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: UNL POLS Graduate Admissions - Fall 2026.docx

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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