Hi all,
Happy April 15! I just wanted to send a quick update on grad admissions. I think we’re in pretty good shape, overall, but as always we could accommodate more MA students, so if you know any good UNL undergrads/recent grads who might be interested please send them my way.
We have 2 MAs starting Fall 2026:
Chase McClure
Zach Wendling
And 5 PhDs have committed:
Alexis Barnes
Claire Bartels
Kyra Guerin
Matthew Jockers
Ayoub Nachat
I have two prospective PhD students (both military) who have not finalized their decisions yet. This is largely due to changes in how the military is supporting PhD education / difficulty getting things approved on their end. I’m in final negotiations with Tara and hope to have that finalized soon, and Travis has asked for an extension until 6/15 to work out issues on his end. I think both are very interested in us but needing to finalize logistics and get DOW approval.
Tara Hammer
Travis Zahnow
I have one more GTA offer to finalize, which is going to a current PhD student we had placed on the waitlist.
More detail and email address are available here: [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://res-2.df.onecdn.static.microsoft/files/… ] UNL POLS Graduate Admissions - Fall 2026.docx<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uofnebraska.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/… >
Let me know if you have questions!
Best,
Ingrid
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Ingrid J. Haas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Chair
Department of Political Science
Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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