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Recent media appearances

The articles below, written by me or journalists describing my research and teaching,  are accessible to broader audiences
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Commentary on Polish Politics 

In December 2017, I appeared twice in "Fakty o Faktach" on Progress for Poland (both in Polish) 

In July 2018, I wrote for the Monkey Cage at the Washington Post about the forceful retirement of judges. You can read it here
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In the end of November 2017, I wrote for the Monkey Cage  at the Washington Post about the brokered deal between PiS Chairman and the President to take control over the judiciary in Poland. You can read it here

In early November 2017, I placed my first op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. You can read it
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In July 2016, I wrote for the Monkey Cage at the Washington Post about PiS's plans to reform the Supreme Court. Eventually, the bill was vetoed by President Duda. You can read the blog post here.

​Below are two other pieces on the situation in Poland: 

This is what the gradual erosion of the rule of law looks like in Poland 
By Monika Nalepa
First published in The Monkey Cage at the Washington Post, January 23, 2017. 

Why are there protests in Poland? Here are the five things you need to know
By Anna Grzymała-Busse and Monika Nalepa
First published in The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post on December 19, 2016.
​Poland is gripped by its most severe constitutional crisis since the Communist regime declared martial law in 1981, with protesters — both inside parliament and outside in the freezing streets — accusing the ruling party of threatening democracy.
Law and Justice (PiS), the party in power, has roots in the dissident trade union Solidarity, which helped bring down the Communist regime. But it has this in common with the authoritarian Communist PZPR, which ruled Poland between 1948 and 1989: It occupies an absolute majority of seats in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament.  Read more

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English translation
O wpływie ujawnienia teczek Kiszczaka na pozycję Polski w świecie, symbolicznym początku IV RP, politycznych szkieletach w polskich szafach oraz łatwości, z jaką zostać można było esbeckim agentem, z politologiem, profesor Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego Moniką Nalepą rozmawia Grzegorz Dziedzic.

Game Theory
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'Gaming the Vote' 
By Helen Gregg
​In political scientist Monika Nalepa’s game theory course, students learn how voters play around with political participation.

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 Polvision "Dzis  w Programie" appearances with Małgorzata Ptaszyńska: 

December 2017 interview on the past year in US Politics (in Polish). 

​January 2017 interview on the first weeks of the Trump administration with (in Polish) 

2016 interview on Lustration and "Skeletons in Closet" in Post-Communist Europe" (in Polish) 
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Plagiarism and Academic Honesty​
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Melania Trump and the culture of cheating in Eastern European schools.
By Monika Nalepa
On Monday night at the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump, the wife of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivered a speech that contained lines that mimic a speech delivered by Michelle Obama as she endorsed her husband eight years ago at the Democratic National Convention. Roughly, two paragraphs, or one minute of Trump’s speech, closely, almost verbatim resembled ones delivered by Obama.

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