com/gwu/professors/Brandon+Bartelslast checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | PSC 2101, PSC 2215, PSC 2992, PSC 3192W, PSC 3500 |
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