Prestigious award for a Clemson professor

A Clemson faculty member will extend a career-long research project to an education institution in Great Britain.  Matt Rhodes-Purdy, assistant professor in the Clemson Department of Political Science, earned a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award to study the challenges and successes of contemporary-era democracies in Manchester, England.  He will join the University of Manchester in 2025 for the spring and summer terms.  Specifically, Rhodes-Purdy will spend six months analyzing the Manchester Labour Party’s successful use of grassroots democracies, evaluating how the party interacts with society in a positive and effective way.