Faculty
This faculty member was recently named President of the International Development Ethics Association.
Who is Stacy Kosko?
He is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.
Who is Chuck Brown?
Name the course co-taught by GVPT Chair Antoine Banks and U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks.
What is GVPT368L: “What’s Leadership Got to Do with It?”
Only African american actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This faculty member directs the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies.
Who is Vladimir Tismaneanu?
She is known as "The Queen of Soul".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Name one of the course offerings through the Terp Young Scholars program offered by GVPT or MLAW this summer.
What is GVPT200: International Political Relations?
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What is MLAW289M: Mock Trial?
This actor is the highest-grossing actor of all time.
Who is Samuel L Jackson?
This speech from Martin Luther King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
What is "I Have a Dream?"
This faculty member authored a recent book examining how governments respond to rebel movements and self-determination conflicts.
Who is Kathleen Cunningham?
The first African american singer to win American Idol.
Who is Ruben Studdard?
The first African american quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
Who is Doug Williams?
First African american actor to win a Academy Award for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.
What is the underground railroad?
This faculty member won the APSA Best Book Award in 2019 for her book: "Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States".
Who is Kris Miler?
She is the only female artist to have number one singles as a solo artist; as the other half of a duet; as a member of a trio; and as an ensemble member.
Who is Diana Ross?
This travel grant requires students to first secure internal or external funding before submitting an application, as it operates as a matching grant.
What is the Goldhaber Travel Grant?
"Bye Felicia" is a famous line said by this actor.
Who is Ice Cube?
Known for a slave revolt by Mende captives, who were kidnapped from eastern Africa and sold into the Spanish slave trade.
What is Amistad?
"Deterrence Before Hiroshima", "The Politics of Nuclear Proliferation", and "Nuclear Zero?: Lessons from the Last Time We Were There" are among the works published by this late GVPT professor emeritus.
Who is Professor Emeritus George H. Quester?
This rapper is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album.
Who is MC Hammer?
The first African American head coach to win a NBA championship
Who is Bill Russell?
Only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office and eleven consecutive films gross over $150 million internationally
Who is Will Smith?
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places and made employment discrimination illegal.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?