About

Our Purpose:

PSC-5280 seeks to provide an objective take on Colorado politics from a political science perspective.  From elections to legislation, and at the state and local levels, our mission is to add a more nuanced and theoretically driven discussion of politics in the Centennial State that goes beyond the usual content of a soundbite or social media feed.  The content provided is a result of faculty-student collaboration at MSU-Denver, but does not reflect the opinion, positions, preferences or official policy of MSU-Denver. 

 

Who We Are:

Robert R. Preuhs is Professor of Political Science at MSU-Denver. His work on state politics, racial/ethnic politics, and representation has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, and he is co-author of the award-winning book, Black-Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Student Collaborator

Arina Rakytianska is a senior at MSU Denver.  She is the President of the Political Science Association at MSU Denver, has worked in the state legislature and on various campaigns, and is planning on attending graduate school after graduation.

Previous Student Collaborators

Jeniece Linan is a Senior at Metropolitan State University of Denver and plans to Graduate this December.  After graduation she hopes to acquire a job with a law firm in Denver. She was born and raised in Colorado and doesn’t see herself relocating anytime soon. She is looking forward to gaining more experience in the world of Politics.

Sol Malick is a Colorado native, born in Crested Butte, who has been lobbying at the Colorado State Capitol for 13 years. His clients range from environmental and renewable energy, to mental health and infrastructure issue areas. His professional career started in Durango Colorado working in emergency medicine, search and rescue, and worked for the US Forest Service as a wild land fire fighter before working at his father’s lobbying firm which he took over in 2013.