Caitlin Wynn ’20, a political science major, recently presented her research on how the personalities of political leaders may help explain the way they react to corruption allegations at the International Studies Association-Midwest annual convention in St. Louis.
Caitlin Wynn ’20, a political science major, recently presented her research on how the personalities of political leaders may help explain the way they react to corruption allegations at the International Studies Association-Midwest annual convention in St. Louis. The conference attracts more than 200 attendees –mostly, faculty and graduate students – each year.
Wynn’s paper is an expansion of her research paper completed in Spring 2018 for the POL 366 Middle East Politics course. Wynn has been working with Assistant Professor Baris Kesgin of the Political Science Department on her project this fall. The paper looks at the case of Binyamin Netanyahu during his two terms as prime minister of Israel (first, in the late 1990s, and then from March 2009 until present day).
A much-detailed analysis of Netanyahu’s responses as corruption allegations surfaced suggests that Netanyahu’s personality influences his reactions. The paper highlights its argument in a comparison of Netanyahu’s personality and corruption allegations between two different terms in office. Wynn is majoring in Political Science and Economics, with a minor in Classical Studies.