Politics and International Relations Graduate Student Organization at FIU

We are very excited to announce the first event in PIR’s external speaker series this year, happening on Friday, October 6th from 10am - 11:30am in SIPA 1 rooms 502/503. The event will feature a presentation by Dr. Aida A. Hozić, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Florida. The talk is entitled "Follow the Bodies: Feminist Political Economy of War and Peace.

This is a hybrid event! Please register through the QR code or via email. ✨

Hello everyone!!!! PIRGSO is SO excited to be having our first meet & greet Wednesday, September 27th at 5pm on the FIU Chili’s!

We hope to see everyone for some lighthearted conversation, networking, and good vibes! ✨

Our first graduate development workshop on academic writing is coming up next Thursday, September 14th from 2-3:30pm in SIPA 1 Room 524. 📝 Snacks provided!

We hope to see everyone there! ✨🤓

Meet your PIRGSO RSO Representative, Gisela Sarabia ✨

Meet your PIRGSO Secretary, Gema Perez Mendez ✨

Meet your PIRGSO Treasurer, Kristin Hyens✨

Meet your PIRGSO, Vice President Ernest Asamoa✨

Meet your PIRGSO President, Melanie Rae Perez ✨

Welcome back everyone! We look forward to hosting events and seeing you on campus. As always PIRGSO is here for you and we wish you a successful academic year! 🤓📖✏️

Mark your calendars! On Thursday, March 30th we will be having an in person accountability working session! We hope you join us in DM 194 at 3:30! 🤓📚

DEI and PIRGSO proudly presents “Syllabus Speed Dating”. Mentors from the DEI committee will workshop with TA’s and Graduate students/instructors in their syllabi.

Not a TA or Instructor? Or don’t have a section? You can still join us for opening dialogue and observe the sessions.

If you’d like to participate, please send a message to Brianna Hernandez attaching the syllabus you’d like to work in. Faculty has kindly asked for early access to as many as possible to optimize the sessions. No fake/mock syllabi will be permitted.

In alphabetical order, the faculty participating in this event are:

Ronald W. Cox- Professor Cox has written extensively in the areas of US foreign economic policy, international political economy, American foreign policy, and the political economy of baseball. Under his many accolades, Professor Cox created the first open-access academic journal in the history of FIU titled “Class, Race, and Corporate Power”. Professor Cox has won several teaching awards and had taught a wide variety of courses, including American Foreign Policy, International Political Economy( and Corporate Power and American Politics.

Kyle Mattes- Professor Mattes is Associate Chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations. His teaching experience include courses in public opinion, methods of political analysis, research methods, and formal political modeling.

John G. Oates- Professor Oates’ research focuses on the dynamics of authority and legitimacy in global governance, with a particular interest in the origins of supranational institutions. His area of expertise are International Law and Organization, IR theory, Social Theory, and Normative International Theory.

Susanne Zwingel- Dr. Zwingel’s research interests include international women’s rights and their translation; public gender policies and gender equality advocacy around the world; global governance and gender; feminist, constructivist and post-colonial IR theories; gender and armed conflict; and interpretivist methodology. As a German and US citizen who is also fluent in Spanish she is proud to contribute to FIU’s multicultural and dynamic community.

Thank you to everyone that came to our Panther Hour! It was so great to see you all. Be on the lookout for our next event. Pastelitos not always guaranteed, but a great time always will ☺️☝️